Springbok Herschel Jantjies will be licking his lips for a scrumhalf duel against rookie Cormac Foley in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship on Saturday.

The 22-year-old Foley will be making his first start for Leinster in only his fourth appearance for the Irish giants in a top-of-the-table clash against the Stormers at Cape Town Stadium.

Leinster boss Leo Cullen has opted to rotate his lineup, introducing many from the 31-man touring squad who didn’t feature in Saturday’s defeat to the Sharks in Durban.

Max O’Reilly comes in at fullback, where he is flanked by Adam Byrne and fellow Academy graduate Rob Russell. Up front, John McKee and Thomas Clarkson remain where they are joined by Ed Byrne at loosehead.

Fresh from making his debut last week, Brian Deeny stays in the second row alongside Josh Murphy. Rhys Ruddock captains the side from No 8 with Alex Soroka and Scott Penny completing the back row.

Leinster – 15 Max O’Reilly, 14 Adam Byrne, 13 Jamie Osborne, 12 Rory O’Loughlin, 11 Rob Russell, 10 Ciaran Frawley, 9 Cormac Foley, 8 Rhys Ruddock (c), 7 Scott Penny, 6 Alex Soroka, 5 Josh Murphy, 4 Brian Deeny, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 John McKee, 1 Ed Byrne.
Subs: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Vakh Abdaladze, 19 Jack Dunne, 20 Sean O’Brien, 21 Nick McCarthy, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Martin Moloney.

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