Making his Heineken Cup debut, Denis Hurley starts at fullback, Tomás O' Leary completes the half back partnership with Ronan O' Gara, and Denis Leamy anchors the scrum at  number eight.

The team arrived in Gloucester in the last hour and went straight to their hotel, before heading to Kingsholm for a walk around this evening.

15. Denis Hurley 14. Doug Howlett 13. Rua Tipoki 12. Lifeimi Mafi 11. Ian Dowling 10. Ronan O' Gara 9. Tomás O'Leary

1. Marcus Horan 2. Jerry Flannery 3. John Hayes 4. Donncha O' Callaghan 5. Paul O'Connell (Capt.) 6. Alan Quinlan 7. David Wallace 8. Denis Leamy

Replacements: Frankie Sheahan, Tony Buckley, Mick O'Driscoll, Anthony Foley, Peter Stringer, Paul Warwick, Kieran Lewis.