Carlow's Ed Byrne included in Leo Cullen's Leinster squad for South Africa trip

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has named his squad for the final two games in the regular season of the BKT United Rugby Championship.

Leinster Rugby will play Emirates Lions on Saturday in Emirates Airline Park and a week later will play the Vodacom Bulls in Loftus Versfeld.

The squad of 30 is as follows:

Forwards:

Jack Boyle

Ed Byrne

Michael Milne

Lee Barron

Tadgh McElroy

Vakhtang Abdaladze

Thomas Clarkson

Temi Lasisi

Brian Deeny

Alex Soroka

Jason Jenkins

Conor O'Tighearnaigh*

Liam Molony*

Rhys Ruddock

Will Connors

James Culhane

Max Deegan

Backs:

Fintan Gunne*

Nick McCarthy

Ben Murphy

Sam Prendergast*

Charlie Tector

Dave Kearney

Aitzol King

Ben Brownlee

Liam Turner

Tommy O'Brien

Rob Russell

Chris Cosgrave

Max O'Reilly

* Denotes uncapped player