The Leinster medical team report no major injury concerns after Saturday night’s bonus point victory over Zebre ahead of Sunday afternoon's Round 3 Heineken Cup clash away to ASM Clermont Auvergne in Stade Marcel Michelin (4pm local time).

Ireland coach Declan Kidney has stood by his bold selections for Saturday’s test with Steve Hansen’s new-look All Blacks.

THE problem with dress rehearsals is that people continually fluff their lines. That’s one reason why pre-season friendlies have to be treated with a certain amount of scepticism, especially when coaches make so many changes that at one stage last night, substituted players were coming back onto the field to replace substitutes.

THE Ospreys will return to the RDS this Friday for the first time since claiming the Magners League title at Leinster’s expense last May but Mike Ross’ appetite for revenge owes itself to a more recent meeting between the pair.

A SIXTH win on the trot moved Leinster up into fourth place in the Magners League at the RDS last night as their second string brushed the Dragons aside and picked up a bonus point en route.

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