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Connacht have no fear entering the lions den

Leinster
By LDTT November 1 2007
Connacht go to the RDS looking for their first win over Leinster since 2003 when a Mark McHugh drop goal sealed a famous victory in Donnybrook. With Donnybrook currently a building site, an RDS debut awaits the men from the west, and they'll face a Leinster side with no weaknesses.

All of Ireland's world cup contingent are back for their provinces, meaning O'Driscoll, Horgan, Dempsey and D'Arcy are all back in the mix.

Connacht on the other hand are looking to name their strongest side of the season, with the return of Farley and Flavin from injury. While there are injury worries over captain Andrew Farley and backrow Ray Ofisa who will undergo fitness tests. Both have been named in the team while Ronan Loughney returns to the bench. Loughney has been out of action since injuring his hamstring against Glasgow four weeks ago. Farley and Ofisa are struggling to overcome hamstring and calf injuries respectively picked up last week against Edinburgh.

Looking forward to tomorrow's game, the kick off is set for 19:30 and will be on Setanta for all those who can't get up to Dublin. A number of Connacht supporters will be meeting in O'Connell's on Eyre square in Galway for the game and all are welcome to join.

Nelson Mandela was quoted in the press today as saying, "Connacht are a great side who really put it up to the Springboks in Galway. Let's hope the lads can go out and do ever better against Leinster."

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Leinster: G Dempsey; S Horgan, B O'Driscoll, G D'Arcy, L Fitzgerald; C Warner, C Whitaker; O Le Roux, B Jackman, S Wright; L Cullen, M O'Kelly; S Keogh, K Gleeson, J Heaslip.
Replacements: B Blaney, J F Gomez, C Jowitt, S Jennings, C Willis, J Sexton, R Kearney.

Connacht: G Duffy; O Trviranus, M Deane, A Wynne, K Matthews; T Donnelly, C McPhillips; B Wilkinson, J Fogarty, R Morris; M Swift, D Gannon/A Farley; R Ofisa/M McCarthy, J O'Connor, J Muldoon.
Replacements: A Flavin, R Loughney, D Gannon/A Farley/A Browne, R Ofisa/M McCarthy/C Rigney, C O'Loughlin, P Durcan, D Yapp.

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