from Leinster Rugby…
Zane Kirchner will make his 50th Leinster appearance when he starts for the province in Friday's match against Ulster in the Guinness PRO12.
Kirchner, who represented South Africa at this year's World Cup, made his first appearance for Leinster in a 16-13 win over Connacht at the RDS Arena in October 2013.
His first try came just a few weeks later at home against the Scarlets in what was a man of the match performance from the versatile Springbock back.
Kirchner also ran over two tries and set up one for Shane Jennings in the 2014 PRO12 Final against Glasgow Warriors at the RDS.
He starts on the wing for Leinster in Friday night's interprovincial clash with Ulster.
Rob Kearney returns to start at full-back for the first time since the home win over Scarlets earlier this month, with Luke Fitzgerald named on the left wing.
In a change to the half-back pairing from last weekend Luke McGrath comes in at scrum-half to partner Johnny Sexton in place of Isaac Boss.
There are four changes to Leinster's front eight from the defeat to Bath: Jack McGrath replaces Cian Healy, Tadhg Furlong starts after featuring for Leinster 'A' last week, Mike McCarthy comes in to replace Hayden Triggs, and Josh van der Flier starts in the back row after his try-scoring debut in the Champions Cup.
Tickets for Leinster v Ulster are on sale now from Ticketmaster.
€10 student tickets for the game are on sale from Ticketmaster Centres nationwide and will be available from the RDS Ticket Office before kick-off.
LEINSTER
15. Rob Kearney
14. Zane Kirchner
13. Ben Te'o
12. Ian Madigan
11. Luke Fitzgerald
10. Johnny Sexton
9. Luke McGrath
1. Jack McGrath
2. Sean Cronin
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Devin Toner
5. Mike McCarthy
6. Rhys Ruddock
7, Josh van der Flier
8. Jamie Heaslip CAPTAIN
Replacements
16. James Tracy
17. Peter Dooley
18. Martin Moore
19. Ross Molony
20. Dominic Ryan
21. Eoin Reddan
22. Noel Reid
23. Garry Ringrose
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