The Irish Times' Gerry Thornley previews Leinster's Heineken Cup clash with Saracens at Wembley.
"A near 50,000 crowd at Wembley for the Leinster galacticos, albeit without their greatest galactico of all; the men in red fighting for their lives in round two in front of a 27,000-packed house in their Thomond Park bear pit, the Springbok-infused Ulstermen sampling the delights of the Basque country in Biarritz and mouth-watering matches wherever else you look.
Even by Heineken Cup standards, this is not an average weekend.
Proving that he is not, after all, super human, no doubt to his great disappointment Brian O’Driscoll will not be adorning the new Wembley as Keith Wood and co did 11 years ago – when uncle Fester scored one of Ireland’s tries in the 29-23 win over Wales. In his stead, Joe Schmidt has opted to play Luke Fitzgerald in the number 13 jersey against Saracens today, thereby recalling Shane Horgan to the wing (as well as Cian Healy to the frontrow)."
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