Van Der Flier and O'Brien ruled out but Leo Cullen names strong Leinster side for Treviso visit

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Leo Cullen has named a strong starting side for tomorrow's final round Pro12 game against Italian minnows Treviso at the RDS.

A win for Leinster tomorrow will guarantee them of a home semi-final against either Glasgow, Connacht, Ulster or the Scarlets, and it appears that Cullen is not taken the Italian challenge for granted as he has given starts to all of his available first choice players.

Openside flankers Josh Van Der Flier and Sean O'Brien have been ruled out through injury however, though Jordi Murphy is an able replacement for both of those men in the number 7 shirt. O'Brien is still recovering from a hamstring injury he picked up in February, though Cullen confirmed that he has suffered a setback in the past week. He does hope to have O'Brien fit for the semi-finals of the competition though.

Kick-off in the RDS is at 3pm tomorrow.

Leinster team to face Treviso

15. Rob Kearney 14. Isa Nacewa (Capt) 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Ben Te’o 11. Dave Kearney 10. Johnny Sexton 9. Eoin Reddan

1. Jack McGrath 2. Richardt Strauss 3. Mike Ross 4. Devin Toner 5. Mick Kearney 6. Rhys Ruddock 7. Jordi Murphy 8. Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:

16. Sean Cronin 17. Peter Dooley 18. Tadhg Furlong 19. Ross Molony 20. Dominic Ryan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Cathal Marsh 23. Noel Reid

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