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Fri 10 Oct 2007Cheika tweaks some moreRugby Celtic League/Leinster v Llanelli RDS:For the third successive week Michael Cheika has performed minor surgery on his starting XV to ensure candidates get an opportunity to prove their worth ahead of European action (which starts with the visit of the Leicester Tigers on November 10th).There are three particularly interesting selections. Firstly, Cheika stays true to his word by starting two specialist number sevens, Keith Gleeson and Shane Jennings, in the backrow with Jamie Heaslip. Blindside Jennings should be comfortable having alternated openside duties with Lewis Moody at Leicester.