All the team news for Friday night's games.

BOB CASEY believes that London Irish's Heineken Cup "homecoming" will tell his Exiles how good they really are.

The Reading men may be riding high in the Guinness Premiership - they are currently second, one point behind Saracens - but tonight's Dublin trip to face European champions Leinster will be the ultimate yardstick.

Casey told this week's rfu.com podcast: "It's brilliant to be going 'home', not just for me but for London Irish as a whole.

A storm has erupted following the banning of Olivier Azam for 12 weeks by the RFU for accidentally kicking Steve Borthwick in the head. Gloucester Rugby have issued a statement highlighting the following key findings from the judgement:

The big story  this week is BoP going down 19-22 at home to play-off rivals Hawke's Bay. The slip-up allowed Tasman to vault over them into fourth place. Wellington did themselves a favour with a comprehensive 43-15 victory over Manawatu and Canterbury maintained a consistent winning streak by overcoming bottom place Counties Manukau to retain the top spot.