Good fitness report on rugby's big guns

Brian O’Driscoll, Malcolm O’Kelly and Gordon D’Arcy are on their way back to regaining full fitness and Lions pair Denis Hickie and Shane Horgan returned to training with Leinster ahead of the start of the Celtic League.

The province found itself in unfamiliar surroundings in the last fortnight, having to move to St Michael's College wghile the grounds at Old Belvedere RFC were used for the Dublin Horse Show.