Forward Jamie Heaslip is on the Leinster bench

Leinster: Contepomi, Norton, Lewis, Warner, Brown, O'Meara, O'Riordan, E Byrne, G Hickie, Nebbett, Potts, Gissing, McCullen, Ronan, Dillon. Replacements: D. Blaney, Coyle, Cullen, Heaslip, McAllister, Hewitt, McWeeney.

Connacht: McHugh, Mostyn, Yapp, Downey, McPhillips, Warwick, Keane; Hogan, Jackman, Knoop, Farley, Short, Swift, Lacey, Muldoon. Replacements: Fogarty, McFarland, Carroll, Neville, O'Loughlin, Elwood, Robinson.