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Fri 04 Apr 2007Leaders unlikely to enjoy the LibertyCeltic League/Ospreys v Leinster:This is the business end of the season and for all the complaints about them, at least Leinster, to their credit, are still in negotiations for silverware. Though there will still be a fortnight of the campaign to run, tonight's daunting assignment in front of a hostile 10,000-plus crowd may well close the deal one way or another.The Ospreys' gritty 19-6 win against Llanelli last Tuesday may have left them looking a little wearier than Leinster, but it also pushed them to within five points of Michael Cheika's league leaders with a game in hand.