British and Irish Lions

After injury wrecked his chances of impressing British & Irish Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward during the recent Six Nations, Ireland centre Gordon D'Arcy may yet be able to prove his form in Leinster's European Cup clash with Leicester on Saturday.

The Irish province have not given up hope of both D'Arcy and Shane Horgan featuring, with both players being named in a 27-man squad for Saturday's Lansdowne Road quarter-final, and Leinster coach Declan Kidney said it is "possible" they could be fit.

D'Arcy featured for just 33 minutes in this season's Six Nations Championship due to a hamstring injury.

And his fellow threequarter Horgan missed Ireland's defeats against France and Wales because of a thumb problem, but Kidney will give them as long as possible to recover.

Assistant coach Graham Rowntree says The British & Irish Lions will have to be fully focussed to avoid a potential banana skin when they face The Barbarians a week today.

Three former British & Irish Lions will line-up against an England XV at Twickenham Stadium on Sunday as the Barbarians warm-up for their showdown with the 2013 tourists in Hong Kong next week.