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Leinster secured a 40-21 victory over Benetton Treviso in last night's friendly in Donnybrook.

Felipe Contepomi will make his first start for Leinster since November at home to The Neath-Swansea Ospreys in the Magner's League at Donnybrook on Saturday.

Christian Warner and Stanley Wright have been included in the Leinster squad to play The Ospreys in Saturday’s Magners League clash at Donnybrook.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika will have an unchanged squad when his side meets Agen in the Pool 2 Heineken Cup clash at Stade Armandie on Saturday.

Eddie O'Sullivan has called ten additional players into the Ireland Squad for Sunday's match against The Pacific Islands.

MARCUS HORAN is out of rugby until 2007 after tearing his left calf muscle in Sunday’s victory over Australia at Lansdowne Road.

Following a scan today on the injury to Marcus Horan, it has been confirmed that the Ireland and Munster prop has torn his left calf muscle.

The omission of Brian O'Driscoll will give Felipe Contepomi the privilage of leading Leinster out against The Ospreys for their final home game of the season in the Celtic League at Lansdowne Road tomorrow evening.

GUY EASTERBY is likely to be passed fit for Leinster’s Heineken Cup tie with Glasgow on Saturday despite sustaining a nasty facial injury in last weekend’s Celtic League loss to Llanelli.

Leinster’s new coach Michael Cheika has named an extended 34-man squad, including Ireland internationals Girvan Dempsey, Keith Gleeson, Eric Miller and Reggie Corrigan, for their pre-season joust with Northampton Saints at Donnybrook on Friday night.

The Ireland rugby squad to tour Japan this summer contains nine uncapped players in the travelling party of 26.

Michael Bradley's Ireland A team to play France A in Donnybrook next Friday has been named today.

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The Ireland Squad of 24 from which the team to play France in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Saturday week will be picked.

EDINBURGH have made a flying start to the Celtic League campaign, but coach Frank Hadden may be cursing Romania for making their qualification a little bit harder.

Connacht have made four changes for their televised Celtic League clash against Leinster at Donnybrook on Friday evening (7.35pm).

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Borders 27 Connacht 28

Connacht have announced their team to play Borders in their opening game of the Celtic League at Selkirk on Friday evening (7.30pm)

Buccaneers, despite having nothing other than pride to play for, had no intention of making it easy for Cork Con at Ericsson Park and in the end Ronan O¹Gara and his men had to dig deep to set up a home semi-final date with Garryowen in two weeks.