Wright named in Leinster side for Treviso tie
Leinster coach Joe Schmidt has named his side for tomorrow night’s Magners League match with Benetton Treviso at the RDS, kick-off 7.10pm.
Isa Nacewa captains the side for the first time and is included in a backline which welcomes back David Kearney, brother of Irish international Rob, for the visit of the Italian side.
In the pack Cook Islander Stan Wright is named in the starting line-up for the first time this season after making his comeback as a second-half replacement last weekend in Cardiff.
Tight-head prop Wright comes into the front-row alongside Richardt Strauss and Heinke van der Merwe, while Ireland international blindside Kevin McLaughlin named in the back-row alongside Dominic Ryan and former Munster number eight Stephen Keogh.
Rhys Ruddock is one of seven replacements who have come through the Leinster Academy in recent years, with a further eight graduates in the starting line-up.
Isa Nacewa (C); Andrew Conway, Eoin O’Malley, Eamonn Sheridan, David Kearney; Ian McKinley, Isaac Boss; Heinke van der Merwe, Richardt Strauss, Stan Wright; Ed O’Donoghue, Devin Toner; Kevin McLaughlin, Dominic Ryan, Stephen Keogh
Jason Harris-Wright, Jack McGrath, Clint Newland, Rhys Ruddock, Paul Ryan, Paul O’Donohoe, Ian Madigan, Niall Morris
