Leinster bank on Jennings ban appeal

SHANE JENNINGS hopes to find out tonight if he will be eligible for Leinster’s crunch Heineken Cup tie against Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday after the province decided to appeal the three-week ban handed to the flanker last Tuesday.

The Irish international received the suspension after being found guilty of punching during the Magners League win over Connacht at the RDS and has already missed last weekend’s win over the Cardiff Blues.

Leinster feel they have a strong case, however. The length of Jennings’ ban was greeted with general surprise last week with teammate John Fogarty only receiving a seven-day reprimand despite the fact that there were more punches thrown during his own bout of fisticuffs in the Connacht game.