Leinster must maintain high level of intensity

Already a game that was struggling to escape the shadow of next week’s Heineken Cup final, tonight’s RaboDirect PRO12 play-off has been relegated to the margins yet again by yesterday’s injury news concerning Brian O’Driscoll and Rob Kearney.

Leinster must maintain high level of intensity

Both picked up what were described by the club as “niggles” in training — the former to a knee, the latter to his back — and Leinster have gone no further than to say the pair would be monitored by their medical staff in the coming days.

It goes without saying the loss of one or both would represent a major blow to Joe Schmidt’s men who face Ulster in London in seven days’ time but the expectation is Leinster will still have too much for Glasgow today.

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