Leinster v Dragons (Sat)

MAGNERS LEAGUE
Venue: RDS Showground, Dublin Date: Saturday, 29 October Kick-off: 1730 GMT Coverage: Live on S4C

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Leinster's Brian O'Driscoll, Malcolm O'Kelly, Shane Horgan, Girvan Dempsey, Bernard Jackman, Jon Sexton and Cian Healy are back from Ireland duty.

The Dragons are short at flanker, Richard Parks having been ruled out for four months with a shoulder problem.

Colin Charvis (knee) is out and James Harris (knee) a long-term casualty.

Luke Charteris will be on the Wales bench against Australia, while Rhys Thomas is required by Wales all week, although he is not in the match-day 22.

LAST SEASON'S LEAGUE MEETINGS 3 May: Leinster 41-8 Dragons 9 May: Dragons 31-26 Leinster

Gethin Robinson replaces Thomas for the Dragons, Jamie Corsi back from injury to sit on the bench.

Rory Sidey is back from a rib injury, but lock Adam Jones (shoulder) misses out, leaving Hoani MacDonald and Andy Hall starting in the second row.

Long-term full-back injury victims Kevin Morgan and Martyn Thomas should be back in December and January respectively, while scrum-half Andy Williams is back in training.

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Leinster have lost their last three Magners League games, their worst run since 2004, but they have been defeated in just one of their last 14 matches at the RDS Showground.

The Dragons have lost their last three games, but are on a two-match winning run in the league.

The Newport-Gwent region have never beaten Leinster on their home soil.

"It has to be one of the most difficult tasks in the Magners League, to play last season's champions away from home," said Dragons coach Paul Turner.

"But I'm confident that we travel following a good few weeks of training and an eagerness to build on our previous form in the Magners League.

"I'd like to welcome Corsi back to the squad after a long period of injury and am also pleased that Sidey is fit again for this weekend.

"The players have a big challenge ahead of them on Saturday and I'm looking for a huge performance in Ireland."

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Leinster: G Dempsey, S Horgan, B O'Driscoll, F McFadden, S Keogh, J Sexton, C Whitaker (cpt); C Healy, B Jackman, S Wright, D Toner, M O'Kelly, R Elsom, S O'Brien, S Keogh.
Replacements: B Blaney, CJ van der Linde or J Hagan, T Horgan, C Keane, D Holwell, G Brown.

Dragons: Phil Dollman; Gareth Wyatt, Rory Sidey, Marc Stcherbina, Richard Fussell; James Arlidge, Wayne Evans; Adam Black, Tom Willis (capt), Gethin Robinson, Hoani Macdonald, Andrew Hall, Joe Bearman, Lewis Evans, Grant Webb.
Replacements: Steve Jones, Jamie Corsi, Jamie Ringer, Danny Lydiate, Ashley Smith, Shaun Connor, Rob Lewis.

Referee: Andy Macpherson (SRU)