Leinster Rugby 2022/23 Season Ticket Holder's Guide

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 

President: Debbie Carty 

Chief Executive: Michael Dawson 

Honorary Secretary: Stuart Bayley 

Honorary Treasurer: Michael McGrail 

RUGBY MANAGEMENT 

Head Coach: Leo Cullen 

Senior Coach: Stuart Lancaster 

Head of Rugby Operations: 

Guy Easterby 

Assistant Coach: Robin McBryde 

Backs Coach: Andrew Goodman 

Kicking Coach: Emmet Farrell 

Contact Skills Coach: Seán O’Brien 

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Design: Julian Tredinnick, 

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THE OLSC AND COLOURS 

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RDS ARENA 

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AVIVA STADIUM 

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FIXTURES 2022/23 

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SEASON IN REVIEW 

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COACHING TEAM 

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BACKROOM STAFF 

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THE SQUAD 2022/23 

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ROLL OF HONOUR 

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SEASON STATISTICS 

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HISTORICAL STATISTICS 

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LEINSTER WOMEN 

2022/23 

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WOMEN’S COACHING TEAM 

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Our People, Our Home 

TWELVE COUNTIES. ONE SHIRT. 

Aaron Craig 

From a lad wearing Leinster blue to the RDS, to 

designing this season’s shirt. Aaron Craig’s journey has 

been amazing. The adidas Designer talks us through 

his design and what it means to create the shirt for his 

boyhood club. 

How did you begin working with adidas? 

When I was at the National College of Art and Design Dublin, I learned 

of adidas’ intern program. A lifelong fan of the brand, I knew it was an 

amazing opportunity. Luckily, I got to join adidas as an intern in 2016 

and I’ve been in Herzogenaurach (adidas HQ) ever since. I’m now a 

licensed apparel designer for some of the biggest teams in the world. 

What drew you to this project? 

Leinster asked if there were any Irish designers at adidas HQ they 

could collaborate with. For a lad who comes from Leinster that grew 

up supporting the team, this was a massive bucket list moment. My 

grandfather even worked the entrance gates the RDS and Donnybrook 

for years. 

What was your inspiration for the design? 

The inspiration came quite naturally. Each county of Leinster was to be 

represented equally with their heraldic crests – instantly recognisable 

symbols. I wanted to recount my own Leinster memories too. That 

meant introducing the darker blue sleeves and the collegiate gold 

detailing. To me, it’s a design that could be worn by players from any 

generation, from O’Driscoll to Sexton. 

How do you keep designs fresh year on year? 

We work closely with clubs to find authentic and fresh stories. At 

adidas, we also want to be at the forefront of performance technologies 

and sustainability. So every year we work to combine the two. 

Which design excited you the most? 

On a professional level, I designed the Spanish national team kits for 

the World Cup this season. The biggest sporting event there is. But, 

on a personal level, being part of the first adidas Celtic jersey in 2020 

and now seeing the framed Leinster kits in my parents’ home in Dublin 

might just be level with the World Cup. 

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How does it feel to see your designs worn by thousands of fans? 

Seeing your jersey enjoyed by fans is definitely one of the most 

rewarding aspects of our jobs. Seeing people of all ages around Dublin 

on game day. Outside the pubs and cafés around the RDS. It’s a real 

pinch yourself moment for sure.

Debbie Carty welcome 

PRESIDENT, LEINSTER RUGBY 2022/23 

Hello! 

I am delighted to be writing to 

you and addressing you, our 

brilliant band of supporters, as 

Leinster Rugby President. 

I’ve had to wait longer than planned for 

the honour – thanks to Covid-19 – and I 

would like to place on record my sincere 

thanks to my predecessor John Walsh for 

steering the ship over his two seasons at 

the helm. 

John has also been a brilliant source of 

help, advice and support to me as I take 

over and for that I am very grateful. 

It gives me great pleasure to address you, 

in this, the 2022/23 Supporters’ Guide 

and I hope you enjoy the guide as much 

as I do. 

This publication has been a great tool 

at the start of every season over the last 

five years or so and is a testament to the 

brilliant communications team that we 

have back at base in UCD under the 

stewardship of Marcus Ó Buachalla. But I 

know that he has great support from Lisa 

Doyle, Rob Maguire and Paul Cahill and 

indeed from Harry Murphy and the team 

in Sportsfile. 

In particular, this project has been a 

labour of love for Ryan Corry over the 

last few years and we were very sorry to 

hear that he had left us for pastures new. 

Best of luck Ryan over in Norwich City 

FC. The season just won’t be the same 

without you. 

This season is one that I am looking 

forward to hugely. 

To be the first female President of the 

Leinster Rugby Branch is something that 

I am very proud of and I look forward 

to representing the Branch and indeed 

you, the supporters, at home and away 

throughout the season. 

I will also do my very best to get to as 

many schools and club games as I can 

and to visit as many locations as possible 

in the 12 counties during my tenure. 

And that is my message to you for this 

season. 

It’s not just about the games in the BKT 

United Rugby Championship or in the 

Heineken Champions Cup. It’s also about 

the games in Energia Park in the new 

year when Tania Rosser’s womens team 

take part in the Vodafone Interprovincial 

Championships. It’s about the Energia All- 

Ireland League for men and women. 

It’s about the schools game. And it’s 

about the club game. At all levels. 

Wherever you can, get out and 

show your support. Or if you’re 

not part of our brilliant and 

vibrant community already, knock 

down to your local club because 

you won’t be disappointed and I 

guarantee you there will be a 

warm welcome afforded 

to you. 

Like there was for me in 

Wexford Wanderers 

and where thankfully, 

there still is! 

Here’s to a great season folks. I can’t 

wait to get going and to meeting some 

of you over the coming months. No 

matter what happens, it’s the friends 

we meet along the way that make it all 

worthwhile. 

Debbie Carty 

President, Leinster Rugby 


Leinster Branch IRFU 

Past Presidents 

1920-21 Rt. Rev. A.E. Hughes D.D. 

1921-22 W.A. Daish 

1922-23 H.J. Millar IRFU 

1923-24 S.E. Polden IRFU 

1924-25 J.J. Warren IRFU 

1925-26 E.M. Solomons M.A. 

1926-27 T.F. Stack 

1927-28 A.D. Clinch M.D. IRFU 

1928-29 W. G Fallon B.L. IRFU 

1929-30 W.H. Acton 

1930-31 Mr. Justice Cahir Davitt IRFU 

1931-32 A.F. O’Connell 

1932-33 V.V. Drennan 

1933-34 R.M. Scott M.A. 

1934-35 P.F. Murray M.D. 

1935-36 S.V. Kirwan B.L. 

1936-37 R.D. Gray 

1937-38 G.P.S. Hogan B.L. IRFU 

1938-39 P.J. Power 

1939-40 Col. J, Gleeson B.E. 

1940-41 T. Bell 

1941-42 H. Michael M.D. 

