Leinster in good shape for visit of Bath

The Leinster squad trained in UCD this afternoon ahead of Saturday's Heineken Cup Round 4 encounter against Bath in the Aviva Stadium (KO: 6pm)

Aside from the usual bumps and bruises there are no fresh injury concerns for the Leinster management, following a good weekend for the province which saw both the Senior team and ‘A’ sides record Round 3 victories in the respective Heineken Cup and British & Irish (B&I) Cup competitions.

Jonathan Sexton’s 18-point haul brought his season tally to 88 points in six games in both competitions.

Sunday’s game in Bath, meanwhile, marked Leo Cullen’s 75th Heineken Cup game (including 12 appearances with Leicester Tigers) while Steven Sykes, who missed the game with a virus, could come back into the mix this week.

In other news, Mat Berquist continues to make good progress after his knee surgery and it is hoped that he could return to action early in the New Year.

Leinster ‘A’ will face London Welsh in Round 4 of the B&I Cup in Donnybrook this Sunday afternoon (KO: 2.30pm).

Already over 43,000 tickets have been sold for the Round 4 encounter with the sales closing in on the previous Irish pool record attendance of 44,873 (against ASM Clermont Auvergne in December 2010).