Pro12 (Round 1): Leinster vs Treviso (Friday @ 19:35 on TG4)

LEINSTER (caps in brackets):

15. Rob Kearney (176)
14. Zane Kirchner (65)
13. Garry Ringrose (22)
12. Noel Reid (59)
11. Fergus McFadden (142)
10. Joey Carbery (1)
9. Luke McGrath CAPTAIN (50)
1. Cian Healy (153)
2. Bryan Byrne (12)
3. Michael Bent (63)
4. Ross Molony (23)
5. Mike McCarthy (63)
6. Dominic Ryan (104)
7. Josh van der Flier (24)
8. Dan Leavy (13)

16. James Tracy (16)
17. Andrew Porter (0)
18. Mike Ross (135)
19. Hayden Triggs (15)
20. Jordi Murphy (80)
21. Jamison Gibson-Park (0)
22. Cathal Marsh (14)
23. Rory O'Loughlin (0)



Benetton Rugby

15. Jayden Hayward
14. Angelo Esposito
13. Tommaso Benvenuti
12. Luke McLean
11. Andrea Buondonno
10. Tommaso Allan
9. Giorgio Bronzini
1. Nicola Quaglio
2. Ornel Gega
3. Simone Ferrari
4. Marco Fuser
5. Filo Paulo
6. Francesco Minto
7. Marco Lazzaroni
8. Alessandro Zanni CAPTAIN

Replacements

16. Roberto Santamaria
17. Alberto De Marchi
18. Tiziano Pasquali
19. Dean Budd
20. Marco Barbini
21. Edoardo Gori
22. Ian McKinley
23. David Odiete

Leinster starting weak at TH. Also have inexperienced outhalf starting, young LH on the bench and the backs on the bench don't give enough straight cover meaning any backs injury will scupper any training during the week.

Zanni up against Leavy will be interesting.

The weather is looking good so hopefully a open enough game to start things off.

Referee for the game - Ian Davies

A game to forget, Leinster were far too lateral. The one real bright spot of that performance was young Joey Carbery. He has a very bright future if he can play like that.

Oh, and great reception for McKinley as well, great to see him on the pitch.

He got the biggest cheer of the game.
Joey did everything asked of him during the game. He looks a bit on the small size (well the darcy/bod size which these days is undersized) so the wear and tear might take a toll after a few seasons.
So disappointed in Healy, fella is turning into a bit of a show pony. Porter, a senior debutant, put in as good if not a more solid performance off the bench.
This game showed yet again that Bent is not a TH. Pro12 level LH but not a TH.