1942-43 N.M. Purcell 

1943-44 D.J. O’Connor 

1944-45 Capt. J.R. Ramsey IRFU 

1945-46 E.T. McCarron 

1946-47 Rev. Precentor R. Watson 

1947-48 V.E. Kirwan IRFU 

1948-49 F.A. Moran 

1949-50 T.C.J. O’Connell M.D.MCh 

1950-51 E.W. Massey 

1951-52 Very Rev. E.R.S. Farrell 

1952-53 E.J. Daly 

1953-54 Lt. Col. J.J. Winters B.E. 

1954-55 L.B. McMahon IRFU 

1955-56 C.A. Boyle 

1956-57 L.J. Lysaght 

1957-58 E.J. Lightfoot 

1958-59 P.L. Tighe 

1959-60 C.R. Graves 

1960-61 R. Fitzgerald 

1961-62 P.S. O’Neill 

1962-63 E.J. Doyle 

1963-64 Dr. K.D. Mullen 

1964-65 N. McConnell 

1965-66 D.P. Smyth B. Arch 

1966-67 Dr. G.A. O’Reilly 

1967-68 D.G. O’Leary 

1968-69 T.W. R. Meates 

1969-70 T.J. Cullen B. Arch 

1970-71 J.F. Coffey IRFU 

1971-72 R. Ganly IRFU 

1972-73 A.R. Dawson IRFU 

1973-74 M.H. Carroll IRFU 

1974-75 W.D. Fraser 

1975-76 F.R. McMullen 

1976-77 P.F. Madigan IRFU 

1977-78 K.D. Kelleher 

1978-79 I.B. Cairnduff 

1979-80 P.J. Bolger 

1980-81 B. Cross 

1981-82 N.H. Brophy IRFU 

1982-83 E. Egan 

1983-84 P.J. Boyle IRFU 

1984-85 M. Cuddy IRFU 

1985-86 A. Twomey 

1986-87 R.L.K. Mills 

1987-88 B.S. Murphy 

1988-89 R.A. Brophy 

1989-90 E.J. Coleman IRFU 

1990-91 V.J.D. Kirwan 

1991-92 C.A. Smyth 

1992-93 T. D’Arcy 

1993-94 B.T. Keogh IRFU 

1994-95 D.P. Guilfoyle 

1995-96 W.A. Mulcahy 

1996-97 R.S. Browning 

1997-98 C.C. Powell IRFU 

1998-99 J.D. Hussey IRFU 

1999-2000 E.J. Thornton 

2000-01 P.A. Cranfield 

2001-02 J.R. West 

2002-03 A.J. de Lacy 

2003-04 L.P. Magee IRFU 

2004-05 P. Boylan 

2005-06 B. Brady 

2006-07 R. Barry-Duke 

2007-08 M.J. McLoughlin 

2008-09 D. Kavanagh 

2009-10 D. Lamont 

2010-11 K. Fitzpatrick 

2011-12 S. Bayley 

2012-13 B. Gormley 

2013-14 P.J. Deering 

2014-15 J. Glackin 

2015-16 R. McDermott 

2016-17 F. Doherty 

2017-18 N. Rynne 

2018-19 L Balfe 

2019-20 R Deacon 

2020-22 J Walsh 

2022-23 D Carty 


Your 

OLSC! 

Welcome back to a new season of 

Leinster Rugby and what we hope will 

be an enjoyable and successful season 

for both the team and supporters. 

As a Leinster Rugby Season Ticket 

Holder, you are automatically a 

member of the Official Leinster 

Supporters Club (OLSC). The 

Supporters Club is your club and 

works on your behalf in a number 

of ways to help support the Boys 

and the Girls in Blue. 

Where to Find Us 

You can find us on RDS Arena match 

days in the new Laighin Den (behind the 

Anglesea Stand), so please drop over to 

say hello, get some advice or to see our 

OLSC Merchandise range. 

We’d also encourage you to follow us 

on social media where we are active in 

all things both Leinster and supporters by 

checking our social media pages: 

FACEBOOK: 

https://www.facebook.com/OLSCRugby 

INSTAGRAM: 

https://www.instagram.com/olscrugby 

TWITTER: 

https://twitter.com/olscrugby 

EMAIL: 

olsc@leinsterrugby.ie 

Merchandise 

We also sell a limited number of OLSC 

Branded Merchandise. 

Check it out on match days in The Laighin 

Den or our online shop http://www.shop. 

olsc.ie 

Please note the online shop is run by 

volunteers and deliveries are sent out 

weekly. 

Volunteers 

The OLSC is run on behalf of the 

supporters by the OLSC Committee, 

which consists of Season Ticket Holders 

who volunteer to run the club. 

However, we are always looking for 

more volunteers. 

Throughout the season at some of 

the biggest games in the RDS Arena, 

Aviva Stadium, Energia Park and away 

from home we may need your help to 

distribute flags or hats to other supporters. 

If you would like to be contacted when 

we need assistance, please email olsc@ 

leinsterrugby.ie 

About Us 

Season Ticket Holders are automatically 

members of the Official Leinster 

Supporters Club. 

The supporters club is your club and 

works on your behalf in a number of 

ways to help support the Boys and the 

Girls in Blue including inter-provincial 

buses, supporters discounts, away guides 

and flagging both home and away 

games. 

These aims and more are available 

to read on the Leinster Rugby website 

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/ 

supporters/about-the-olsc/ 

URC Away Games 

The OLSC has put together some useful 

travel and ticketing information to help 

you get to the away games - https:// 

bit.ly/3fb60X2 - and please use the 

hashtags #olscontour and #awaydays 

if you yourself are away and looking to 

link in! 

Getting to see Leinster on the road in 

the URC is more affordable than you 


think, for supporters wanting to travel 

themselves. 

There isn’t such a high demand as the 

European away fixtures and as such 

flights, travel and accommodation is much 

better value. 

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You can travel to see Leinster in the UK 

for as little as €145pp – for example 

return flights €70, accommodation €50 

and match tickets €25. 

Away Travel Guides 

Over the season we regularly produce 

supporters away guides for individual 

European & URC games. Keep an eye 

out on our social media for them. You 

can find some of the previous guides here 

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/ 

supporters/away-guides/ 

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And Finally... 

Enjoy the season ahead! 

We came so close to achieving that 

fifth star, to reaching a URC final and to 

winning a first women’s interpro since 

2019…but beyond all of that it’s about 

the friendships and the memories we 

make as supporters with both friend and 

foe! 

See you all at The Laighin Den! 

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Leinster Rugby At Home 

The RDS Arena 

[ Established: 1731 | First Leinster Game: 2005 | Capacity: 18,300 ] 

The RDS Arena has been home 

to Leinster Rugby since 2007 

when the senior team’s games 

were relocated from Donnybrook 

stadium. 

The RDS is situated in the heart of Dublin, 

in Ballsbridge, and is located on a 42- 

acre site between the Intercontinental 

Dublin and the Herbert Park Hotel on 

Merrion Road. 

It has previously hosted high-profile 

concerts such as Justin Bieber, Bruce 

Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Pink and 

Bon Jovi. It has also hosted other sporting 

events such as FAI Cup Finals, the Special 

Olympics, Davis Cup Tennis and, of 

course, the annual Dublin Horse Show. 

