Leinster Team to Face Castres

Matt O'Connor's made one change to his Leinster team to face Castres in Saturday's Heineken Cup Round 2 clash in the RDS. Martin Moore will make his first Heineken Cup start after appearing as a replacement in Swansea last weekend in place of the injured Mike Ross (hamstring) who is close to regaining full fitness. Former Leinster Under-20 captain Moore will start in the front row alongside experienced duo Sean Cronin and Mike McCarthy in a pack which is all-Ireland qualified. Jamie Heaslip leads the team once more on his 170th appearance and he is joined in the back-row by Kevin McLaughlin and last weekend's Man of the Match Sean O'Brien.
 
The backline is unchanged which means that Jimmy Gopperth will make his home European debut for the province alongside Brendan Macken (lining out for the 30th time in Leinster colours) who partners Gordon D'Arcy once more at centre. Michael Bent has recovered from injury to take his place on the replacements bench alongside four other Ireland internationals.
 
LEINSTER:
 
15: Rob Kearney
14: Fergus McFadden
13: Brendan Macken
12: Gordon D'Arcy
11: Dave Kearney
10: Jimmy Gopperth
9: Isaac Boss
 
1: Cian Healy
2: Sean Cronin
3: Martin Moore
4: Devin Toner
5: Mike McCarthy
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Sean O'Brien
8: Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN
 
REPLACEMENTS:
 
16: Aaron Dundon
17: Jack McGrath
18: Michael Bent
19: Quinn Roux
20: Rhys Ruddock
21: Eoin Reddan
22: Ian Madigan
23: Luke Fitzgerald