Will Connors back to full training as Leinster issues squad update

Leinster Rugby Head Coach Leo Cullen has issued a squad update ahead of Saturday's BKT United Rugby Championship game against Dragons in the RDS Arena. Kick-off is at 7.35pm and the game will be shown live on RTÉ, Premier Sports and URC TV.

In wider squad news, Cullen confirmed a contract extension for Leinster hooker Tadgh McElroy until the end of the season.

Dundalk native McElroy initially impressed for Leinster 'A' before securing a short term contract in October. To date he has played twice in the URC for Leinster and that contract has now been extended to the end of the season.

In injury news there was no injury to report from the Round 13 game against Cardiff Rugby, but Cullen gave the following overview of his squad ahead of the visit of Dragons to the RDS Arena:

INJURY UPDATE – AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION:

Will Connors: came through the game against Cardiff Rugby with no issues following his return from injury

INJURY UPDATE – FURTHER ASSESSMENT REQUIRED:

Jason Jenkins: will look to increase his training load this week as he nears a return from a hamstring injury

INJURY UPDATE – UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION:

Cormac Foley: picked up a hamstring injury training last week and will be unavailable for selection

There are no further updates on:

Charlie Ngatai (hamstring), Ed Byrne (knee), Martin Moloney (knee), Ciarán Frawley (knee) and Tommy O’Brien (knee)