The Arena holds a capacity of 18,300 

which can be increased by a further 

1,500 if required via temporary seating. 

Leinster Rugby’s first home game after 

the official move was a win against 

Edinburgh Rugby in the then Magners 

League in September 2007, though 

the first game played at the RDS by the 

province was a 34-15 win over Cardiff 

Blues in September 2005. 

Since then, the RDS Arena hosts the 

majority of Leinster Rugby home games 

and has witnessed some brilliant highs 

but also some agonising lows! As well as 

hosting the Bank of Ireland Leinster Rugby 

Schools Senior Final each year, the RDS 

Arena has also hosted the finals of other 

tournaments. 

Most recently, it hosted the 2014 PRO12 

Final where Leinster defeated Glasgow 

Warriors 34-12 with Zane Kirchner (2), 

Shane Jennings and Gordon D’Arcy all 

touching down for the home side. 

The season before that, the RDS 

witnessed Leinster success across both 

domestic and European competition as 

the province claimed the PRO12 and 


Challenge Cup titles with both finals 

played at the Dublin 4 venue. 

Leinster beat Stade Francais 34-13 in 

the final of the Challenge Cup with Ian 

Madigan, Seán Cronin, Rob Kearney and 

Cian Healy all scoring tries and Johnny 

Sexton adding 14 points with the boot. 

Eight days later, Ulster came to town for 

what was a ‘home’ final for them but 

with Ravenhill out of commission due to 

its redevelopment, the RDS Arena was 

nominated as their home venue. 

In a tightly-contested game, played 

in front of 19,200 spectators, Leinster 

prevailed on a scoreline of 24-18 with 

tries from Shane Jennings and Jamie 

Heaslip proving crucial. It was also the 

last game of Joe Schmidt’s time as head 

coach of Leinster Rugby. 

Leinster have also suffered final defeat in 

the RDS. In 2012, Ospreys came away 

victors in the Magners League Final. A 

try from winger Shane Williams in the 

78th minute converted by Dan Biggar 

snatched a 31-30 victory for the Welsh 

region. 

The same opposition had also carried 

out a similar ambush in 2010 when they 

defeated Leinster 17-12 in the Celtic 

League final. Two tries in the first half 

from Tommy Bowe and Lee Byrne did 

the damage and set them on their way in 

front of a sold-out RDS. 

In recent years, Leinster have enjoyed 

success at the RDS Arena, defeating 

Munster in the final of the 2020/21 

Guinness PRO14, albeit behind closed 

doors. 


Aviva Stadium 

[ Opened: 2010 | Capacity: 51,700 ] 

AVIVA Stadium, as it is now 

known, was officially opened on 

May 14, 2010, but of course it was 

previously known as the iconic 

Lansdowne Road Stadium prior to 

its redevelopment. 

The original Lansdowne Road Stadium 

was the vision of Henry William 

Dunlop, an outstanding young athlete 

who organised the All-Ireland Athletics 

Championships. His vision was to create 

a purpose built sporting venue and this 

he did at Lansdowne Road where the 

stadium first opened for athletics in 1872. 

The first rugby match played at the 

ground was an interprovincial between 

Leinster and Ulster in December 1876 

but it wasn’t until two years later that 

Lansdowne held its first international 

rugby fixture. 

In the late 1980s, the Irish soccer team 

also made the stadium their home 

although football games had taken 

place in the stadium as early as 1900. 

Waterford United hosted Manchester 

United in a European Cup tie at 

Lansdowne Road in 1968, a 3-1 win for 

the English club. 

In its old incarnation, the Lansdowne 

Road stadium was the oldest sports 

stadium in Europe. 

Similar to the RDS Arena, it has a proud 

history of hosting world class sporting 

events such as the 2011 Europa League 

Final and an American football game 

between Notre Dame and Navy in 

2012. It also seen some of the world’s 

best musicians perform including Frank 

Sinatra, Celine Dion, Neil Diamond, Bon 

Jovi, Robbie Williams and U2. 

The first rugby union game at the new 

AVIVA Stadium was an exhibition game 

on 31 July 2010 played in front of 

35,150 spectators, involving Under-18 

and Under-20 players from all four 

of Ireland’s provincial sides, with a 

Leinster/Ulster side defeating a Munster/ 

Connacht combination 68-0. 

On the Leinster/Ulster team that day 

were players such as Sam Coghlan- 

Murray, James Tracy, Marty Moore 

and Cathal Marsh who would go on to 

represent Leinster Rugby at senior level. 

Leinster won their opening home game 


at AVIVA Stadium against Munster 

13-9 on October 2, 2010, in front of a 

then record Celtic League attendance 

of 50,645. The league record was 

exceeded on March 29, 2014 when 

Leinster again beat Munster, 22-18, in 

front of 51,700 people. 

Leinster Rugby typically play two regular 

season games each year in AVIVA 

Stadium. One in the Guinness PRO14 

against Munster Rugby, and the other in 

the Heineken Champions Cup, usually 

during the back-to-back December 

fixtures. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic which 

has resulted in rescheduled tournament 

formats and games taking place behind 

closed doors, the regular AVIVA Stadium 

fixtures are subject to changes in 

circumstance. 

AVIVA Stadium was selected as the host 

venue for the 2017/18 Guinness PRO14 

Final and, on May 26, 2018, Leinster 

Rugby won the PRO14 for the fifth time 

when beating Scarlets 40-32 in front of 

46,092 supporters to complete a first 

ever club European and domestic 

double. 

In 2020, the stadium was chosen as the 

venue for the Irish leg of the completion 

of the Guinness PRO14 season. It 

involved the four provinces playing 

two games each with three of them 

later qualifying for the semi-final stage. 

Leinster’s number one seeding ensured 

that, should they win in the last four, the 

final would also take place in AVIVA 

Stadium. They duly beat Munster before 

clinching a third consecutive Guinness 

PRO14 title with a 27-5 win over Ulster in 

the decider. 

The Ballsbridge venue has also been 

chosen as the host stadium for the 2023 

EPCR Finals Weekend. 


