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There’s a fair amount to unpack in the composition of the Leinster team, the obvious starting point, that six players who won the Test series 2-1 with the Lions in Australia during the summer are in the match day 23, five of whom will start.
Josh van der Flier, in his 159th appearance captains the province for the first time and is joined in the run-on team by fellow Lions, Jamie Osborne, James Lowe, Rónan Kelleher and Tadhg Furlong, with Thomas Clarkson included among the replacements. There are eight changes to the starting side that lost 39-31 to the Bulls in Pretoria.
Osborne is named at fullback, Jimmy O’Brien scoots to the right wing, with head coach Leo Cullen reinvesting
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