O'Driscoll gets Leinster armband

Chris Keane and Shaun Berne will form an unfamiliar half back pairing for Leinster against Ulster in tomorrow night's Magners League clash at Ravenhill (KO: 6pm).

Chris Keane and Shaun Berne will form an unfamiliar half back pairing for Leinster against Ulster in tomorrow night's Magners League clash at Ravenhill (KO: 6pm).

In the absence of Leo Cullen, Brian O'Driscoll will captain the side in a centre partnership with Gordon D'Arcy who is under pressure to perform given Luke Fitzgerald's selection there last week.

Prop Ronan McCormack and lock Devin Toner come into the pack with CJ van der Linde once again named on the bench.

LEINSTER (v Ulster):

15: Rob Kearney

14: Girvan Dempsey

13: Brian O'Driscoll CAPTAIN

12: Gordon D'Arcy

11: Isa Nacewa

10: Shaun Berne

9: Chris Keane

1: Ronan McCormack

2: Bernard Jackman

3: Mike Ross

4: Devin Toner

5: Nathan Hines

6: Kevin McLaughlin

7: Sean O'Brien

8: Jamie Heaslip

REPLACEMENTS:

16: John Fogarty

17: CJ van der Linde

18: Malcolm O'Kelly

19: Stephen Keogh

20: Simon Keogh

21: Jonathan Sexton

22: Luke Fitzgerald

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