17/09/2022 

KO 14:00 

United Rugby Championship 

ZEBRE V LEINSTER 

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 


KO 19:35 


CONNACHT V LEINSTER 

Sportsground 


KO 19:35 


LEINSTER V ULSTER 

RDS Arena 

23/09/2022 

KO 19:35 


LEINSTER V BENETTON 

RDS Arena 


KO 17:15 


LEINSTER V MUNSTER 

Aviva Stadium 

09/10/11 Dec/2022 

KO TBC 


RACING 92 V LEINSTER 


KO 19:35 


ULSTER V LEINSTER 

Kingspan Stadium 


KO 19:35 


SCARLETS V LEINSTER 

Parc y Scarlets 

16/17/18 Dec/2022 

KO TBC 


LEINSTER V GLOUCESTER RUGBY 

RDS Arena 


KO 17:05 


LEINSTER V CELL C SHARKS 

RDS Arena 

26/11 /2022 

KO 15:15 


LEINSTER V GLASGOW 

RDS Arena 


KO 19:35 


MUNSTER V LEINSTER 

Thomond Park 


01/01/2023 

KO 19:35 


LEINSTER V CONNACHT 

RDS Arena 


KO 17:00 


LEINSTER V CARDIFF RUGBY 

RDS Arena 


KO 14:00 


EMIRATES LIONS V LEINSTER 

Emirates Airline Park 


KO 19:35 


OSPREYS V LEINSTER 

Swansea.com Stadium 


KO 19:35 


LEINSTER V DRAGONS RFC 

RDS Arena 


KO 16:05 


VODACOM BULLS V LEINSTER 

Loftus Versfeld 

13/14/15 Jan/2023 

KO TBC 


GLOUCESTER RUGBY V LEINSTER 

Kingsholm 


KO 17:05 


EDINBURGH V LEINSTER 

DAM Health Stadium 

20/21/22 Jan/2023 

KO TBC 


LEINSTER V RACING 92 

Aviva Stadium 


KO 19:35 


LEINSTER V DHL STORMERS 

RDS Arena 


2021/22 

A season in review 

Earlier Josh van der Flier, Andrew Porter 

and James Tracy had dotted down while 

captain Johnny Sexton was flawless off 

the tee. 

There was a competitive Leinster Rugby 

debut on the night for new signing 

Michael Ala’alatoa while, on the other 

side of the scrum, Andrew Porter made 

his first outing back in the loosehead 

position where he had first made his 

name. 

The visitors mustered only three points on 

their first day out in what was traditionally 

a northern hemisphere league, those 

coming from the boot of Johan Goosen. 

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Harlequins 21 

10 September 2021 

Aviva Stadium 

Pre-Season Friendly 

Leinster Rugby defeated 

Harlequins 40-21 at Aviva 

Stadium in a Bank of Ireland preseason 

friendly ahead of the first 

game of the URC season. 

Six tries, including four in the first half, 

were enough to see off the Gallagher 

Premiership champions who showed their 

class throughout plenty of spells during 

the contest. 

Conor O’Brien struck first. The centre, 

playing for the first time since February 

2020 was on the end of an attack started 

by a break from Rob Russell. 

Further tries from Scott Penny, Johnny 

Sexton and Jamie Osborne helped 

Leinster to a 28-7 half-time lead. 

Ryan Baird and Academy centre Liam 

Turner added to the scoreboard in the 

second half while the visitors were able to 

pick off a couple of late consolations. 


Leinster 31 

Vodacom Bulls 3 


Aviva Stadium 


Leinster Rugby kicked 

off life in the new United 

Rugby Championship with a 

comprehensive 31-3 victory over 

newcomers Vodacom Bulls. 

Ross Byrne pounced for the bonus-point 

try midway through the second half which 

he also converted, sealing a maximum 

return for the hosts. 

Dragons 6 


3 October 2021 

Rodney Parade 


Josh van der Flier earned the 

Player of the Match on his 100th 

appearance for Leinster Rugby as 

the province claimed a one-point 

win against Dragons. 

The Dragons made it their mission to 

make a mess of Leinster’s ruck at Rodney 

Parade with an impressive back row of 

Aaron Wainwright, Ollie Griffiths and 

Ross Moriarty. 

Leinster did not quite hit their stride early 

on, meeting a very aggressive Dragons 

defence. 

Leinster’s only score of the afternoon 

would come from a Max Deegan try 

in the 12th minute, converted by Ross 

Byrne, as the flanker continued his return 

to action after missing the majority of the 

2020/21 campaign with an ACL injury. 

Dragons’ Sam Davies kicked two secondhalf 

penalties in quick succession but 

Leinster dug in and were able to prevent 

the resurgent hosts from snatching the 

victory.


Zebre 7 


RDS Arena 


Adam Byrne picked up two tries 

on his return from a 22-month 

lay-off as Leinster Rugby made 

it three wins out of three in the 

United Rugby Championship. 

Johnny Sexton was named URC Player of 

the Match after coming on early for the 

injured Harry Byrne, the out-half getting 

his side ticking all over the pitch. 

Scott Penny’s first-minute try was a signal 

of intent from the holders while Jordan 

Larmour doubled down on that in the 

12th minute. 

After almost two years watching on from 

the sidelines, Adam Byrne got his first try 

to a raucous reception in the 38th minute. 

The winger completed his brace just eight 

minutes after the break, by which time Ed 

Byrne and Seán Cronin had extended 

Leinster’s advantage. 

Rónan Kelleher came off the pitch to grab 

a seventh try before Pierre Bruno’s late 

consolation for the Italians. 


Scarlets 15 


RDS Arena 


Leinster Rugby continued their 

excellent start to the United 

Rugby Championship with a 50-15 

Round 4 win over Scarlets at the 

RDS Arena. 

Leading by 22-8 at the break despite 

trailing twice early on, the hosts would 

overpower their visitors further in the 

second half with replacement front-rowers 

Dan Sheehan and Cian Healy combining 

for three tries. 

Caelan Doris would also dot down in that 

second half making it a successful night 

on the scoreboard for Leinster forwards, 

Rónan Kelleher and Andrew Porter also 

crossing the whitewash. 

As well as the six tries from the forwards, 

Leinster were awarded a penalty try 

while the clock was in the red awaiting 

the end of the first half. 

Johnny McNicholl and Tomas Lezana 

notched a five-pointer for the visitors in 

each half but it wasn’t enough against a 

dominant home team. 

Glasgow Warriors 15 



Scotstoun Stadium 


Dan Sheehan celebrated his call 

up to the Ireland squad with 

the bonus-point try that helped 

Leinster Rugby see off Glasgow 

Warriors in Round 5 of the URC. 

Sheehan’s try arrived midway through 

the second half off the back of a positive 

third quarter in which Leinster stretched 

their advantage from seven to 21. 


Scotstoun Stadium is a place where most 

visitors have known their share of turmoil 

over the years, and arrive knowing a 

good start is usually imperative. 

Leinster were granted just that when 

the rapid dancing feet of hooker Rónan 

Kelleher allowed him to open the scoring 

in the sixth minute. 

Hugo Keenan and Adam Byrne helped 

the lead along with the full-back dotting 

down in the first half before Byrne 

extended the advantage ahead of 

Sheehan’s bonus-point effort. 

There was a perfect night on the tee too 

for Ross Byrne, the out-half kicking five 

from five. 


Ulster 20 

27 November 2021 

RDS Arena 


Ulster wrestled away Leinster 

Rugby’s unbeaten URC record 

with a late interception try to seal 

a 20-10 win in Round 6 at the RDS 

Arena. 

This interprovincial derby was billed as 

a face-off between two in-form sides in 

the URC. 

The visitors came with early pressure and 

made it tell on the score board when 

Greg Jones reacted quickest after quarter 

of an hour. 

Robbie Henshaw, returning for his first 

Leinster Rugby appearance of the season 

picked off a try in the 50th minute. Ross 

Byrne’s penalty restored parity with just 

15 remaining. 

