Three Carlow men have been named to start on the Leinster team for tomorrows pre season friendly with Perpignan.
Tom Daly, Brian and Edward Byrne are in the side with Ed getting the captains armband.
Baltinglass man Peadar Timmins is on the bench.
Carlow prop Ed Byrne will captain a Leinster Rugby senior team for the first time in his career.
The 23 year old last captained Leinster at Under 20s level and while his progress has been hampered with serious knee injuries over the last few years he made a successful return towards the end of last season even scoring his first try in Leinster colours in the Guinness PRO12.
He will be joined in the front row by his twin brother Bryan at hooker and by Academy player Jeremy Loughman at tighthead prop.
Mick Kearney and Ian Nagle will lock down behind the young front row with Josh Murphy, Will Connors and Max Deegan completing the pack.
In the backs former St. Andrew’s College player Jordan Larmour starts at full back with Adam Byrne and Ian Fitzpatrick on the right and left wings.
Tom Daly and Jimmy O’Brien will play in the centre together while in the half backs St. Michael’s duo Nick McCarthy and Cathal Marsh will start at nine and ten.
An extended bench has been named by Cullen with 25 players in total travelling to France.
Match updates will be provided on the Leinster Rugby Twitter account and a full match report will be available on leinsterrugby.ie afterwards.
Watch Leo Cullen’s preview of Perpignan v Leinster
Leinster Rugby:
15. Jordan Larmour
14. Adam Byrne
13. Jimmy O’Brien
12. Tom Daly
11. Ian Fitzpatrick
10. Cathal Marsh
9. Nick McCarthy
1. Ed Byrne CAPTAIN
2. Bryan Byrne
3. Jeremy Loughman
4. Mick Kearney
5. Ian Nagle
6. Josh Murphy
7. Will Connors
8. Max Deegan
16. Sean McNulty
17. Vakh Abdaladze
18. Oisín Heffernan
19. Oisín Dowling
20. Peadar Timmins
21. Charlie Rock
22. Noel Reid
23. Hugo Keenan
24. Barry Daly
25. Peter Dooley
