Leinster v Munster: Ireland internationals return for Dublin URC showdown

Ireland internationals Jack Conan and Robbie Henshaw will make their first Leinster appearances of the season

Leinster will welcome back more of their Ireland World Cup contingent for Saturday's URC interprovincial derby against Munster at the Aviva Stadium.

Robbie Henshaw and Jack Conan will make their first appearances of the season, while Tadhg Furlong gets his first start of the campaign.

Garry Ringrose and James Ryan co-captain the team which includes 15 Ireland internationals.

Diarmuid Barron captains a Munster side that shows six changes from last week.

After featuring in the win over the Stormers last week, Peter O'Mahony is absent because of injury, as is fellow back-row forward Jack O'Donoghue.

Tom Ahern comes in at blind-side flanker, with Jean Kleyn drafted into the second row to partner Tadhg Beirne, and Stephen Archer starting at prop.

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Rory Scannell replaces Alex Nankivell at centre for the champions, while Shane Daly switches to the wing to accommodate the return of Simon Zebo, who plays at full-back.

Leinster's starting line-up includes five changes from that which defeated Scarlets last weekend.

Ringrose and Henshaw are paired together in midfield for the first time this season, while Ross Byrne returns to the team, where his half-back partner will be Jamison Gibson-Park.

Dan Sheehan and Furlong come into the front row to join Andrew Porter as they pack down together for the first time since Ireland's World Cup quarter-final defeat by New Zealand.

Conan is called into the back row, with van der Flier and Doris retaining their places.

Leinster go into the weekend on top of the URC table after winning four of their first five fixtures, while Munster are three points worse off following three victories, one draw and one defeat.

Leinster: Keenan; Larmour, Ringrose (co-capt), Henshaw, O'Brien; Byrne, Gibson-Park; Porter, Sheehan, Furlong; McCarthy, Ryan (co-capt); Conan, van der Flier, Doris.

Replacements: Kelleher, Boyle, Ala'alatoa, Molony, Culhane, Murphy, Frawley, Penny

Munster: Zebo; Nash, Frisch, Scannell, Daly; Crowley, Casey; Loughman, Barron (capt), Archer; Kleyn, Beirne; Ahern, Hodnett, Coombes.

Replacements: Buckley, Kilcoyne, Ryan, Gleeson, Kendellen, Murray, Butler, McCarthy.