Cullen captains Leinster team to face Dragons

Joe Schmidt has named Isaac Boss, Leo Cullen and Isa Nacewa in his Leinster team to face the Dragons in the Magners League.

Leinster will be without the nine members of their squad that have been called up by Declan Kidney to face New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium.

Nathan Hines and Mariano Galarza have also been called up for international duty with Scotland and Argentina respectively.

Leo Cullen has been named as captain while Trevor Hogan gets a rare start on his 31st birthday.

Leinster: I Nacewa; S Horgan, E O'Malley, F McFadden, D Kearney; S Berne, I Boss; H van der Merwe, R Strauss, C Newland; L Cullen (capt), T Hogan; R Ruddock, S Jennings, S Keogh.

Replacements: J Harris-Wright, J McGrath, M Ross, E O'Donoghue, D Ryan, P O'Donohoe, I Madigan, A Conway.