Sam Prendergast at out-half as Leinster change 14 for Ulster

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has changed all but one of his team for the BKT United Rugby Championship interpro clash with Ulster on New Year's Day (live on RTÉ Radio 1).

Only Rob Russell has been retained from the starting XV that won 9-3 in Thomond Park on St Stephen's Day for Monday's showdown at the RDS.

Russell is joined in the back three by Jimmy O'Brien and by Tommy O'Brien, who makes a welcome return from injury after scoring three tries in four starts up until November.

Robbie Henshaw and Liam Turner come into the centre, while Jamison Gibson-Park is passed fit after missing the trip to Limerick.

Outside him will be 20-year-old out-half Sam Prendergast, who gets his first taste of senior inter-provincial action in what will be his second start of the season.

Cian Healy, Dan Sheehan and Thomas Clarkson is the front row selected by Cullen, with Jason Jenkins and captain James Ryan packing down behind them.

Ryan Baird and Will Connors, both of whom came off the bench in Thomond Park, start this week, with Caelan Doris completing the pack.

On the bench, Academy prop Jack Boyle gets the chance to impress once again, having been a traveling extra in Limerick, while Luke McGrath, if introduced, will move a step closer to becoming a double-centurion when making his 199th appearance.

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland has made just five changes to the XV that beat Connacht by a point, four day before Leinster-Munster.

World Cup-winning Springbok Steven Kitshoff starts in an all new front row, alongside returning hooker Rob Herring and Tom O’Toole at tight-head prop.

The second row of Kieran Treadwell and captain Iain Henderson is unchanged, as is the back row of
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