Leinster Name Strong Team For Lyon Clash

Henshaw and Ringrose resume centre partnership

Leo Cullen has named a strong Leinster team to face Lyon at the RDS on Sunday in the Heineken Champions Cup

Jordan Larmour starts at full-back, with Dave Kearney and James Lowe on the wings.

Athlone's Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose are the centre partnership with Luke McGrath and Ross Byrne in the half-backs.

Leinster team:(number of caps in brackets)

15. Jordan Larmour (44) 14. Dave Kearney (144) 13. Garry Ringrose (70) 12. Robbie Henshaw (42) 11. James Lowe (39) 10. Ross Byrne (82)
9. Luke McGrath (119)
1. Cian Healy (214) 2. James Tracy (104) 3. Tadhg Furlong (106) 4. Devin Toner (242) 5. Scott Fardy (54)  6. Rhys Ruddock (167) 7. Josh van der Flier (78) 8. Max Deegan (58)

Replacements:

16. Seán Cronin (176) 17. Peter Dooley (71) 18. Andrew Porter (60) 19. Ross Molony (91) 20. Caelan Doris (27) 21. Jamison Gibson-Park (83) 22. Ciarán Frawley (20) 23. Rob Kearney (215)

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