O'Kelly in Leinster landmark
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:21
Malcolm O'Kelly is in line to become the most capped Leinster player of all time, should he feature in Saturday's game between the top two sides in the Magners League - when Leinster take on the Llanelli Scarlets at Stradey Park.
The Templeogue College man made his 139th appearance in last weekend's 34-18 victory over the Glasgow Warriors and is level on the all-time caps record alongside Reggie Corrigan.
Leo Cullen, who started alongside O'Kelly in the second row last weekend, could also make his 100th appearance for the province.
Meanwhile, Leinster are boosted by the return from injury of Girvan Dempsey for the trip to south Wales.
In other news, Leinster should be set to again call upon the services of the likes of try-scorers from last weekend: Shane Jennings, Jamie Heaslip and Shane Horgan.
Jonathan Sexton, a second half replacement at the RDS, made his first appearance in two months while Horgan, Heaslip and Luke Fitzgerald currently share second place in the individual top try-scoring chart with five, two behind Llanelli Scarlets' Regan King.
Horgan, incidentally, is now in second place in the overall Magners League try-scoring list with 24, five behind Matthew Watkins.
In all there are 11 Ireland internationals in the squad.
Leinster squad:
Forwards: Brian Blaney, Leo Cullen, Keith Gleeson, Cian Healy, Jamie Heaslip, Trevor Hogan, Bernard Jackman, Shane Jennings, Cameron Jowitt, Stephen Keogh, Stephen Knoop, Ollie le Roux, Malcolm O'Kelly, Stan Wright.
Backs: Michael Berne, Gary Brown, Felipe Contepomi, Girvan Dempsey, Luke Fitzgerald, Shane Horgan, Chris Keane, Rob Kearney, Jonathan Sexton, Christian Warner, Chris Whitaker, Cillian Willis
Date: Saturday, 29 March
Kick-off: 17.30 GMT
Venue: Stradey Park, Llanelli
Referee:
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Touch judges: Hugh Watkins (Wales), Simon Harris (Wales)
Television match official: Tony Rowlands (Wales)