However, there was one more punch left 

in Ulster and after Doak had given them 

back a three-point lead, James Hume 

picked off a wayward pass to score a 

last-minute try and seal the win for Ulster. 


Connacht 19 

3 December 2021 

RDS Arena 


Leinster Rugby bounced back 

from defeat in style, registering a 

bonus-point win over Connacht in 

the United Rugby Championship 

at the RDS Arena. 

They hit the westerners for seven tries, 

three in the first half followed by an 

impressive second half salvo. 

All the signs pointed towards a Blues 

backlash. But, it wasn’t one-way traffic in 

the first 40. 

Mack Hansen struck first for Connacht 

and Sammy Arnold restored their lead 

after Rhys Ruddock had hit back but 

when Garry Ringrose and Dan Sheehan 

both got in for tries in the closing 10 

minutes of the half, it looked as though 

the initiative was back with the hosts. 

That was made clearer when Jordan 

Larmour scored after a minute of the 

second half before Caelan Doris, Ryan 

Baird and Max Deegan saw out the 

victory, while Harry Byrne kicked five 

conversions. 


Bath 20 


Aviva Stadium 


Leinster Rugby kicked off their 


campaign with a 45-20 win 

over Bath Rugby at a cold Aviva 

Stadium. 

There were seven tries on the day, a 

brace for Jamison Gibson-Park, and one 

each for Tadhg Furlong – the Heineken 

Star of the Match – James Lowe, Hugo 

Keenan, Josh van der Flier and Rónan 

Kelleher. 

Three Leinster players also made 

European debuts for the province with 

Michael Ala’alatoa, Dan Sheehan and 

Tommy O’Brien introduced from the 

bench. 

With a bonus-point secured, and leading 

31-13 by the break, the second half was 

played with a lot of freedom in front of a 

25,000+ crowd at Aviva Stadium. 


Montpellier 28 


match awarded to the French 

club by EPCR 

Following a meeting of an 

independent Match Risk 

Assessment Committee, EPCR 

were advised that the Heineken 

Champions Cup Round 2 fixture 

between Montpellier Hérault 

Rugby and Leinster Rugby at the 

GGL Stadium could not go ahead 

safely. 

The contest in Pool A was therefore 

cancelled with Montpellier Hérault Rugby 

awarded the match on a 28-0, five match 

points basis, in accordance with the 

Tournament Rules. 

Leinster Rugby’s team management later 

expressed its disappointment with EPCR 

over the decision to award a 28-0 win in 

Montpellier’s favour. 

The Leinster Rugby squad and staff 

had five rounds of Antigen tests and 

four rounds of PCR tests in the six days 

leading up to the game and a group of 

players and staff, who had come through 

each stage of those tests, had been 

selected to represent the club in France 

and arrangements made accordingly. 

As a result of these test results and the 

measures implemented by Leinster 

Rugby, a letter was issued, Thursday, 16 

December, to Leinster Rugby from Public 

Health Ireland confirming that the group 

could travel to France for the game. 

At all times, Leinster Rugby complied with 

all measures and protocols required of 

the club by EPCR, and by the HSE, and 

will continue to do so. 

While the province are disappointed with 

the outcome of the decision by EPCR, the 

focus was quickly switched to the health 

and well-being of all players and staff. 


Montpellier 7 

16 January 2022 

RDS Arena 


After almost five weeks out of 

action due to Covid cancellations 

throughout the Christmas break, 

Leinster Rugby kicked off 2022 in 

the most impressive of fashion. 

Having conceded the reverse fixture to 

Montpellier, a statement of intent was 

made when they visited Dublin as the 

boys in blue ran in no fewer than 13 tries. 

Jack Conan kicked it off in just the second 

minute of the game and would later get a 

second. There were also braces for Josh 

van der Flier and Dan Sheehan while 

Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park, Ross 

Molony, Michael Ala’alatoa, Jordan 

Larmour, Jimmy O’Brien and James Lowe 

were also on the scoresheet. 

Byrne also kicked 14 points with the boot 

before captain Johnny Sexton came on to 

add a further 10 points. 

Bath 7 



Recreation Ground 


Jimmy O’Brien was the star of the 

show at the Rec as Leinster Rugby 

sealed their spot in the Heineken 

Champions Cup Round of 16 with 

a resounding win over Bath. 

The winger bagged four tries in what was 

an impressive all-round performance from 

O’Brien and his teammates. 

Vakh Abdaladze made his European 

debut from the bench on the day when 

Leinster had seven different try-scorers. 

On top of O’Brien’s four, Jordan Larmour, 

Josh van der Flier, Andrew Porter, Ciarán 

Frawley, Hugo Keenan and Dan Sheehan 

all crossed over for the province. 

Johnny Sexton kicked five conversions in 

a performance that was another reminder 

of his enduring quality while Ross Byrne 

also added four points from the tee. 

Cardiff Rugby 29 



Cardiff Arms Park 


There was heartbreak on this 

occasion for Leinster as Cardiff 

scored victory at the death with a 

successful penalty. 

Playing in front of a raucous home 

crowd, the first time the home crowd had 


een allowed following an easing of 

restrictions in Wales, the match was neck 

and neck throughout. 

Adam Byrne’s first half try seeing Leinster 

trail by three at half-time. James Tracy 

and Scott Penny added to that in the 

second half but Jarod Evans continued to 

nudge Cardiff along with the boot. 

And it was Evans who would have the 

final say when he converted from almost 

50 metres with the clock in the red to 

clinch the points. 

Despite the victory, it was a memorable 

night for young Academy lock Joe 

McCarthy who made his debut for the 

province and gave an all-action display 

featuring some strong carries. 


Edinburgh Rugby 7 

11 February 2022 

RDS Arena 


There was a return to winning 

ways for Leinster back at the RDS 

against high-flying Edinburgh in 

early February. 

In a tightly fought battle, late tries from 

Vakh Abdaladze and Max Deegan were 

needed to finally see off the Scottish 

capital club. 

It had started well for Leo Cullen’s men 

when Scott Penny crashed over midway 

through the first half and was later 

followed by Nick McCarthy, making his 

first start since returning from Munster in 

the summer. 

The second half was a challenging one 

as conditions turned and both teams were 

forced to keep possession tight with the 

forwards. 

Eventually though, Leinster were able 

to make their dominance tell and 

Abdaladze and Deegan dotted down 

before Edinburgh could pick up a 

consolation in the closing minutes. 


Ospreys 7 


RDS Arena 


It became two wins from two 

at home when visitors Ospreys 

were dismissed by 22 points the 

following weekend. 

It was yet again a solid showing 

defensively as the opposition were limited 

to a single try, coming late on when the 

result was beyond doubt. 

Jordan Larmour and Cian Healy scored 

first half tries for Leinster before the bonus 

point was secured in the 73rd minute by 

Scott Penny. 

The biggest roar of the night was saved 

for the return from injury of James Lowe, 

coming off the bench to score Leinster’s 

third in style. 

