Leo Cullen captains the Leinster team and lines up alongside Malcolm O'Kelly in a pack that includes South African prop CJ van der Linde who starts his first game of the season having appeared as a substitute in the province's last two games.
Cian Healy lines up alongside John Fogarty and van der Linde in the front row, with Nathan Hines, Mike Ross, Bernard Jackman and Girvan Dempsey named on a strong replacements bench.
Close to 15,500 tickets have now been sold for the Halloween Thriller, sponsored by Magners. Tickets will be available at the ground tomorrow from Ticketmaster vans which will open at 3pm as well as from the Leinster Rugby Store (Donnybrook ground), Spar (Donnybrook) and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.
There will be plenty of fun on the night including live pre match music from the River Valley Band, a Live Half Time Show, Fancy Dress for adults and children, Jugglers and Magicians, fun Halloween Games, and a Dark Rider on horseback. There will also be a House of Horrors with where you might get a fright from scary surprises at the Judges and Stewards Pavilion (behind the Anglesea Stand, next to gate E).
Sponsors of the night, Magners, are offering a complementary pint of Bulmers for the best 200 in fancy dress, while there will be an overall cash prize of €500 for the overall best costume. Meanwhile children in fancy dress can trick or treat with the Spin 103.8 Spinnies and Dublin's 98 Thunders where they can also take part in fun Halloween games, get their pace painted, or take part in the usual Family Day action.
LEINSTER:
15: Isa Nacewa
14: Shane Horgan
13: Brian O'Driscoll
12: Gordon D'Arcy
11: Luke Fitzgerald
10: Jonathan Sexton
9: Eoin Reddan
1: Cian Healy
2: John Fogarty
3: CJ van der Linde
4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
5: Malcolm O'Kelly
6: Kevin McLaughlin
7: Sean O'Brien
8: Jamie Heaslip
REPLACEMENTS:
16: Bernard Jackman
17: Mike Ross
18: Nathan Hines
19: Stephen Keogh
20: Simon Keogh
21: Shaun Berne
22: Girvan Dempsey
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