A top marketing executive, who attacked a judge at an awards ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin, has agreed to pay E20,000 to charity to escape a criminal conviction.

NAZREEF can break Hughie Morrison’s winless hex by taking top honours at Lingfield today.

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Captain Leo Cullen will lead out a Leinster side short on numbers for Friday night's Magners League clash against Edinburgh at Murrayfield (KO: 7.45pm).

Leinster coach Michael Cheika has taken the decisoin to rest most of his frontline players for Friday night's Magners League clash against Edinburgh at Murrayfield (7.45pm).

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Grand Slam winner Gordon D'Arcy, Captain Leo Cullen and CJ van der Linde return to the Leinster squad to play Ulster in Sunday's Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 5.30pm).

IRELAND face tournament hosts, the Arabian Gulf, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens Bowl quarter-finals today after a Friday of mixed of emotions in Dubai.

Ireland have defeated Australia at the Rugby Union Sevens World Cup today, but later tasted defeat against Portugal.

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The Ireland Sevens coach Jon Skurr has named a 12-man squad for the forthcoming Rugby World Cup 7s in Dubai.

Michael Cheika has co-operated with the wishes of Ireland coach Declan Kidney by selecting Gordon D'Arcy in the centre for Leinster against The Scarlets in Saturday evening's Magners League clash at Parc y Scarlets (KO: 5.30pm).

Ireland internationals Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey, Shane Horgan, Shane Jennings and Malcolm O'Kelly are all included in the Leinster squad to play Llanelli Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlet in the Magner's League on Saturday.

The following is the Leinster 'A' XV to play Edinburgh in Donnybrook on Friday afternoon (kick off: 1.30pm) has been named.

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Fergus McFadden will make his first start for Leinster against the Newport Gwent Dragons in Saturday's Magners League clash at The RDS (KO: 5.30pm).

GEORGE HOOK ruffled more than a few feathers after Munster’s narrow defeat to New Zealand last week when he claimed that Leinster would never have been able to produce a similar performance under the same straitened circumstances.

Ireland internationals Brian O'Driscoll, Shane Horgan, Girvan Dempsey, Malcolm O'Kelly and Bernard Jackman are included in the Leinster squad to play the Newport Gwent Dragons in Saturday's Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 5.30pm).

Jonathan Sexton will return to the out-half position as Felipe Contepomi moves across to replace the injured Brian O'Driscoll on the Leinster team to play the Glasgow Warriors in Friday night's Magners League clash in Firhill (kick off: 7.30pm).

Malcolm O'Kelly has recovered from injury to be the only change to the Leinster team to play London Wasps in Saturday's Heineken Cup Pool 2 clash at The RDS (KO: 5.30pm).

Malcolm O'Kelly returns to challenge the progressive Devin Toner for game time in Leinster's Heineken Cup Pool 2 clash against London Wasps in The RDS on Saturday (5.30pm).

Devin Toner has been given the chance to impress in place of the injured Malcolm O'Kelly in the Leinster team to play Edinburgh in Saturday's opening Heineken Cup Pool 2 clash at Murrayfield (1.35pm).

Leinster welcome back some of their big guns for their opening Heineken Cup Pool 2 clash against Edinburgh at Murrayfield (KO: 1.35pm).

Simon Keogh will make his first start for Leinster, since rejoining the club from Harlequins, against Connacht in Sunday's Magners League tie at The Sportsground, Galway (6pm).

LEINSTER look set to revert back to their early-season rotation policy for Sunday’s Magners League game with Connacht at the Sportsground having started with what was arguably their first 15 against Munster last weekend.

Fringe players Stephen Keogh, Gary Brown, summer signing Simon Keogh, Felix Jones and Fergus McFadden have been included in the Leinster squad to play Connacht in Sunday's Magners League clash at the Sportsground, Galway (KO: 6pm).

Rocky Elsom and CJ van der Linde have been included in an extended Leinster squad to play Munster in Sunday's sell-out Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 7pm).

Captain Leo Cullen has been named in the Leinster squad, for the first time this season, to play The Ospreys in the Magners League clash at The RDS on Friday night (kick off: 7.35pm).

Leinster coach Michael Chieka will want his players at or near their best before a reputed 12,000 crowd against Edinburgh in Friday's Magners League clash at The RDS.

Leinster will travel to Cardiff Blues with a quality squad on Saturday for their opening Magners League clash of the season at the Arms Park, kick-off at 6.30pm.

Scrum-half Chris Whitaker will lead Leinster with Brian O'Driscoll located in the centre against Queensland Reds in Saturday's pre-season friendly in Donnybrook, kick-off at 6pm.

Coach Michael Cheika will give a Leinster debut to Isa Nacewa against Padova in the province's opening pre-season game of the season on Wednesday evening in Italy (KO: 7pm Irish time).

Leinster have announced their senior squad for the coming season.

London Irish captain Bob Casey has been named captain of the Ireland A team for the upcoming Churchill Cup to take place in Canada and the USA in June.

Leinster will look to end the season on a high by naming a strong squad to tackle The Dragons on Friday night in the Magners League clash at Rodney Parade (KO: 7.10pm).

Captain Brian O'Driscoll is part of the Leinster squad that will look to make the Magner's League a mathematical certainty against Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Friday night.

The Leinster 'A' team to face Ulster 'A' in Ravenhill on Friday evening (KO: 6.30pm) has been named.

Malcolm O'Kelly should become the most capped player in Leinster history if he wins his 140th cap against the Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League at Stradey Park on Saturday (KO: 5.30pm).

Bank of Ireland Player of the Month Ollie le Roux partners Stan Wright and Bernard Jackman, who is one of six returning Ireland players, in the front row for Leinster's Magner's League tussle with Glasgow at The RDS on Friday night.

Leinster have been boosted by the return from injury of Leo Cullen and Jonathan Sexton ahead of the Magner's League tie with Glasgow Warriors at The RDS on on Friday, kick-off at 7.30pm.

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Leaders Leinster can extend their lead at the top of the Magners league tonight at the Sportsgrounds.

Malcolm O'Kelly will become the second most-capped Leinster player of all time with his 138th appearance for the province away to Connacht in the Magners League clash on Friday.

Ulster wing Tommy Bowe and Munster second row Mick O'Driscoll are the two changes to the starting XV named by Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan in the Ireland team to play Scotland in the RBS Six Nations Championship in Croke Park this Saturday.