Leinster appear confident that they will be able to overturn the two-week ban handed down to Cian Healy this week judging by their team to face Toulon. The prop has been named on the bench in the return fixture in the Aviva Stadium.
Healy was given a two week ban after an incident that saw referee Wayne Barnes give him a yellow card in the first half of Leinster's loss in the south of France last weekend.
Leo Cullen's side are all but mathematically out of the Champions Cup - but that hasn't stopped them naming an experienced team with nine players aged 29 or older - and just Josh van der Flier under 25 from the starting XV.
FULL SQUAD: @RhysRuddock & @mikemccarthy6 start, @n_mccarthy25 named on the bench for #LEINvTOU. pic.twitter.com/63PIjBTlLw
— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) December 18, 2015
Eoin Reddan takes over from Isaac Boss who misses out through injury - with academy scrumhalf and last year's Ireland Under 20 captain Nick McCarthy set to make his Leinster debut.
Meanwhile, Munster have named Mark Chisholm, John Ryan, and Mike Sherry in the lineup as they freshen up their lineup against Leicester. The Red Army suffered an expensive loss at home to the Welford Road giants last week, and need a victory to retain their hopes of staying in the competition:
MunXV:Conway;Earls,Saili,Hurley,Zebo;Keatley,Murray;Cronin,Sherry,J Ryan;Chisholm,D Ryan,Copeland;O’Callaghan,Stander Capt. #LeiVMun
— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) December 18, 2015
Replacements: N Scannell,Kilcoyne,Sagario,Foley,O’Donoghue,O’Leary, R Scannell,Amorosino. #ChampionsCup #LeiVMun
— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) December 18, 2015
Ulster meanwhile are sticking with the promising and in form centre partnership of Stuart McCloskey and Luke Marshall which should see both players feature for Ireland in the Six Nations. The pack is missing some front liners - with 23-year-old loosehead Kyle McCall continuing in place of Callum Black, and Sean Reidy taking over from Chris Henry.
Here if your @UlsterRugby team to face @StadeToulousain this Sunday at 2pm (1pm GMT) #SUFTUM pic.twitter.com/5HrXC9se52
— Ulster Rugby (@UlsterRugby) December 18, 2015
See Also: Cian Healy Cited For Incident Against Toulon On Sunday
Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE
