LEINSTER finally overcame their Edinburgh Heineken Cup bogey at Murrayfield on Saturday to secure victory and gain a priceless away bonus point.

Captain Brian O'Driscoll has been passed fit to play for Leinster at home to Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup at The RDS on Friday night.

MUNSTER rugby chiefs have released 250 additional ten-year-tickets for their new ground in Limerick.

WITH almost half their first team away in France and a revamped RDS providing the backdrop, this Magners League opener threatened to be a step into the unknown for Leinster.

PHILIPPE Saint-Andre has challenged English champions Sale Sharks to “kick-start” their Heineken Cup campaign tonight by collecting a maximum points haul against minnows Calvisano.

ALAN QUINLAN could return to bolster Munster’s Celtic League bid, a month ahead of his expected return from injury.

LEINSTER bid to bounce back from the disappointment of their Heineken Cup defeat by Munster when facing the Neath Swansea Ospreys in the Celtic League at Lansdowne Road on Saturday (7.35pm).

LEINSTER bid to bounce back from the disappointment of their Heineken Cup defeat by Munster when facing the Neath Swansea Ospreys in the Celtic League at Lansdowne Road on Saturday (7.35pm).

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MICHAEL CHEIKA has challenged his players to prove their dismal show in Wales two weeks ago was a one-off when Leinster take on Connacht in the Celtic League on Sunday.

MICHAEL CHEIKA reiterated his commitment to nurturing Irish talent in the wake of Leinster signing Australian scrum-half Chris Whitaker from the NSW Waratahs in a two-year deal.

MICHAEL CHEIKA has dismissed two recent sideline incidents involving himself and assistant coach David Knox as storms in a teacup and claims the Australian pair will not be altering their style of management.

LEINSTER resist the urge to rest key players for Saturday’s Celtic League visit to Stradey Park, despite their fast-approaching make or break Heineken Cup fixture with Glasgow.

DENIS HICKIE is poised to make his return to the Leinster panel after spending the last two months on the sidelines with a dislocated right fibula.

ULSTER coach Mark McCall has opted to retain Kieran Campbell at scrum-half for Monday’s Celtic League clash against Leinster at Ravenhill (5pm).

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika has allayed fears Brian O'Driscoll's long-awaited return to action over the festive season may be stalled by a niggling back injury.

THEY say good things come in threes. If that maxim holds true then Leinster will touch down in Dublin Airport late on Saturday night with another Heineken Cup win over Bourgoin in the bag.

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LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika has targeted two wins from their back-to-back Heineken Cup duels with Bourgoin.

GORDON D’ARCY will partner Shane Horgan in the centre for Leinster’s critical trip to Galway to play Connacht in the Celtic League tomorrow.

IT’S been a punishing three weeks for Gordon D’Arcy and Shane Horgan but Leinster coach Michael Cheika will have few qualms about asking them to don their battle fatigues again against Connacht on Saturday.

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BRIAN O’MEARA will make his 100th appearance for Leinster when he lines up at out-half for tomorrow’s Celtic League clash against the Edinburgh Gunners at Donnybrook (3pm).

INJURIES and international duty has weakened the Leinster squad for the visit of Edinburgh Gunners to Donnybrook on Sunday.

LEINSTER put their Heineken Cup campaign back on track, not just winning away but collecting a try bonus point into the bargain at Hughenden yesterday.

THEORETICALLY, it’s not quite win or bust for Leinster’s Heineken Cup ambitions when they travel to face Glasgow Warriors this weekend.

MICHAEL CHEIKA is giving out a positive spin, but the suspicion remains that the gods are conspiring against Leinster as they open their Heineken Cup campaign against Bath in the RDS on Saturday.

LEINSTER will be aiming to rediscover their winning touch against Cardiff Blues at the RDS today (5.30pm), just a week before they open another Heineken Cup campaign at the same venue.

Coach Michael Cheika has gone for an extended 28-man Leinster Squad ahead of their trip to Munster on Saturday.

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LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika will hope his new charges have shaken off the cobwebs that cost them victory last week in Wales when they take on the Glasgow Warriors in Donnybrook in the Celtic League on Saturday.

Irish Lions Malcolm O'Kelly, Shane Horgan and Denis Hickie have been named on the bench for Leinster's Celtic Cup Quarter Final against Glasgow at Lansdowne Road on Friday night.

LIONS skipper Brian O’Driscoll will partner Gordon D’Arcy at centre in the Leinster team to face Glasgow at Hughenden on Saturday (7.30pm).

The teams for the upcoming AIB League ties have been announced:

NICE job, supportive family and good lifestyle. That should be enough for anyone, but Bob Casey, once described by Donal Lenihan as one of rugby’s hottest properties, isn’t fully satisfied with his lot.

Ireland boss Eddie O’Sullivan intends to use Friday night’s A fixture against France to assess the potential of the nation’s next batch of Test hopefuls.

LEINSTER have included Eric Miller and Guy Easterby in a 26 man Celtic League squad to face Edinburgh in Murrayfield on Saturday (7.45pm).

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LOCK forward Ben Gissing is in line to make his 50th appearance for Leinster in their Celtic League meeting with The Borders on Saturday.

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Leinster coach Declan Kidney will take the opportunity to rest some of his front line players in the Celtic League at Cardiff on Saturday.