Saturday 3 December 2022
The eastern province consolidated their position as URC pace-setters in clinical style against Glasgow Warriors on Saturday
Harry Byrne is set for his first appearance of the season off the bench.
‘I watch a good few AIL games every week and the quality of those games is improving all the time.’
Australia’s head coach knows his men need a ‘massive’ performance on Saturday.
‘He can’t worry about Jack Crowley or whoever else stepping into the team, or someone else at Leinster.’
‘Hopefully there are lots more good things to come from those young guys,’ Leo Cullen said after Friday night’s win.
The former New Zealand captain paid a visit to the province’s UCD training base on Monday.
The tighthead sat out the win against Munster on Saturday with an ankle issue.
The Leinster captain has hit the ground running this season and looks in good shape ahead of the games against South Africa, Fiji and Australia.
Leo Cullen was pleased with the Skerries man’s display against a Munster side who “scrapped for everything” at Aviva Stadium.
Furlong pulled out of today’s URC derby with an ankle issue while Carbery was forced off with a shoulder problem.
South African second row will look to continue his impressive start to life in blue in this evening’s interpro against his former side Munster.
The province will be forced to rotate their squad for Friday’s URC interpro derby meeting with Connacht.
The province came out on top of a thrilling contest at the RDS on Saturday but lost a number of players to injury.
Garry Ringrose made a massive impact off the bench in Leinster’s win against the Sharks on Saturday.
The flanker was forced off on a medical cart following a heavy fall.
Jason Jenkins and Charlie Ngatai both start against the Sharks at the RDS today.
Leo Cullen’s team welcome the South African side to the RDS tomorrow.
The Leinster captain has yet to feature for the province this season.
It was business as usual on the pitch for Leinster as their senior coach lines up his next move.
The out-half came off early in the second-half of Leinster’s URC defeat of Benetton.
Leo Cullen says change is an unavoidable aspect of professional rugby amid speculation Stuart Lancaster is set to join Racing 92.
The Leinster head coach also revealed that his house was broken into ahead of last week’s URC opener against Zebre.
Charlie Ngatai has come in to provide another experienced option in midfield.
The out-half is contracted until the end of next year’s tournament in France.
The Leinster head coach says the season didn’t end the way he would have liked, after they missed out on a spot in this weekend’s final.
Leo Cullen admits it’s going to be ‘a long summer’ after a promising season for the province ends with no silverware.
Defeat to the Bulls last night brought the curtain down on the 2021/22 campaign for the province.
Leo Cullen admitted Leinster came up short in terms of their accuracy and execution against the Bulls tonight.
The South African side visit the RDS tonight for a URC semi-final clash.
The South African side take on the province in a URC semi-final clash tomorrow.
The Bulls head coach and Leinster boss Leo Cullen are two men who know each other well.
Leo Cullen was pleased to see his Leinster team deliver a positive response to their Champions Cup final defeat by hammering Glasgow at the RDS yesterday.
The province welcome the South African side to the RDS next Friday.
The province host Glasgow Warriors at the RDS today in a URC quarter-final clash.
The province host Glasgow in a URC quarter-final at the RDS tomorrow.
Head coach Leo Cullen described defeat to La Rochelle in Saturday’s Champions Cup final as “a sickener” for his team.
The province are hot favourites ahead of today’s Heineken Champions Cup final but Ronan O’Gara will surely have a plan up his sleeve.
La Rochelle boss Ronan O’Gara has named influential second row Will Skelton in his starting XV.
The province are a better team than the one that lost last year’s semi-final, but Will Skelton’s return represents a major boost for the French side.
