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Published 12:24 30 Aug 2018 BST
Updated 12:30 30 Aug 2018 BST
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With Conor Murray facing a spell on the sidelines, Friday's game will give Luke McGrath to show the Ireland management team what they were missing when they left the scrum-half out of the summer touring squad for Australia.
Tight-head Andrew Porter is the only player in the Leinster 23 that was on tour Down Under during the summer. He is joined on the bench by the likes of Fergus McFadden, Noel Reid and Max Deegan.
15. Dave Kearney (122) 14. Adam Byrne (38) 13. Rory O’Loughlin (42) 12. Joe Tomane (0) 11. Barry Daly (27) 10. Ross Byrne (49) 9. Luke McGrath (95) 1. Peter Dooley (47) 2. James Tracy (66) 3. Michael Bent (106) 4. Ross Molony (64) 5. Scott Fardy (22) 6. Josh Murphy (9) 7. Rhys Ruddock (142) CAPTAIN 8. Caelan Doris (1) Replacements: Bryan Byrne, Ed Byrne, Andrew Porter, Mick Kearney, Max Deegan, Jamison Gibson-Park, Noel Reid, Fergus McFadden.Leinster's PRO14 opener against Cardiff Blues will be broadcast free to air on eir Sport and on their social media channels, and YouTube on Friday night (7:35pm kick-off)
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