White: Improvement required for Leinster task

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Nathan White: 'They don't make many mistakes so any chances we do get we're going to have to take' Hooker Sean Henry is likely to be sidelined for up to six months Jake Heenan is set for an extended break as he requires further surgery on a shoulder injury

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Connacht may have a 100 per cent Pro12 record so far but prop Nathan White knows they will need to improve if they are to extend their run against champions Leinster on Friday.

Victories over Newport Dragons and Edinbugh sees Pat Lam's men sit joint second in the table, while Leinster began with defeat to Glasgow Warriors before getting back to winning ways against Scarlets on Saturday.

Asked where there was room from improvement, former Leinster player White told RTÉ Sport: "I think our handling. We let ourselves down with a lot of dropped balls in the Edinburgh match.

"So if we can get our basic skills right we'll go a long way to doing well. I think it's the same for Leinster – they're a class team, they've a lot of internationals.

"They don't make many mistakes so any chances we do get we're going to have to take."

"We let ourselves down with a lot of dropped balls in the Edinburgh match"

Leinster scrum coach Marco Caputo has been impressed by what he has seen of Connacht so far.

He said: "They were very strong against Edinburgh away. I think that was real scrap that, probably a year ago, they mightn't have won so they've got that resilience as well.

"They are going to present challenges. We've got to be good enough to meet those challenges and put in the work so we can give a good account of ourselves on Friday night."

The match at the Sportsground kicks off at 7.35pm.  

Meanwhile, Connacht have confirmed that hooker Sean Henry is likely to be sidelined for up to six months after a scan revealed he ruptured the ACL in his knee during the game at Murrayfield. 

Flanker Jake Heenan is also set for an extended break as he requires further surgery on a shoulder injury. The 22-year-old New Zealander will be out for four to five months. 

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