Leinster keep big guns in reserve

INTERNATIONAL trio Malcolm O’Kelly, Shane Horgan and Denis Hickie will be sprung from the bench if things go wrong for Leinster against Glasgow in the Celtic Cup quarter-final at Lansdowne Road tonight (7.30).

Fri, 29 Apr, 2005 - 01:00
Barry Coughlan

Acting coach Gerry Murphy has retained the side that started against Glasgow in the last of the Celtic League games a fortnight ago.

Ben Gissing, Gary Brown and Kieran Lewis keep their places but if things go wrong, Murphy has a top-class bench available. Apart from O’Kelly, Horgan and Hickie, Emmet Byrne, David Blaney, Shane Jennings and Brian O’Riordan were all named in the squad yesterday.

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CourtsRugbyPlace: Lansdowne RoadPlace: ScotlandPlace: AberdeenPlace: BucharestPlace: New ZealandPerson: Malcolm O’KellyPerson: Shane HorganPerson: Denis HickiePerson: Gerry MurphyPerson: Ben GissingPerson: Gary BrownPerson: Kieran LewisPerson: MurphyPerson: O’KellyPerson: HorganPerson: HickiePerson: Emmet ByrnePerson: David BlaneyPerson: Shane JenningsPerson: Brian O’RiordanPerson: Felipe ContepomiPerson: Dave HolwellPerson: Girvan DempseyPerson: Gordon BullockPerson: GordonPerson: Hugh CampbellPerson: BullockPerson: Scott LawsonPerson: Fergus ThomsonPerson: Scott BarrowPerson: Graeme BeveridgePerson: BarrowPerson: BeveridgePerson: Andrew HendersonPerson: Andy CraigPerson: Sam PinderPerson: Andrew WilsonPerson: ThomsonPerson: C HowarthPerson: R LamontPerson: A HendersonPerson: S BarrowPerson: S LamontPerson: D ParksPerson: G BeveridgePerson: K TkachukPerson: S LawsonPerson: E MurrayPerson: J BeardshawPerson: D TurnerPerson: S SwindallPerson: P DearlovePerson: J PetriePerson: F ThomsonPerson: B PrescottPerson: A HallPerson: A WilsonPerson: S PinderPerson: K LoganPerson: A CraigPerson: G. DempseyPerson: G. BrownPerson: B. O’DriscollPerson: G. D’ArcyPerson: K. LewisPerson: D. HolwellPerson: G. EasterbyPerson: R. CorriganPerson: S. ByrnePerson: R. NebbettPerson: B. GissingPerson: L. CullenPerson: D. DillonPerson: V. CostelloPerson: K. GleesonPerson: E. ByrnePerson: D. BlaneyPerson: M. O’KellyPerson: S. JenningsPerson: B. O’RiordanPerson: S. HorganPerson: D. HickieEvent: Celtic CupEvent: Celtic LeagueOrganisation: LeinsterOrganisation: GlasgowOrganisation: DublinOrganisation: EdinburghOrganisation: MunsterOrganisation: BarbariansOrganisation: RomaniaOrganisation: Lions
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