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Hickie named in Leinster squad

Leinster star Denis Hickie
Leinster star Denis Hickie

The Leinster squad to face the Border Reivers in the Magners League at Donnybrook on Saturday (KO: 7.30pm) has been named.

Reggie Corrigan, Guy Easterby and Will Green have formally announced that they will retire from professional rugby at the end of the current season, but all three are included in the squad.

Denis Hickie has been included after missing last weekend's game through injury and he is joined by Ireland Under-20 starlet Sean O'Brien.

The seven players selected earlier this week for the forthcoming Ireland tour to Argentina have also been selected. Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Trevor Hogan, Bernard Jackman, Rob Kearney and Kieran Lewis take their places while Churchill Cup bound duo Luke Fitzgerald and Stephen Keogh have also been named.

LEINSTER squad to face Border Reivers at Donnybrook on Saturday at 7.30pm:

FORWARDS: Reggie Corrigan, Cian Healy, Will Green, Stanley Wright, Brian Blaney, Bernard Jackman, Owen Finegan, Trevor Hogan, Malcolm O’Kelly, Cameron Jowitt, Stephen Keogh, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Sean O’Brien.
 
BACKS: Guy Easterby, Paul O’Donohoe, Chris Whitaker, Felipe Contepomi, Christian Warner, Gordon D’Arcy, Shane Horgan, Kieran Lewis, Denis Hickie, Rob Kearney, Girvan Dempsey, Luke Fitzgerald.

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