HE had another fine day with the boot — six successful kicks from seven for a total haul of 15 points — yet Ronan O’Gara wasn’t exactly jumping out of his skin with excitement: “It was looking hairy there for a while,” he admitted, “But we managed to regroup. The scores we gave away were disappointing; it was nothing they did, really, it was down to our errors.

It will come as no shock to see Alan Quinlan settle into the Munster back row in place of the injured Anthony Foley before the visit of Bourgoin in the Heineken Cup at Thomond Park on Saturday.

LEINSTER will channel their Heineken Cup anger towards beating the Ospreys and cementing their spot at the summit of the Celtic League at Lansdowne Road tonight (7.30).

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).

IN the end, Munster’s victory was far more comprehensive than anyone dared contemplate. It is rare for contests of this nature to live up to pre-match hype, but in terms of colour, atmosphere and excitement Sunday’s semi-final clash was a special day for Irish rugby.

Shane Horgan is due to make his 100th appearance for Leinster this Sunday after he was named in the team for the Heineken Cup showdown with Munster at Lansdowne Road.

Michael Cheika has announced a 23-man Leinster squad ahead of their Heineken Cup semi-final showdown with Munster at Lansdowne Road on Sunday.

SUFFICE to say we have never seen an inter-provincial to match this one.

Felipe Contepomi will make his 50th appearance for Leinster in their Celtic League tie with Llanelli on Friday night.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has been able to name a full-strength squad to play Llanelli Scarlets in Lansdowne Road on Good Friday, 14th April (7.10pm).

Michael Cheika has given Robert Kearney, Kieran Lewis, Ronan McCormack and Niall Ronan the opportunity to stake their claims for inclusion in the Heineken Cup semi-finals by selecting them as the four changes for the Celtic League tie with the Borders at Netherdale tomorrow evening.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika will look to his frontline internationals to maintain the province's Heineken Cup consistency in the 'bread-and-butter' arena of the Celtic League against The Border Reivers at Netherdale on Friday night (9.0).

Coach Michael Cheika pulled no surprises in his selection of the Leinster team to play Toulouse in the Heineken Cup quarter-final at Le Stadium Municipal tomorrow.

There are no surprises in Michael Cheika's 26-man Leinster squad to travel to Toulouse for the Heineken Cup quarter-final in Le Stadium Municipal on Saturday (KO: 3pm Irish, 4pm local).

Michael Cheika has included the likes of Felipe Contepomi, Denis Hickie and Keith Gleeson in the Leinster squad to play Petrarca Padova in Friday's Challenge match in Donnybrook.

Denis Hickie will make his 100th Leinster appearance at home to Connacht in Sunday's Celtic League at Donnybrook.

The Leinster squad to face Connacht in the Celtic League clash at Donnybrook on Sunday (KO: 5.15pm) has been named.

Leinster welcome back Bernard Jackman and Cameron Jowitt from injury for the Celtic League clash wioth Connacht at Donnybrook on Sunday.

Felipe Contepomi will lead a strong Leinster line-up into Celtic League battle with The Dragons at Rodney Parade on Saturday.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has named a 28-man squad, including the fit-again Ciaran Potts, for Saturday's Celtic League clash with the Dragons at Rodney Parade.

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Denis Hickie has been relocated to full back for Leinster for their Celtic League clash with Border Reivers at Donnybrook on Friday evening.

Ciaran Potts and Brian O'Meara return to the Leinster Squad for Friday's Celtic League tie with The Borders at Donnybrook on Friday.

There are no surprises on the Leinster side to play Bath in the Heineken Cup on Sunday other than coach Michael Cheika's continued preferrrence for Cameron Jowitt over Eric Miller in the back row.

Prop Will Green and number eight Jamie Heaslip return to the Leinster squad for their do-or-die clash with Bath in the Heineken Cup at The Recreation Ground on Sunday.

THE buzz and excitement once the sole preserve of Munster’s home games in the Heineken Cup is likely to be transferred to the RDS this afternoon (5.15) when Leinster take on Glasgow Warriors in a must-win encounter.

Coach Michael Cheika has sprung a major surprise in selecting Cameron Jowitt ahead of Eric Miller for Leinster's Heineken Cup Pool 5 clash against the Glasgow Warriors in The RDS tomorrow.

Brian O'Meara returns to the extended Leinster Squad as there is a doubt over the participoation of Guy Easterby for the visit of Glasgow Warriors in Pool 5 of the Heineken Cup Pool at The RDS on Saturday.

Kieran Lewis holds onto his wing position as Robert Kearney is still slightly troubled by a back strain and Denis Hickie is not yet fit enough to go eighty minutes for Leinster away to Llanelli in the Celtic League on Saturday evening.

Leinster have sold over 9,500 tickets for their Heineken Cup clash with Glasgow on Saturday week.

Brian O'Driscoll will make his first start of the season as captain to the Leinster side to play Munster in the Celtic League at The RDS on Saturday.

Brian O’Driscoll has been named in the Leinster squad for the first time this season for the side’s St. Stephens’ Day trip to face Ulster at Ravenhill.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has gone with the same fifteen for their return date with Bourgoin in France tomorrow afternoon.

Coach Michael Cheika has added Ronan McCormack, Adam Byrnes and Niall Ronan to the Leinster squad to travel to Bourgoin for their Heineken Cup return match on Saturday.

The Leinster team to face Bourgoin in the Heineken Cup clash at the RDS on Saturday has been named.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika will name his side to play Bourgoin in the Herineken Cup on Thursday afternoon.

Eric Miller makes his return from injury to a Leinster side that contains no surprises for the trip to Connacht in the Celtic League on Saturday.

Leinster will be beefed up by internationals Gordon D’Arcy, Shane Horgan, Girvan Dempsey and Felipe Contepomi against Connacht in the Celtic League at The Sportsground on Saturday.

Brian O'Meara will win his 100th Leinster cap against Edinburgh in the Celtic League on Sunday in one of the least experienced sides he has ever played on for the province.