Scrumhalf Luke McGrath will lead a Leinster outfit that boasts over 1 500 combined club appearances in the starting XV against the Vodacom Bulls in Dublin on Friday.
Eleven players who featured for defending champions Ireland in the Six Nations will start the Vodacom URC top-of-the-table clash at the RDS Arena, with a further five named among the replacements.
Jordan Larmour will run out at fullback, with Rob Russell and James Lowe named on the wings. Robbie Henshaw and Jamie Osborne are partnered in midfield, with Harry Byrne joining McGrath in the half-back combination.
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In the pack, Cian Healy will earn his 275th Leinster cap, moving within five appearances of Devin Toner’s record total of 280. Healy is joined by Ronan Kelleher and Michael Ala’alatoa in the front three.
Locks Joe McCarthy and Ross Molony pack down in the second row, with Ryan Baird, Josh van der Flier and Jack Conan making up the loose trio.
There are three centurions named on the bench – Tadhg Furlong, Jamison Gibson-Park and Ross Byrne have more than 400 appearances between them. They are joined by Dan Sheehan, Michael Milne, Jason Jenkins, Caelan Doris and Liam Turner.
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