Horgan to miss Ulster clash

As expected, Shane Horgan will miss out on Leinster's St Stephen's Day joust with Ulster at The RDS in the Magners League.

It is not yet clear how long Horgan will be out for and his focus must turn to the remainder of the Heineken Cup Pool matches or, more realistically, the Six Nations.

Leinster will be determined to stay at the top of the League and they will be able to call on Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy, Girvan Dempsey and Felipe Contepomi, who is the competition's fourth top points scorer of all time (611 points).

The team is expected to be named on Sunday afternoon.

The game is expected to be a sell-out with around 17,000 tickets already sold.

Supporters can purchase tickets visit the Leinster Rugby Store (Donnybrook) or Spar (Donnybrook) while a limited number of packages can also be bought online on www.leinsterrugby.ie

LEINSTER (v Ulster):

FORWARDS: Juan Gomez, Cian Healy, Ollie le Roux, Brian Blaney, Bernard Jackman, Stephen Knoop, Stan Wright, Leo Cullen, Cameron Jowitt, Malcolm O'Kelly, Keith Gleeson, Shane Jennings, Stephen Keogh, Jamie Heaslip;

BACKS: Chris Keane, Cillian Willis, Guy Easterby, Felipe Contepomi, Jonathan Sexton, Christian Warner, Gordon D'Arcy, Brian O'Driscoll, Gary Brown, Luke Fitzgerald, Rob Kearney, Girvan Dempsey.