Ross Byrne picked out Jimmy O’Brien 

with a crossfield kick and he fed the ball 

back into the hotstepping Lowe who ran it 

home from just outside his own 22. 


Emirates Lions 13 


RDS Arena 


Leinster rounded out a successful 

February window with a win 

against a dogged Emirates Lions 

side in the first ever meeting 

between the two clubs. 

A fresh-faced looking Leinster lineup 

started very well with Academy duo Max 

O’Reilly and Jamie Osborne linking up 

very well to set up Dave Kearney for the 

first try just six minutes in. 

Jordaan Hendrikse kept Lions in touch 

using the boot and they would go in at 

half-time just a single point down. 

A quickfire brace of tries in the opening 

10 minutes of the second half from 

Michael Ala’alatoa and Scott Penny 

gave the province some breathing room 

but Jaco Kriel’s late effort for Lions made 

sure that Leinster were forced to sweat for 

the closing minutes. 


Benetton Rugby 17 


5 March 2022 

Stadio Monigo 


There was another big score for 

Leinster, this time in Italy, when 

they took apart Benetton Rugby 

61-17 at Stadio Monigo in early 

March. 

Leading 28-3 at the break, thanks to tries 

from Max Deegan, Seán Cronin, Jordan 

Larmour and Ross Byrne, Leinster showed 

no let-up in the second period, hitting 

another 33. 

The power of the maul was evident 

in Cronin picking up a brace with his 

replacement James Tracy coming off the 

bench to repeat the feat. 

Jimmy O’Brien also added two to 

his ever-growing tally for the season 

and even picked up a rare successful 

conversion when both Byrnes had 

already left the field of play later on. 

Ross Byrne was awarded the player of 

the match after another assured showing 

at 10, adding 14 points from the tee to 

his try. 

Leinster hit back before the half-hour 

mark and it was Max Deegan who did 

the damage. However, recent Ireland 

international cap Mike Lowry wasn’t long 

in restoring Ulster’s advantage. 

The hosts would take an 18-10 lead into 

the break and Leinster could only muster 

a Ross Byrne penalty in response as the 

weather played havoc with both teams’ 

attempts to play rugby. 

Munster Rugby 19 


2 April 2022 

Thomond Park 


Leinster Rugby flooded forward 

for a bonus-point win over 

Munster at Thomond Park, 

stretching their lead to 10 points 

at the head of the URC. 

James Lowe doubled up in the 

performance with the second and fourth 

tries, along with two from Garry Ringrose 

and Jimmy O’Brien. 

That effort from Ringrose and nine points 

from Ross Byrne had Leinster ahead by 

two (14-12) at the break. 

The second half was much more open 

and it was Leinster who took advantage, 

pulling away with three further tries to 

clinch the bonus point. 

Connacht Rugby 21 



The Sportsground 


Leinster Rugby built up a fivepoint 

lead before the second leg 

of their Round of 16 Heineken 

Champions Cup tie with Connacht 

Rugby at Aviva Stadium. 

Leo Cullen’s men had to absorb an early 

try and a yellow card to Jamison Gibson- 

Park on their way to posting three tries, 

two from James Lowe and one from Hugo 

Keenan, at The Sportsground in the first 

of the two-match tie. 

John Porch struck for Connacht in just the 

second minute before Leinster came back 

to lead 18-11 at the break. 

From there, the visitors showed excellent 

game management in ensuring that they 

would bring a lead back to the home 

leg. 

Ulster Rugby 18 


12 March 2022 

Kingspan Stadium 


Leinster Rugby came away from 

Belfast with a losing bonus-point 

to hold onto top spot in the United 

Rugby Championship on an 

inclement Saturday evening. 

Ulster started the better of the two and 

made it show on the scoreboard when 

Sam Carter dotted down inside the 

opening 10 minutes. 



Connacht Rugby 20 


Aviva Stadium 


Leinster Rugby moved into the 

quarter-finals of the Heineken 

Champions Cup thanks to a 56-20 

victory over Connacht Rugby at 

Aviva Stadium. 

James Lowe was front and centre for half 

of the eight tries and Robbie Henshaw 

grabbed a brace in a comprehensive 

performance, bringing the aggregate 

total to 82-41 over the two legs. 

In what was a first for both teams, Leinster 

manoeuvred the tricky back-to-back tie 

well with Lowe’s four tries providing a 

highlight on the day. 

Tadhg Furlong and Jamison Gibson- 

Park were also on the scoresheet in the 

comfortable win. 

Cell C Sharks 28 

Leinster Rugby 23 

23 April 2022 

Hollywoodbets Kings Park 


Leinster Rugby came within inches 

of completing a courageous late 

comeback against the Cell C 

Sharks in Round 16 of the URC. 

This was always going to be a tall 

assignment for Leinster’s young brigade 

in the face of the more mature South 

African side, starters Brian Deeny, John 

McKee and replacement Lee Barron all 

making their provincial debuts. 

Ahead by three thanks largely to the boot 

of Ciarán Frawley at the break, and tries 

from Scott Penny and Tommy O’Brien, 

Leinster were put under intense pressure 

by the hosts in the second period. 

Two yellow cards did not help the cause 

and Sharks edged ahead before a last 

stand kept Leinster at bay. 

DHL Stormers 20 



DHL Stadium 


Leinster Rugby came away with 

a valuable losing bonus point 

from Cape Town that secured a 

first-place finish with one round 

left to play in the United Rugby 

Championship. 

The Stormers had put together a string 

of six wins to be one more away from 

securing second place in the league. 

If Leinster needed any reminder of the 

dangers posed by the in-form South 

Africans, they were rocked back on their 

heels by Damian Willemse’s mesmerising 

counter and fellow centre Ruan Nel’s 

finish after just 30 seconds. 

Again, the traveling side were hit with two 

yellow cards and Ed Byrne’s try on the 

hour had the hosts sweating but a penalty 

try saw out the win for them. 


Leicester Tigers 14 

Leinster Rugby 23 

7 May 2022 

Welford Road 


Leinster Rugby went through to 

the semi-finals of the Heineken 

Champions Cup after a 23-14 win 

over Leicester Tigers at Mattioli 

Woods Welford Road. 

A 20-point first half lead was enough 

breathing room for Leinster to see out the 

victory, coming through tries from Josh 

van der Flier and Robbie Henshaw. 

The now English champions pushed 

back after the break and tries from Chris 

Ashton and Nic Dolly closed the gap 

before Ross Byrne settled nerves with 

three points from the tee. 

A brace of tries by James Lowe and two 

more from Josh van der Flier and Hugo 

Keenan were enough to dethrone the 

French side at a sun-drenched Aviva 

Stadium. 

In front of over 42,000 people, Leinster 

fell behind to an early Antoine Dupont try 

before unleashing a clinical performance 

for the remaining 70 minutes. 

Leading 23-10 at the break, they kicked 

on further in the second half to book their 

place in the final. 


Munster Rugby 25 


Aviva Stadium 


Leinster Rugby ended their 


regular season with a win against 

Munster at Aviva Stadium. 

They set up a home quarter-final against 

Glasgow Warriors on the first weekend 

in June. 

