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Wed 09 Sep 2010New-look Leinster ready for the next step, says Easterby
RUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE:THREE OF last season’s coaching ticket have departed; a cadre of experienced players have retired; their European crown has slipped; they lost the Magners League final at home; they have a brute of a draw in the Heineken Cup, and a combination of central contracting and the imminence of the World Cup means many of their front-liners will scarcely play half the games in an expanded Magners League. Ye Gods. Leinster supporters are entitled to be a tad apprehensive about a new season.
The new management ticket, headed by Joe Schmidt, always knew the 2011 World Cup was going to result in player restrictions, and new manager Guy Easterby maintains “it’s still a pretty good hand”.
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