Leinster ace Kearney targets return to winning ways

AFTER their injury woes last week in France, Leinster’s strength in depth will be tested to the full tonight as they return to Magners League duties against the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium.

Having planned all week without the stricken Chris Whitaker and Girvan Dempsey, coach Michael Cheika’s preparations were skewed further by the withdrawal of Gordon D’Arcy yesterday afternoon.

The Ireland centre was originally named in the first 15 for tonight’s game but was later omitted having failed to recover from the knock suffered against Toulouse last weekend.