Cheika happy to mix and match again for Dragons clash

THE word panic is clearly not in Michael Cheika’s dictionary; the Leinster coach has handed home debut opportunities to three players for tonight’s Magners League clash with Newport Gwent Dragons at the RDS (7pm).

Having lost the plot away to the Scarlets last weekend, the Heineken Cup champions will still be favourites to pick up the points against the Dragons tonight.

Cheika is confident that Mike Ross, Shaun Berne and David Kearney can all do enough to help see off the challenge of the short-term leaders.