McFadden happiest with life at Leinster

Fergus McFadden has said the new batch of talent forcing their way through this season at Leinster would convince him to stay at home even if an offer from abroad were to materialise.

It makes a change from the depressing updates that Leinster fans have been used to hearing from Leinster HQ on Monday mornings this season, especially when it looked as though a step forward was set to be followed by two back on Saturday when captain Jamie Heaslip departed the game against Ulster with a damaged AC joint.

But after scrum coach Marco Caputo confirmed yesterday that Heaslip should be back for the crunch Champions Cup tie against Castres on January 17, and with Rob Kearney and Eoin Reddan, as well as Marty Moore and Dominic Ryan, in contention for this weekend’s Pro12 game at Cardiff, Leinster’s early-year updates sounded a more positive note.