Centre Gordon D'Arcy has been included in the starting XV as he continues to recover from the deep bruising to his leg. He will be monitored in training and a final decision made on Friday.

Kidney has been buoyed by the news Munster flanker David Wallace has recovered from a scratch to the eye, while Cian Healy will play despite a bruised shoulder.

Geordan Murphy (Leicester), Tommy Bowe (Ospreys), Brian O'Driscoll (UCD/Leinster), Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Tomas O'Leary (Dolphin/Munster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Donncha O'Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster), Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster), Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements: Sean Cronin (Buccaneers/Connacht), Tony Buckley (Shannon/Munster), Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster), Shane Jennings (St.Mary's College/Leinster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Ronan O'Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Robert Kearney (UCD/Leinster)