Cheika to look to internationals for consistency

Leinster coach Michael Cheika will look to his frontline internationals to maintain the province's Heineken Cup consistency in the 'bread-and-butter' arena of the Celtic League against The Border Reivers at Netherdale on Friday night (9.0).

The squad, which will be reduced later in the week, includes the same panel who were involved in Toulouse last weekend with John Hepworth and Gary Brown also being added to the panel.

LEINSTER SQUAD (v The Borders):

Forwards (13): Will Green, Reggie Corrigan, Ronan McCormack, Emmett Byrne, David Blaney, Brian Blaney, Malcolm O’Kelly, Bryce Williams, Cameron Jowitt, Niall Ronan, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Eric Miller;

Back (12): Guy Easterby, Brian O’Riordan, Felipe Contepomi, Girvan Dempsey, Brian O’Driscoll, Kieran Lewis, Shane Horgan, Denis Hickie, Gordon D’Arcy, Rob Kearney, John Hepworth, Gary Brown.

The following is the Leinster ‘A’ squad to play Ulster ‘A’ in Dundalk RFC tomorrow (Thursday, 3.0):

LEINSTER A SQUAD (v Ulster A):

Forwards (15): John Lyne, John Wickham, Bernard Jackman, Keith Doyle, Robert Sweeney, Nick Duffy, Adam Byrnes, Devin Toner, Richard Leyden, Marc Warburton, Simon Crawford, Ciaran Potts, Kevin McLaughlin, Diarmuid Laffan, Alex Dunlop, Sean O’Brien;

Backs (10): Brian O’Meara, Matt D’Arcy, Eoghan Hickey, David McAllister, Stephen Grissing, Fergus McFadden, Ross McCarron, Brendan Burke, Fionn Carr, Ken Kennedy