Keogh: 'Leinster in good shape ahead of Glasgow test'

Ireland's international rugby stars will be looking to put a turbulent week behind them as they resume duties with their provinces.

With the IRFU soul-searching after a disappointing World Cup and Six Nations the challenge for the provincial coaches will be to comfortably re-integrate there turning national squad members and educate them on the game plays they have been working on in their absence.

Leinster are still without Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy and Girvan Dempsey, absentees that many feel also hampered the national squad. But the province is steeling itself for future success with the management team locked down for the next two years in addition to Shane Horgan's agreement to stay put until 2010.

They are within touching distance of claiming the Magners League title something they hope will act as a catalyst for repeating Munster's European success.

Victory tonight will be crucial to help them on their way to fulfilling this season's ambitions and Leinster's Munster import Stephen Keogh reckons Michael Cheika's two year extension as well as the arrival of some new coaching staff that he is already familiar with will further help build momentum and avoid them suffering any after effects of the national side's dip in form.