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New signing Guy Easterby has been included in the Leinster squad to face Edinburgh in Saturday's Heineken Cup clash at Murrayfield (KO: 3.30pm).

Leinster will wait on the fitness of Brian O'Driscoll, Girvan Dempsey and Stephen Knoop for their Heineken Cup tie with Edinburgh on Friday.

The Leinster squad to face Munster in Friday night's Magners League game at Musgrave Park has been named.

Despite rumours to the contrary, Gordon D'Arcy has been included in the Leinster squad for the Magner's League tie at The Ospreys on Friday night.

STEPHEN KNOOP has failed to make the Leinster squad for tomorrow’s crucial Heineken Cup Pool 6 clash in the Stade Ernest Wallon (ko 8pm).

CARDIFF Arms Park has been a graveyard for Leinster’s Magners League ambitions this past two seasons and coach Michael Cheika accepts that they will be up against it again when they return to the Welsh capital this Friday.

Argentinian Rugby Union president Alejandro Riesler claims he is “hurt” by the threat of strike action from 59 Pumas players.

MEDICS yesterday urged a man who is the first person in the world to apparently cure himself of the HIV virus to come forward for more tests.