Leinster set on salvaging season after a sorry start

IN a way, a new season starts for Leinster tonight.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2002 - 01:00

Barry Coughlan

That Celtic League nightmare has been consigned to history and now Reggie Corrigan and his side open the Heineken European Cup campaign chapter against Bristol in Donnybrook (7.30).

And you get the feeling they are relieved and re-energised by this next step.

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Courts Rugby Heineken Cup Place: Donnybrook Place: England Place: Mont de Marsan Place: France Place: Northampton Person: Reggie Corrigan Person: Corrigan Person: Gordon D'Arcy Person: Shane Byrne Person: Brian O'Driscoll Person: Kiwi Daryl Gibson Person: Gavin Duffy Person: Mark McHugh Person: James Norton Person: Ted Robinson Person: Darren Yapp Person: Dermot O'Sullivan Person: Peter Bracken Person: Dan McFarland Person: Damien Browne Person: Warwick Waugh Person: Johnny O'Connor Person: Michael Swift Person: G Dempsey Person: D Hickie Person: B O'Driscoll Person: S Horgan Person: G D'Arcy Person: C Warner Person: B O'Meara Person: R Corrigan Person: S Byrne Person: P Wallace Person: L Cullen Person: M O'Kelly Person: A McCullen Person: B Gissing Person: D Dillon Person: V Costello Person: K Gleeson Person: S Drahm Person: D Rees Person: M Shaw Person: D Gibson Person: P Christophers Person: F Contemponi Person: A Pichot Person: D Crompton Person: S Nelson Person: E Bergamaschi Person: G Archer Person: A Browne Person: C Shortt Person: M Lipman Person: B Sternham Person: G Duffy Person: J Norton Person: D Yapp Person: S Moore Person: W Munn Person: E Elwood Person: E Reddan Person: R McCormack Person: M Uijs Person: P Bracken Person: D Browne Person: R Frost Person: C Rigney Person: J O'Connor Person: J O'Sullivan Person: N Beal Person: O Ripol Person: M Tucker Person: J Leslie Person: B Cohen Person: P Grayson Person: M Dawson Event: Celtic League Event: Heineken European Cup Event: European Cup Event: Heineken Cup Event: World Cup Event: Super 12 Event: Parker Pen Challenge Cup tie Organisation: Leinster Organisation: Bristol Organisation: League Organisation: All Blacks World Cup Organisation: Connacht Organisation: Mont de Marsan Organisation: Ulster

<p>HOME BY THE LEE: Munster supporter Theresa O'Keefe during the Champions Cup match between Munster and Gloucester at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile</p>

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