IT may sound strange in a week bookended by games against Munster and Clermont Auvergne, but London Irish have been dominating Shane Jennings’s thoughts of late.

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London Irish captain Bob Casey is relishing the prospect of tackling Heineken Cup holders Leinster in Dublin tonight.

MIKE ROSS has been around long enough to know tonight’s opening Heineken Cup clash at the RDS (8pm) between Leinster and London Irish won’t be easy. But he does have the jump on some of his colleagues.

London Irish coach Toby Booth has rotated his entire front row for three of the five changes he has made for tomorrow’s opening Heineken Cup fixture with Leinster in Dublin.

Captain Bob Casey will travel, but not play, with the London Irish squad to play Leinster at Donnybrook on Friday.

Saracens 16 London Irish 13

London Irish have agreed new contracts with forward trio Faan Rautenbach, Kieran Roche and Declan Danaher.

London Irish have made one change from last weekend bringing in hooker James Buckland for a crucial European Challenge Cup round two fixture with Connacht Rugby at The Sportsground on Friday evening at 7pm.

Ireland international Bob Casey will lead London Irish into their first Heineken Cup semi-final against Toulouse at Twickenham on Saturday.

ENGLAND scrum-half Paul Hodgson believes London Irish have developed a taste for centre stage that is fuelling their surprise Heineken Cup assault.

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Ireland international lock and London Irish captain Bob Casey has been cited for an alleged stamp on lock Cornelius van Zyl in the Round 6 Heineken Cup Pool 1 match against Benetton Treviso last Saturday.

LLANELLI survived a rousing second-half fightback from London Irish to open their Heineken Cup campaign with a maximum five-point haul at the Madejski Stadium.

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Felipe Contepomi will be available for Leinster's pre-season friendly against London Irish at Donnybrook tomorrow evening.

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Worcester 10 London Irish 12

Bristol 20 London Irish 21

Declan Danaher has signed a new deal with London Irish to keep him at the club until the end of the 2008-09 season.

Connacht kept the pressure on Worcester in Pool 5 with an impressive 43-10 win over Montpellier.

London Irish have made five changes to the team that lost to Leeds Tykes last Sunday for their Zurich Premiership trip to play Leicester Tigers on Friday evening.

London Irish has announced the following team for its Zurich Premiership away match against Leeds Tykes tomorrow, kick-off 8pm at Headingley Stadium, Leeds:

Neal Hatley returns at number one for London Irish in their Powergen Cup quarter-final against Saracens on Sunday at Vicarage Road.

London Irish will hope they can overcome their injury problems when they face Pau in the European Challenge Cup second round at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday.

London Irish have made three changes for Sunday's away clash with London Wasps, following last weekend's defeat to Leicester Tigers.

London Irish have made three changes for Saturday's Zurich Premiership clash with Worcester Warriors at the Madejski stadium.

London Irish have made five changes to the starting line-up of the team that played in Auch last weekend for Sunday's return leg at the Madejski Stadium.

London Irish have made three changes for their opening European Challenge Cup clash with FC Auch on Saturday evening.

London Irish ended an 11-month wait for a Zurich Premiership win at their Madejski Stadium home against Saracens.

London Irish have made four changes for Sunday’s home game against Saracens.

London Irish have made two changes for Sunday's home tie with Leicester Tigers.

London Irish have made no changes to the team that played against NEC Harlequins for this weekend's game against Gloucester.

England back Mike Catt will make his league debut for London Irish in Saturday’s Zurich Premiership clash against Harlequins at Twickenham.

The London Irish team to take on Saracens on Saturday in the club’s final Zurich Premiership game of the season at home has been named.

London Irish have made two changes for Sunday’s trip to play Newcastle Falcons.

Kieron Dawson and Chris Sheasby return to the Exiles back row for Friday's Zurich Premiership showdown with Leeds Tykes at Headingley Stadium.

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London Irish 15 Northampton 36

London Irish are counting the cost of a bruising Zurich Premiership battle with Wasps which has sidelined three key forwards for tomorrow’s clash against play-off rivals Northampton.

London Irish have made four changes for Saturday's Parker Pen opener against Montauban.

Flanker James Cockle has joined London Irish’s injury list and will miss the Zurich Premiership home game against Leeds on Sunday.

Harlequins boss Mark Evans sends his team into a crunch Zurich Premiership clash against fellow strugglers London Irish tomorrow, admitting: “Every game and every result is important”.