Furlong and Kearney aslo return
Robbie Henshaw is back on the Leinster team to face Lyon tomorrow in the Champions Cup.
The Athlone man resumes his centre partnership with Garry Ringrose
Tadhg Furlong and Rob Kearney are also back in the team.
Scott Fardy is named in the second row with Devin Toner dropping to the bench for the Heineken European Champions Cup clash
Leinster will look to build on their opening round bonus point win over Treviso.
The game gets underway at 3.15 at the Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Leinster team:
15. Rob Kearney, 14. Jordan Larmour, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Robbie Henshaw, 11. James Lowe, 10. Johnny Sexton (c), 9. Luke McGrath, 1. Cian Healy, 2. Ronan Kelleher, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Scott Fardy, 5. James Ryan, 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Josh van der Flier, 8. Max Deegan.
Replacements:
16. James Tracy, 17. Ed Byrne, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Devin Toner, 20. Josh Murphy, 21. Jamison Gibson-Park, 22. Ross Byrne, 23. Dave Kearney,
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