Cardiff head coach Danny Wilson has challenged the Blues to turn the BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park into a fortress for the remainder of the GUINNESS PRO12 season as they prepare to host Leinster this weekend.

The Blues have won their last five matches in all tournaments in Cardiff since Harlequins beat them in the European Challenge Cup in November.

Cardiff Blues are able to recall four Welsh internationals to the starting line-up for the clash with Leinster, with a new-look half-back pairing seeing Gareth Anscombe and Lloyd Williams join forces, with the scrum half taking the captaincy and wing Alex Cuthbert will start the match while back row Josh Turnbull is also recalled to the side.

Cardiff Blues have beaten Leinster only once in their last 18 fixtures in all competitions; that was 11-3 at Cardiff City Stadium in the PRO12 in February 2011, while Leinster's most recent defeat at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park came in May 2007.

The scale of the job facing Cardiff this weekend is not lost on Wilson and he has called on his side to produce a big performance against their Irish counterparts.

Wilson said: "Every time you play Leinster, home or away, it is a tough fixture against a quality outfit.

"We enjoy the surface at home but it's also important we don't concede as many tries as we have at home. It's a fast surface which makes it hard to defend and with Leinster here it should be an entertaining and open fixture.

"Our confidence on our home pitch is high; it's a surface where we have adapted our game and style to suit it. But we're playing against one of the best running teams out there so we know the challenge ahead.

"We want to keep the Arms Park as a real fortress and keep winning here. Hopefully we can use home advantage and our home crowd to get over the line.”

Leinster have the best defence in the PRO12, having conceded only 13 tries so far while the Leinstermen's single defeat in their last nine fixtures in the tournament was 23-13 on a visit to the Dragons in round 13.

There are eight changes for Leinster from the team that accounted for Zebre last Friday, with three in the backs and five in the pack, with a return for some Irish internationals from Six Nations duty and a debut for one of last summer's signings.

Zane Kirchner continues at full-back with Fergus McFadden coming into the starting XV having played against France last weekend for Ireland. On the left wing Isa Nacewa captains the side, while Ben Te'o and Garry Ringrose continue their midfield partnership.

There is a new half-back pairing with Eoin Reddan and Ian Madigan starting, while Cian Healy is the only player retained in the front row with Sean Cronin and Tadhg Furlong starting alongside him this week.

There is one significant change to the second row with Clontarf native Mick Kearney making his debut for Leinster having signed last summer.

Rhys Ruddock comes into the team at blind side flanker, with Jordi Murphy moving from the No.8 shirt onto the open side.

“This is one of the most critical parts of the season,” said skipper Nacewa. “It’s about getting the win first and foremost – that's it.

“Anything above that is great, but the table is tight and every point does make a difference here on out. One dropped game here, another dropped game there, and all of a sudden the whole top of the table changes."

At BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park, 3pm.

Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU, 69th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sean Brickell, Simon Rees (both WRU)
Citing Commissioner: John Charles (WRU)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)

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