Much-changed from the Toulouse win, 

Leinster scored within a minute through 

Scott Penny, before Cormac Foley got his 

first try for the province after Munster had 

hit back. 

Harry Byrne was in good form while 

man of the match Jordan Larmour had a 

big say in setting up Rory O’Loughlin’s 

effort, later voted as the province’s Try of 

the Year. 

A 10-point win for Leinster in front of 

32,411 was a nice way to sign off the 

regular season. 


Stade Toulousain 17 


Aviva Stadium 


Leinster Rugby qualified for the 

2022 edition of the Heineken 

Champions Cup final in Marseille 

on May 28 with a 40-17 victory 

over holders, Toulouse. 

www.leinsterrugby.ie | 23



Stade Rochelais 24 


Stade Velodrome 


Leinster Rugby suffered a threepoint 

defeat to La Rochelle in the 

final of the Heineken Champions 

Cup at Marseille’s Stade 

Velodrome. 

It was heartbreak for the Irish province as 

replacement scrum-half Arthur Retiere’s 

80th-minute try nudged La Rochelle 

in front with seconds remaining. Ihaia 

West’s conversion would be the last 

action on the day. 

Leinster, who had led from the 23rd 

minute until Retiere’s try, would not score 

a try throughout the 80 minutes while the 

French side would run in three. 

Captain Johnny Sexton kicked 18 of his 

side’s 21-point total with the other three 

coming from Ross Byrne. 

On the other hand, La Rochelle had tries 

from Raymond Rhule, Pierre Bourgarit 

and Arthur Retiere which proved key. 


Glasgow Warriors 14 

4 June 2022 

RDS Arena 


Leinster Rugby booked their spot 

in the last four of the URC with 

a resounding 12-try victory over 

Glasgow Warriors at the RDS 

Arena. 

Among the tries, there were braces for 

Dan Sheehan and man of the match 

Jordan Larmour while Joe McCarthy 

registered his first points for the province. 

There were eight five-pointers in the 

second half with Larmour’s second joined 

on the scoresheet by efforts from Caelan 

Doris, Michael Ala’alatoa, Jamison 

Gibson-Park, Garry Ringrose, Ciarán 

Frawley, Luke McGrath and Jimmy 

O’Brien. 

Between them, Ross and Harry Byrne 

kicked 16 points from conversions 

between them. 


Vodacom Bulls 27 

10 June 2022 

RDS Arena 


Leinster Rugby’s season ended 

with a single-point loss to the 

Vodacom Bulls in the URC semifinal 

at the RDS Arena. 

A late Cian Healy try closed the gap 

to just one but it came with time up and 

referee Andrea Piardi signalled full-time 

on completion of Johnny Sexton’s 

conversion. 

Amid temperamental weather in 

Ballsbridge, the first half saw the Bulls go 

in with a three-point lead following a try 

late in the half from Robbie Henshaw to 

get Leinster back in touching distance. 

The 52nd-minute sinbinning of James 

Ryan which also resulted in a penalty try 

for the Bulls saw the game edge further 

from Leinster’s reach but when Rory 

O’Loughlin added a try for Leinster in 

the 69th minute, a comeback seemed on 

the cards. 

However, Morne Steyn came off the 

bench to kick the clinching three points 

that ensured Cian Healy’s late effort 

would not be enough. 


Leinster Rugby 

Coaching and 

Backroom Team 


HONOURS: Leo was appointed 

Leinster Rugby Head Coach 

for the 2015/16 season having 

served as Forwards Coach for 

a season under Matt O’Connor 

and having played for Leinster 

Rugby with distinction for nearly 

20 years. 

Leo won 32 Ireland caps and 221 

Leinster caps during a stellar career 

that saw him win titles with both Leinster 

Rugby and Leicester Tigers. 

The former Blackrock College player first 

appeared in blue in 1995 but made his 

senior debut in October 1998 against 

Connacht during the interprovincial 

championship. He would also appear 

against Stade Francais and Bordeaux- 

Begles in the Heineken Cup of the 

1998/99 season. 

He won his first trophy in 2001/02 as the 

inaugural Celtic League went Leinster’s 

way and later that summer he was 

included in the Ireland squad to tour New 

Zealand, appearing for the national side 

in June against the All Blacks. 

The Wicklow man gained 32 Irish caps 

during his career and had the honour 

of captaining his side against Russia, in 

Rotorua, during the 2011 Rugby World 

Cup. He also captained Ireland against 

Scotland a month previous. 

Cullen’s service for the province was 

interrupted by a two-season spell with 

Leicester Tigers where he won the 

Guinness Premiership and the EDF Energy 

Cup in 2007. They were denied the 

treble when Wasps defeated them in the 

Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham. The 

following season saw Cullen tempted 

back to the Leinster set-up and the early 

signs were positive as Leinster won the 

Magners League in 2007/2008. 

The following season the 6’ 6” lock 

was handed the captain’s armband 

and only nine months later, he was 

raising the Heineken Cup trophy aloft 

after a memorable win over Leicester at 

Murrayfield. 

Further success in Europe would follow 

in 2011, when Cullen captained Leinster 

to an astonishing comeback win over 

Northampton Saints at the Millennium 

Stadium, and in May 2012 when his 

team retained their title with a dominant 

win over Ulster. In lifting the trophy at 

Twickenham, Cullen became the first man 

to captain a team to three Heineken Cup 

Final successes. 

His final two seasons as a player saw 

Cullen lift three more trophies with 

Leinster. The Amlin Challenge Cup and 

RaboDirect PRO12 titles were won on two 

consecutive weekends at the end of May 

in 2013, and in Cullen’s final appearance 

for the province he lifted the RaboDirect 

PRO12 title for a second season in 

succession, alongside fellow departee 

Brian O’Driscoll. 

Cullen was asked to join the Leinster 

backroom staff by head coach Matt 

O’Connor after his retirement and he 

became the Leinster forwards coach 

in July 2014. In that first season in a 

coaching capacity Leinster reached the 

Champions Cup semi-final losing out in 

extra time to eventual winners Toulon. 

With the departure of O’Connor a season 

later, Cullen was appointed Leinster 

Rugby Head Coach in August 2015 

and led the province to the top of the 

Guinness PRO12 table and to the PRO12 

Final in his first season in charge. 

In his second season in charge Leinster 

Rugby reached the last four of both the 

Guinness PRO12 and the Champions 

Cup and as a result he signed a two year 

extension in June 2017. 

In 2018, in his third season, Cullen 

became the first man to win a Champions 

Cup title as a player and as a head 

coach as he presided over a first ever 

Guinness PRO14 and Champions Cup 

double for Leinster. 

The following year he again led Leinster 

Rugby to two finals, unfortunately 

coming up short against Saracens in 

the Heineken Champions Cup Final in 

St. James’ Park but only two weeks later 

winning back-to-back Guinness PRO14 

titles in Celtic Park. 

Following the success in Celtic Park, 

Cullen signed a two year extension to his 

IRFU contract meaning he would remain 

at the helm until the end of the 2020/21 

season at least and he has since signed 

an additional contract extension to the 

end of the 2022/23 season. 

