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| Aidan McCullen - included in the Leinster squad |
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| Leinster name squad |
| 17 March 2005, 11:20 am |
| By Jonathan McConnell |
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| Six Nations and World Cup sevens demands will leave Declan Kidney shorthanded for Sunday’s meeting with Connacht. |
Kidney has named a 28 man squad although 12 players will be on Ireland duty, and three others are unavailable through injury.
Leo Cullen, Gary Brown and Felipe Contepomi all return having missed the recent defeat to the Neath Swansea Ospreys while there are also places for a number Jamie Heaslip, Eoghan Hickey and John Hearty for Sunday's Irish derby.
Shane Jennings misses out with a foot injury but is expected to recover for the Llanelli Scarlets match on Good Friday in Lansdowne Road. The team is expected to be named closer to kick off.
Forwards from (13): John Lyne, Ricky Nebbett, David Blaney, Gavin Hickie, Ben Gissing, Ciaran Potts, Aidan McCullen, Des Dillon, Victor Costello, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Niall Treston, Leo Cullen
Backs from (15): Brian O’Riordan, Brian O’Meara, David Holwell, David McAllister, Christian Warner, Kieran Lewis, John McWeeney, Gary Brown, David Quinlan, John Hearty, Felipe Contepomi, Eoghan Hickey, Fiachra Baynes, Conor Kilroy, Ken Kennedy
The following players are not available: Eric Miller, Guy Easterby, Malcolm O'Kelly, Shane Byrne, Reggie Corrigan, Brian O'Driscoll, Denis Hickie, Girvan Dempsey - Ireland
Shane Horgan – (Broken finger) Brendan Burke – (Groin), Gordon D’Arcy – (Hamstring)
James Norton, Niall Ronan, David Hewitt - Ireland 7's Hong Kong
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| Latest Results and Fixtures |
| Date | Home |
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| 27/09 | Ospreys | 43 - 0 | Ulster |
| | 28/09 | Leinster | 0 - 18 | Munster |
| | 03/10 | Ulster | 13 - 9 | Edinburgh |
| | 04/10 | Munster | 25 - 17 | Warriors |
| | 05/10 | Connacht | 19 - 18 | Leinster |
| | 24/10 | Connacht | v | Edinburgh |
| | 24/10 | Warriors | v | Leinster |
| | 25/10 | Ulster | v | Munster |
| | 28/11 | Scarlets | v | Munster |
| | 28/11 | Edinburgh | v | Ospreys |
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 | Munster | 5 | 22 |
 | Ospreys | 5 | 19 |
 | Scarlets | 5 | 13 |
 | Leinster | 5 | 12 |
 | Blues | 5 | 11 |
 | Warriors | 5 | 11 |
 | Dragons | 5 | 10 |
 | Connacht | 5 | 8 |
 | Edinburgh | 5 | 8 |
 | Ulster | 5 | 7 |
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