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Inverness 0 Celtic 1

Neil Lennon told Celtic fans to expect to see more of Amido Balde after the big striker came off the bench to score the clincher in the 2-1 Scottish Premiership victory over Partick Thistle at Firhill yesterday.

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Leinster team manager Guy Easterby has said players need to use last week’s Pro 12 draw with Ospreys as a driving force this weekend as they head to Glasgow on Friday night.

Already a game that was struggling to escape the shadow of next week’s Heineken Cup final, tonight’s RaboDirect PRO12 play-off has been relegated to the margins yet again by yesterday’s injury news concerning Brian O’Driscoll and Rob Kearney.

Glasgow Warriors have today named the side to face Leinster in the RaboDirect PRO12 semi-final at the RDS on Saturday night (kick-off 7.35pm).

When Dave Kearney looks back on hisprofessional career, he will likely recall the current campaign as being his breakthrough year. The only question now is how much better a memorable season can become before it ends.

Connacht signed off with a best place finish in this season’s RaboDirect Pro12 League but Eric Elwood won’t be happy with this performance.

There’s a positive buzz around Connacht rugby at the moment.

Eric Elwood has made just three changes for Connacht’s final RaboDirect PRO12 game of the season against Glasgow Warriors in Firhill (kick off: 7.30pm).

Connacht have announced an extended squad to face Glasgow Warriors this weekend for the season finale at Firhill (kick off: 7.30pm).

From Kenya to Connacht, Tom Sears’ career move is as ambitious as the province he will serve from next season, charged with leading the westerners into the next stage of their impressive progression.

Cardiff Blues have today confirmed they have sacked Gavin Henson following his drunken behaviour on a flight back from Glasgow on Saturday morning.

Luke Fitzgerald’s badly-timed absence through injury will finally end this evening when he lines out at full-back for Leinster’s RaboDirect Pro12 encounter with Aironi at the Stadio Zaffanella.

Luke Fitzgerald returns to the Leinster team for their RaboDirect PRO12 meeting with Aironi in the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella tomorrow (6pm).

Shane Jennings will lead a Leinster team with plenty of youth behind the scrum against the Glasgow Warriors in Saturday evening's RaboDirect PRO12 clash in Firhill (6pm).

Following Friday night's 16-13 victory over the Scarlets, there are no fresh injury concerns for the Leinster management ahead of Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 trip to Firhill to face the Glasgow Warriors (6pm).

Isa Nacewa was the key figure in Leinster’s bonus-point victory in last night’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with an Italian side noted for causing upsets in this competition.

HEINEKEN CUP progress won’t necessarily equate to Six Nations success but Leinster’s Shane Jennings believes the performances of Leinster, Munster and Ulster in Europe this season will nonetheless fuel Ireland’s Test ambitions.

AS weekends go, this one must have been especially tough for Connacht.

Head coach Joe Schmidt insisted his Leinster side have a long way to go in the defence of their Heineken Cup title after qualifying for the knockout stages with a 23-16 win over Glasgow Warriors at Firhill.

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Leinster are in action away to Glasgow this afternoon, as Round 5 of the Heineken Cup continues.

THERE is rarely anything ho-hum about the Heineken Cup but Leinster have come close to reducing Pool 3 to a predictable script and they will be expected to wrap up qualification for the last eight in Glasgow tomorrow.

The Leinster team to face Glasgow Warriors in Sunday’s Pool 3 Round 5 Heineken Cup encounter in Firhill (12.45pm) has been named.

DUNCAN WEIR is sitting in the canteen at Scotstoun when the call comes through from Ireland.

KEEP an extra sharp eye on the breakdown this Sunday when Nigel Owens gets things underway at Firhill.

UNBEATEN in 14 games, nine points clear in the RaboDirect Pro12, six ahead of their nearest rival in Pool 3 of the Heineken Cup.

A number of players are set to return to the Leinster panel for Sunday’s Round 5 Heineken Cup encounter against Glasgow Warriors in Firhill (kick off: 12.45pm) after missing the 23-19 victory in Cardiff on Saturday.

GAVIN HENSON was denied a happy return to the Liberty Stadium as the Ospreys continued their home dominance over city rivals Cardiff Blues with a 17-12 victory in a scrappy RaboDirect PRO12 encounter.

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HEINEKEN Cup chiefs have finalised the scheduling of the January pool games.

EVERYTHING in the Leinster garden looks rosy following a superb Heineken Cup victory over one of England’s finest on a night when 46,000 came to the Aviva Stadium to boost the balance sheet.

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The Ulster team which will run out against Glasgow Warriors in the RaboDirect PRO12 at Firhill tomorrow (7.35pm) shows four personnel changes and one positional switch from the starting XV that was defeated 20-9 by Leicester in the Heineken Cup last weekend.

EASY to forget now after their blazing finish to the season but there was a point early in the last campaign when Leinster were pinned on the ropes.

The Ulster management have taken decided to rest Stephen Ferris and Rory Best due to the large number of games they’ve played in recent months meaning the pair have been omitted from the provisional 30-man squad to play Glasgow on Friday.

FERGUS McFADDEN must be one frustrated guy this week.

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A TRY either side of half time paved the way for Munster to maintain their winning start to the Rabo-Direct Pro12 and in the process created a new league record by winning a dozen games on the spin.

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MUNSTER may have found what they’ve been looking for, after signing Australian code-jumping sensation Will Chambers on a short-term contract.