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Leinster sweating over fitness of No10s ahead of Leicester clash
By Josh Raisey
Leinster flyhalves Harry Byrne and Ciaran Frawley are in a race to be fit for their side's visit to Welford Road on Saturday to take on the Leicester Tigers in the Investec Champions Cup.
The Pool 4 leaders were without Byrne on Saturday in their comfortable 43-7 victory over Stade Francais after he picked up an ankle injury in training. To make matters worse, starting No10 Frawley suffered a rib injury against the Parisian outfit. Leinster have confirmed today in their injury update that the pair will be assessed later this week to see if they are available to face a Leicester side that have a lot of play for.
With Ross Byrne still out with an arm injury, Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienaber will be hoping this crisis at No10 will be alleviated as the week progresses, although they fortunately enter round four in a comfortable position.
Though it is still mathematically possible for Leinster to miss out on a home round of 16 tie, that is unlikely regardless of the result at Welford Road (unless Leicester annihilate them). The Tigers, meanwhile, need a victory after their chastening 45-12 loss to reigning champions La Rochelle.
Elsewhere in the squad, Michael Milne picked up a calf injury last week in training and will be unavailable for the weekend's match.
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I'd rate the brothers Hendricks a point or two lower. Jaden has really not delivered on his early promise and Jordan's kicking at posts was quite erratic. Amongst other things.
I was really surprised that DuhDuh was replaced and not Jordan. DuhDuh had a great game and just underlined his class in a backline that was not firing on all cylinders.
Damian Willemse was missed. Hopefully he'll be back to full fitness and have an injury free 2025 (and '26 and '27 and so on until he decides to retire to spend time with his grandchildren).
RG was great. What an athlete.
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All things considered, this was another frustrating Bok performance. Even though it was a comfortable win, it wasn't a commanding win. This Welsh team should've been put away by a far larger margin.
But I have faith in Dr Rassie. He knows more than I do. Bring on 2027 😁
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