SEAN O’BRIEN MAKES his long-awaited return for Leinster against the Glasgow Warriors tomorrow evening.
The “Tullow Tank” has not been seen in blue since picking up his second Heineken Cup medal in Twickenham last May but is finally fit to return to the European champions’ starting XV.
O’Brien spent the early part of the season recovering from corrective hip surgery but returned to full training without any further setbacks earlier this week.
With Jamie Heaslip absent on Ireland duty, he starts at number eight in an all-Ireland back row alongside Kevin McLaughlin and Shane Jennings.
Isa Nacewa also returns from the injured list at full-back, one of a total of seven personnel changes made by Joe Schmidt for the trip to Scotstoun.
Up front Jack McGrath and Aaron Dundon come in to join Jamie Hagan while captain Leo Cullen returns to the second row after sitting out the 19-10 defeat at the Ospreys earlier this month.
Cullen is joined by Quinn Roux who is fit to start having finally completed a lengthy rehabilitation programme.
Leinster: Isa Nacewa; Dave Kearney, Brendan Macken, Andrew Goodman, Fionn Carr; Ian Madigan, Isaac Boss; Jack McGrath, Aaron Dundon, Jamie Hagan; Leo Cullen (c), Quinn Roux; Kevin McLaughlin, Shane Jennings, Sean O’Brien.Replacements: Thomas Sexton, Jack O’Connell, Martin Moore, Devin Toner, Jordi Murphy, John Cooney, Noel Reid, Andrew Conway.
