Leinster defer selection

THE Leinster selectors have decided to defer until tonight selection of the team to meet Munster in the Interprovincial Championship…

THE Leinster selectors have decided to defer until tonight selection of the team to meet Munster in the Interprovincial Championship at Donnybrook next Saturday.

Leinster had intended to select their team last night but decided to wait 24 hours to check on injuries and on the availability of players. The Munster selectors meet this afternoon and they will announce their side tonight. They await medical reports on the fitness of full back Dominic Crotty and out half Killian Keane, both of whom had to withdraw from the side that beat Connacht last Saturday.

The Ulster team to meet Connacht at Ravenhill was selected last night and will be announced this morning. The indications are that Ulster will make few if any changes from the team that lost to Leinster last Saturday.

Second row Mick O'Neill, dropped by the Connacht selectors on Sunday after the defeat by Munster, is included in the Connacht A team to meet the Ulster Development side on Saturday.