ANGUS O’Brien stays at full-back for the Dragons’ Guinness PRO14 clash against Leinster in Dublin tomorrow (kick-off 7.35pm).

In the absence of injured former Springbok Zane Kirchner, Wales international Hallam Amos and Wales 7s squad member Will Talbot-Davies, the fly-half moved back to 15 for last weekend’s Anglo-Welsh Cup win against the Scarlets.

The 23-year-old from Caerleon keeps his place at full-back as Bernard Jackman brings back his first-teamers for the tricky trip to the Royal Dublin Society.

Centre Jack Dixon, wing Ashton Hewitt, fly-half Gavin Henson, scrum-half Sarel Pretorius and back row forwards Aaron Wainwright and James Benjamin all return to the XV along with loosehead Sam Hobbs, who makes his first start of the season following summer knee surgery.

Hooker Ellis Shipp, 20, makes his full Dragons debut after three appearances as a replacement while Lloyd Fairbrother gets the nod at tighthead ahead of Brok Harris.

Leinster are boosted by the return of skipper Isa Nacewa at centre while Jordi Murphy starts at flanker and number eight Jack Conan is on the bench after playing for Ireland against Fiji last week.

Leinster: J Larmour, F McFadden, R O’Loughlin, N Reid, I Nacewa (captain), R Byrne, J Gibson-Park, E Byrne, S Cronin, M Bent, R Molony, S Fardy, Josh Murphy, Jordi Murphy, M Deegan. Replacements: R Strauss, P Dooley, A Porter, I Nagle, J Conan, N McCarthy, C Marsh, C O’Brien

Dragons: A O’Brien, J Rosser, A Warren, J Dixon, A Hewitt, G Henson, S Pretorius, S Hobbs, E Shipp, L Fairbrother, J Davies, M Screech, A Wainwright, O Griffiths (captain), J Benjamin. Replacements: G Ellis, L Garrett, B Harris, R Landman, B Roach, D Babos, A Robson, C Edwards.

Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)