BOD return helps Schmidt beat the Monday blues

Usually the weekends bring the good vibes and Mondays the backdraft of depression but the status quo was turned on its head for Leinster yesterday with some welcome snippets of positive news to help banish their Saturday night blues.

It started with the sight of Brian O’Driscoll walking across campus at UCD towards Leinster’s Rosemount training pitch for his first on-field training session since surgery to an injured ankle back in October.

Luke Fitzgerald, another casualty, has been taking part in prep work for a number of weeks and coach Joe Schmidt revealed that Rob Kearney may be fit enough to join them next week.