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Posted 820 days ago
THE LEINSTER team to face Benetton Treviso in Friday night’s Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 7.10pm) has been named.
Isa Nacewa captains the side for the first time and is included in a backline which welcomes back David Kearney for the visit of the Italian side. In the pack Stan Wright is named in the starting line up for the first…
Posted 829 days ago
THE LEINSTER squad continued their preparations ahead of Saturday evening’s Magners League clash against the Cardiff Blues in Cardiff City Stadium (KO: 6.30pm) with a training session in University College Dublin (UCD).
Shane Horgan is continuing his rehabilitation on the knee injury this week, which was sustained in the away victory over Racing-Métro in January, and a further assessment will be…
Posted 851 days ago
Leinster Rugby are delighted to announce the signing of Ireland hooker Sean Cronin who will join the province in the summer on a two year deal.
Cronin, 24, was educated at Ardscoil Rís in Limerick and has previously played with Munster and Connacht, whom he joined in the summer of 2008.
A former Ireland Schools representative, Cronin featured in the AIB League…
Posted 857 days ago
Leinster Rugby are delighted to announce that Ireland back-row duo; Shane Jennings and Sean O’Brien, have both agreed new three-year deals with the province. This follows the news that international second row Devin Toner, Fergus McFadden and Jack McGrath have also each signed new two year deals.
Dubliner Shane Jennings, 29, has made 118 Leinster appearances over two spells since making…
Posted 859 days ago
Leinster’s display against Saracens on Saturday makes them major contenders for this year’s Heineken Cup title. After a frustrating performance in the Magners League game against the Ospreys the previous week, they bounced back in style to claim a bonus point win, scoring six tries on their way to a 43-20 win, writes Rugby World’s Bea Asprey.
Saracens are in second…
Posted 859 days ago
Saracens left the RDS with their tails between their legs yesterday as Leinster sent them packing with a six tries to three victory in howling winds, writes Rugby World’s Bea Asprey. The home side were hoping for a bonus point to increase their chances of playing a quarter final at home, and they secured it with 20 minutes of the…
Posted 860 days ago
Another cracking 24 hours in the Heineken Cup leaves Northampton and Leinster as the only two sides definitely through to the quarter-finals, although yesterday and today’s matches certainly tipped the balance in a number of the pools. Rugby World now makes the remaining pool favourites – Pool 3: Munster, Pool 4: Biarritz, Pool 5: Leicester, Pool 6: London Wasps. But…
Posted 861 days ago
Sean O’Brien will step into the No 8 shirt vacated by the injured Jamie Heaslip when Leinster entertain Saracens in Saturday’s round 5 Heineken Cup clash. Having missed last weekend’s Magners League victory over the Ospreys due to a nasty cut above his eye, the 23-year-old was this week named the Bank of Ireland Player of the Month thanks to…
Posted 863 days ago
Tullow wing forward Sean O’Brien has been named the Bank of Ireland Player of the Month for December.
Sean received the most December votes from Leinster supporters who referenced his inspirational form against Scarlets at the beginning of the month, his try making performance in the ‘Fever in the Aviva’ against French side Clermont and the interprovincial derby with Ulster when…
Posted 865 days ago
The race for the prestigious eight Heineken Cup quarter-final places is entering the final straight – but 11 of the 24 teams in the 2010 / 2011 tournament will still be in elite European club rugby action come April.
While the six Pool winners and two best Pool runners-up will prolong their Heineken Cup adventure into the knock-out stages, the next…
