Rhode (Offaly) 0-12 Sean O’Mahony’s (Louth) 1-5: Niall McNamee fired Rhode into their fifth Leinster final in 11 seasons as the Sean O’Mahony’s fairytale was finally halted in Drogheda.

Meath 0-11 Louth 0-10

O’Byrne Cup - Offaly 0-13 Louth 1-9: A late Louth rally came up short as Offaly rang in the new year with a win in Darver. 

Edinburgh 16 Leinster 9: Leinster’s hopes of opening their Guinness Pro12 season with a victory were shattered last night by an Edinburgh side that showed more flair with ball in hand and which had a more aggressive back row.

Despite being short 17 players following World Cup squad announcements, Leo Cullen is able to call on plenty of experience for his opening Guinness Pro12 encounter as head coach of Leinster against Edinburgh in Meggetland tonight (7.35pm).

Leinster 68 Moseley 0: It was a demolition job in Donnybrook last night, as Leinster recorded 10 tries against an overwhelmed Moseley in Leo Cullen’s first home game as head coach of Leinster.

Assistant coach Brian Walsh will be looking for new signing Francis Saili to bring an extra dimension to Munster’s play in tonight’s final pre-season friendly against London Irish at Musgrave Park (7pm).

St Croan’s (Roscommon) 0-14 Sean O’Mahony’s (Louth) 2-7: All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final: An injury-time free from Kevin Smyth proved enough to send St Croan’s into the All-Ireland Club IFC final after a thrilling encounter with Louth champions Sean O’Mahony’s at Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan.

Guinness Pro12: Treviso 24 Leinster 24

Jordi Murphy and Dave Kearney make their first starts of the season in Leinster’s Guinness Pro12 clash away to Benetton Treviso at Stadio Monigo tomorrow (2.30pm).

Former Rugby League star, Ben Te’o, makes his Leinster debut in tonight’s Guinness Pro12 clash with Edinburgh (RDS, 7.35pm), as the champions aim to secure back-to-back league victories for the first time this season.

Leinster 42 Scarlets 12

GUINNESS PRO12:

Isaac Boss is set to make history at Scotstoun Stadium this evening, when he will become the first player to make 100 appearances for two Irish provinces in Leinster’s opening Guinness Pro12 encounter against Glasgow Warriors (kick-off 5.15pm).

Leinster 7 Ulster 10

Seán O’Brien insists there will be no nostalgia around the Leinster squad as they fine-tune their preparations before next weekend’s Pro12 kick-off.

RABO DIRECT PRO12: Ospreys v Leinster

RABO DIRECT PRO12:

RABO DIRECT PRO12:

Leinster have been boosted by the return to fitness of Richardt Strauss as they aim retake top spot on the RaboDirect PRO12 table with victory over Cardiff Blues at Arms Park this evening (8.05pm kick-off).

Eoin Reddan will spearhead Ireland’s quicksilver attacking ambition against Australia after winning the nod at scrum-half ahead of British and Irish Lion Conor Murray.

Leinster 16 Connacht 13

RABODIRECT PRO 12:

It’s not easy to create a stir when your panel extends to 42 names, but Joe Schmidt’s first Irish squad announcement yesterday did at least throw up a handful of interesting talking points.

Leinster 29 Ospreys 29

Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony is targeting improvements in this weekend’s clash with Canada.after beating the United States by just three points last time out.

Ireland coach Les Kiss has made seven changes to his team to face Canada with Munster’s James Downey making his debut at 32.

Ulster 18 Leinster 24

Leinster centre Brian O’Driscoll has recovered from the back problem which kept him out of the Amlin Challenge Cup final, and takes his place amongst a strong starting XV to take on Ulster in the RaboDirect PRO12 at the RDS tomorrow (4.45pm).

Les Kiss will continue as part of the Ireland coaching structure after he hands over the reins to new head coach Joe Schmidt.

Leinster 17 Glasgow 15

Seán O’Brien has been named in Leinster’s team to face Glasgow Warriors in tomorrow night's RaboDirect PRO12 Play Off in the RDS (7.35pm) despite a lingering calf injury.

With Gordon D’Arcy ruled out through injury, Joe Schmidt has opted to play Ian Madigan at inside centre for tomorrows Amlin Challenge Cup semi-final against Biarritz Olympique in the RDS (2.30pm).

Zebre 22 Leinster 41

RABODIRECT PRO12

Leinster and Ireland fly half Jonathan Sexton will make his return to action on Sunday, having been named in Joe Schmidt’s starting XV to take on Zebre, in Sunday afternoon's RaboDirect PRO12 clash at the Stadio del Tricolore (3pm GMT).

Leinster fly half Jonathan Sexton has been ruled out of tomorrow’s derby encounter with Munster with the management opting to give the kicker another week’s recovery before returning to action.

AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

AMLIN CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

Last time these sides met in the RaboDirect Pro12 the Leinster scrum was left in a heap.

Richardt Strauss has recovered from the ankle injury which kept him out of the Six Nations and is named in the Leinster starting XV for tomorrow’s derby encounter with Ulster at the RDS (6.15pm).

Leinster 22 Glasgow 17

RABODIRECT PRO12: Leinster v Glasgow

Leinster have been boosted by the return of a number of key players after the Six Nations window, allowing Joe Schmidt to name a much-changed starting XV for tomorrow’s RaboDirect PRO12 game against Glasgow Warriors.

The French media is no wiser than the Irish about where Jonathan Sexton will be playing next season with Racing Metro president Jacky Lorenzetti denying a deal had been done.

The race may be on to challenge Jonathan Sexton and Ronan O’Gara for the Ireland No 10 shirt, but versatility is the name of the game for two of the three contenders included yesterday in the Irish Wolfhounds squad for the clash with the English Saxons in Galway on Friday.

Exeter Chiefs 20 Leinster 29

Brian O’Driscoll, Richardt Strauss, Sean O’Brien, Kevin McLaughlin and Eoin Reddan all make their return to Leinster’s starting XV for the crucial Heineken Cup meeting with Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park tomorrow (6pm).

Leinster head-coach Joe Schmidt has recalled Brian O’Driscoll, Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald for tonight’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash against lowly Edinburgh in Murrayfield.

Brian O’Driscoll, Rob Kearney and Luke Fitzgerald have all been named in Leinster’s starting XV for tomorrow night’s RaboDirect PRO 12 meeting with Edinburgh at Murrayfield (7.35pm).