GARRY RINGROSE WILL make just his second start at 13 for Leinster’s Pro12 clash with Munster in Thomond Park on Sunday.

The youngster partners Luke Fitzgerald at centre, while winger Isa Nacewa captains the side.

With Johnny Sexton absent, Ian Madigan starts at 10, while Sean Cronin is set to make his 100th appearance against his home province. Sexton and Mike Ross had both been injury doubts before the game, and neither have made the 23-man squad.

Meanwhile, Nick McCarthy is in line to make his first league appearance, after coming off the bench against Toulon is the Champions Cup last week, and Sean O’Brien makes a welcome return from injury at open side.

The game kicks off at 5.15pm, and will be shown live on TG4 and Sky Sports 1.

The Munster starting XV has also been named.

Leinster

15. Zane Kirchner
14. Fergus McFadden
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Luke Fitzgerald
11. Isa Nacewa
10. Ian Madigan
9. Eoin Reddan

1. Jack McGrath
2. Sean Cronin
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Devin Toner
5. Tom Denton
6. Dominic Ryan
7. Sean O’Brien
8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:

16. James Tracy
17. Cian Healy
18. Marty Moore
19. Ross Molony
20. Josh van der Flier
21. Nick McCarthy
22. Cathal Marsh
23. Dave Kearney

Munster

15. Andrew Conway
14. Keith Earls
13. Francis Saili
12. Denis Hurley
11. Simon Zebo
10. Tyler Bleyendaal
9. Conor Murray

1. James Cronin
2. Mike Sherry
3. BJ Botha
4. Dave Foley
5. Donnacha Ryan
6. Robin Copeland
7. Jack O’Donoghue
8. CJ Stander (c)

Replacements:

16. Niall Scannell
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. John Ryan
19. Billy Holland
20. Tommy O’Donnell
21. Tomás O’Leary
22. Rory Scannell
23. Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino

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