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The three men making their last home appearance for Leinster, Reggie Corrigan, Guy Easterby and Will Green, will all start against Border Reivers at Donnybrook in the Magners League tomorrow.

The Leinster team to face the Border Reivers at Donnybrook in the final home Magners League game of the season, kick-off 7.30pm on Saturday, has been named.

Coach Michael Cheika admits Leinster "need five points" from their final home Magners League game of the season against The Borders at Donnybrook on Saturday.

Former Ireland internationals Reggie Corrigan and Guy Easterby and England international Will Green will reitre from professional rugby at the end of the current season.

It is possible that Luke Fitzgerald could get the nod over Denis Hickie to line up on the oppposite wing to Robert Kearney on the Leinster side to play The Ospreys in Friday night's Magners League clash the Liberty Stadium.

Ireland U20 scrum-half Paul O'Donohoe has earned his first call-up to the Leinster Squad for the Magner's Clash tie with The Ospreys on Friday night at Liberty Stadium.

The Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Leinster Player of the Month Stephen Keogh returns to the Leinster team to face the Newport Gwent Dragons in the Magners League at Rodney Parade on Friday.

Leinster Academy prop Cian Healy has been called up to the senior squad for the first time against Newport-Gwent Dragons in the Magners League at Rodney Parade on Friday.

Leinster coach Michae Cheika has signalled his intent on claiming the Magner's League by putting out his strongest side against Glasgow Warriors at Hughenden on Friday.

IF IRELAND’S bid for Six Nations glory ended in anti-climax as a result of Elvis Vermeulen's injury time try against Scotland, the feeling of disappointment was far more acute after the exit of Munster and Leinster from the Heineken Cup last weekend.

Back-row forward Kevin McLaughlin has been added to a strong Leinster Squad for the Magner's League Good Friday showdown in Glasgow on Friday night.

TEN minutes of madness cost Leinster a Heineken Cup lifeline and allowed London Wasps to romp to victory at Adams Park on Saturday.

LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO admits his once cast-iron grip on Wasps’ number eight jersey has loosened to the extent that he could be axed for a major Heineken Cup tie for the first time this weekend.

Michael Cheika has included twelve Irish internationals in an extended Leinster Squad for Saturday's Heineken Cup Quarter Final away to London Wasps at Adams Park.

Malcolm O'Kelly returns to Leinster's second row for Saturday evening's Magner's League date with Connacht at Donnybrook.

Malcolm O'Kelly will return to the Leinster squad to face Connacht in Saturday's Magners League clash at Donnybrook.

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

Malcolm O'Kelly, Keith Gleeson and Luke Fitzgerald have all been named in an enlarged, strong-looking Leinster squad to play Benetton Treviso in a friendly at Donnybrook on Wednesday evening, kick-off at 6.30pm.

Coach Michael Cheika has been able to select Ireland A players Rob Kearney, Kieran Lewis, Ronan McCormack, Trevor Hogan, Jonathan Sexton and Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Player of the Month Bernard Jackman in his side to play Edinburgh in the Magners League in Donnybrook on Friday, kick-off at 7.30pm.

Trevor Hogan, Luke Fitzgerald, Kieran Lewis, Keith Gleeson and Jamie Heaslip have all been released back onto the Leinster side to play Llanelli Scarlets in the Magners League at Donnybrook on Friday night.

MICHAEL CHEIKA thinks his on-field generals have to brush up on their decision-making but admits that he will never tell them what to do.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika welcomes back Brian O'Driscoll and Girvan Dempsey into the side to play Gloucester in the final Pool 2 Heineken Cup clash in Kingsholm on Friday.

Captain Brian O'Driscoll, Girvan Dempsey and Brian Blaney all return to the Leinster squad to face Gloucester in Friday's final Pool 2 Heineken Cup clash at Kingsholm (KO: 7.30pm).

THE padlocks on the gates of Lansdowne Road dictate that a ‘home’ Heineken Cup quarter-final draw is beyond their control but Leinster are adamant that their final Pool 2 game at Kingsholm next Friday is anything but a dead rubber.

Brian O'Driscoll will miss Leinster's Saturday's Pool 2 Heineken Cup clash with Edinburgh in Donnybrook.

AS a regular with a hugely successful Wasps side in the war of attrition that is the English Premiership, Will Green was well used to being flogged like a horse but he found that he missed the whip when he first moved to Ireland.

Girvan Dempsey and Luke Fitzgerald have both been included in the Leinster squad ahead of their Heineken Cup Pool 2 clash with Edinburgh in Donnybrook (KO: 5.35pm) on Saturday.

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.

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Leinster and Munster teams announced for tomorrows Magners League matches.

LEINSTER have been boosted with yesterday’s announcement that Felipe Contepomi has signed a two-year extension to his contract.

Full back Ross McCarron has been included in Leinster's 25-man squad to play Ulster in 'The Last Stand', the last game ever to be held in the old Lansdowne Road on Sunday.

Felipe Contepomi has signed a two-year extension to his contract with Leinster.

LEINSTER coach Michael Cheika admits Felipe Contepomi could make a sensational early return from injury for his side’s Magners League visit to Thomond Park next week.

SOMETHING of a curate’s egg this. Those of an optimistic bent will look to the rematch in Agen next Saturday buoyed by four tries, a gritty defensive display and a bonus point picked up with impeccable timing at the death by a sublime Brian O’Driscoll.

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AT half-time in Ravenhill last Saturday, the odds of Leinster avoiding defeat appeared between slim and none.

Ian Humphreys, the younger brother of David, has been registered as Leicester Tigers' additional wildcard player for the remainder of the Heineken Cup.

IT could be the most important decision he makes this season so it was no wonder yesterday that Michael Cheika refused to reveal who would wear Felipe Contepomi’s vacant shirt for the Heineken Cup encounter with Pool Two leaders Agen on Saturday.

IT’s amazing how success at international level and by club sides in Europe tend to go hand in hand. In the years when France and England dominated the Six Nations championship, their clubs invariably won the Heineken Cup.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika will wait anxiously for the swelling on Fosi Pala'amo's ankle to come down so that the medical staff can judge whether he has suffered a sprain or ligament damage.

TITLES are never won before Christmas but they can be lost, and Reggie Corrigan is adamant Leinster can make a significant hole in Ulster’s Magners League aspirations tomorrow in Ravenhill.