Leinster's wounded on road to recovery

Several of Leister's injured squad members are nearing full fitness with some in contention to play in Thursday night's RaboDirect PRO12 encounter with Benetton Treviso at the RDS (7.05pm).

Dominic Ryan (ankle) is close to full fitness following a three-month layoff and the 21-year-old Ireland ‘A’ international back-row hopes to be in the mix for Thursday’s game.