Before last season, Cullen had 

masterminded four consecutive Guinness 

PRO14 titles for Leinster, including an 

unprecedented unbeaten season in the 

Guinness PRO14 in 2019/20. 


Leo 

Cullen 

Head Coach 

DOB: 9 January 1978 


Stuart 

Lancaster 

Senior Coach 

DOB: 9 October 1969 

HONOURS: Stuart was England Rugby Head Coach from 2011-2015. Before that 

he was the RFU’s Elite Rugby Director. He represented Scotland at underage level and 

was the first player to play over 100 times for Leeds RUFC (later branded Leeds Tykes). 

Prior to joining Leinster Rugby as Senior Coach in September 2016, Lancaster had 

short term roles with the Atlanta Falcons, with British Cycling’s world-class performance 

programme, with the English FA and with Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup in 

New Zealand. 

Robin 

McBryde 

Assistant Coach 

DOB: 3 July 1970 

HONOURS: McBryde is a former Llanelli and later Scarlets hooker who played over 

250 games for his region. In an eleven year international career he was capped 37 

times by Wales and played in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Since retiring in 2005, 

McBryde has immersed himself in coaching initially with the Scarlets and then with 

Wales as forwards coach to the senior national squad. 

ANDREW 

GOODMAN 

ASSISTANT COACH 


HONOURS: Andrew Goodman won 17 caps for Leinster Rugby over two seasons 

between 2012 and 2014, but injury curtailed his second season. During his time with 

the club he won a Celtic League and a Challenge Cup title. After retiring, Goodman 

became head of the Nelson College rugby academy in 2015. He joined the Tasman 

Mako coaching team in 2016, before graduating to the head coach role. He was 

appointed backs coach to the Crusaders in 2021.The New Zealand native, who 

played at out-half or centre, replaced the departing Felipe Contepomi, and was 

confirmed as the Leinster Rugby Assistant Coach in June 2022. 


Emmet 

Farrell 

Kicking Coach and 

Lead Performance Analyst 

DOB: 6 March 1977 

HONOURS: Emmet was appointed Leinster Analyst in 2003 having successfully 

represented Leinster at Schools, U19, U20 and Senior level and Ireland at Schools, 

U21 and A levels. His career was cut short due to a knee injury. He joined the Leinster 

management team in November 2003 as video analyst and in June 2017 he was also 

appointed as Kicking Coach to the senior team. 

SEÁN 

O’BRIEN 

CONTACT SKILLS Coach 

DOB: 14 February 1987 

The Tullow native left Leinster Rugby at the end of the 2018/19 season as one of the province’s most 

decorated players, having come through the Leinster Academy system and having played 126 times for 

Leinster since his debut in September 2008 against the Cardiff Blues. In O’Brien’s time at Leinster he was 

part of the PRO12/14 winning squads in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019, famously lifting the trophy in 

Celtic Park. He has four Heineken Champions Cup medals, starting in the Heineken Cup Finals of 2011 and 

2012, and also a Challenge Cup medal in 2013. Off the back of these impressive performances in the blue 

of Leinster, he was named European Player of the Year in 2011. O’Brien made his Ireland debut in the RDS 

Arena in November 2009 against Fiji and won 54 Ireland caps scoring six tries in total. He was a member 

of the Ireland 2015 Six Nations-winning squad and was on two tours with the British and Irish Lions, winning 

11 caps. He retired from professional rugby in 2022, after three seasons playing at at London Irish.# 

O’Brien joined the Leinster Rugby senior coaching team in June 2022. 

Guy 

Easterby 

Head of Rugby Operations 


HONOURS: Guy was appointed Leinster Team Manager in June 2010 having held a 

similar role for the province’s British & Irish Cup and ‘A’ sides in the previous season. Guy 

enjoyed two spells with the province spanning 64 caps. He also represented Ireland on 28 

occasions. 


Leinster 

Rugby 

Back Room 

Team 2022/23 

RONAN 

O’DONNELL 

OPERATIONS MANAGER 

BRIAN 

COLCLOUGH 

SENIOR TEAM 

PERFORMANCE ANALYST 

KARL 

DENVIR 

SENIOR 

PHYSIOTHERAPIST 

MIKE 

THOMPSON 

MASSEUR 

CHARLIE 

HIGGINS 

HEAD OF ATHLETIC 

PERFORMANCE 

JULIETTE 

FORTUNE 

ASSISTANT ANALYST 

DARRAGH 

CURLEY 

SENIOR 

REHABILITATION COACH 

CHRIS 

JONES 

MASSEUR 

JOE 

MCGINLEY 

SENIOR ATHLETIC 

PERFORMANCE COACH 

JACK 

O’BRIEN 

SPORTS SCIENTIST 

FEARGHAL 

KERIN 

REHABILITATION 


PROF JOHN 

RYAN 

HEAD DOCTOR 

DAVID 

DOODY 

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE 

INTERN 

GARRETH 

FARRELL 

HEAD PHYSIOTHERAPIST 

MOLLY 

BOYNE 

PHYSIOTHERAPY 

INTERN 

DR STUART 

O’FLANAGAN 

TEAM DOCTOR 


DR JIM 

MCSHANE 

TEAM DOCTOR 

GORDON 

BRETT 

HEAD ACADEMY ATHLETIC 

DEVELOPMENT COACH 

KIERAN 

HALLETT 

ELITE PLAYER 

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 

PADRAIC 

PHIBBS 

SUB-ACADEMY ASSISTANT 

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE COACH 

EOGHAN 

HICKEY 

LEAD PERFORMANCE 

NUTRITIONIST 

EOIN 

SMYTH 

ACADEMY PERFORMANCE 

ANALYST 

AARON 

DUNDON 

ELITE PLAYER 


LUKE 

O’DEA 

SUB-ACADEMY ASSISTANT 

ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT COACH 

JIM 

BASTICK 

KITMAN 

SOPHIE 

CONROY 

ACADEMY AND SUB-ACADEMY 

PERFORMANCE NUTRITIONIST 

ADAM 

GRIGGS 

PROVINCIAL TALENT 

COACH 

MARK 

KENNEALLY 

SUB-ACADEMY 


SIMON 

BROUGHTON 

ACADEMY MANAGER 

TREVOR 

HOGAN 

COE ELITE PLAYER 


DAVID 

FAGAN 

LEAD SUB ACADEMY ATHLETIC 

PERFORMANCE COACH 

Declan 

Darcy 

Performance 

Coach 

AOIFE 

HEALY 

ACADEMY REHABILITATION 


JOHNNY 

O’HAGAN 

‘A’ KIT MAN 


squad 2022/23 

Vakhtang 

Abdaladze 

#1263 

DOB 

6 Feb 1996 

FROM 

Kutaisi, Georgia 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

121kg (19st 1 lb) 

POSITION 

Prop 

CLUB 

Clontarf FC 

LEINSTER DEBUT 


HONOURS 

Ireland U-20 (2 caps) 

2021/22 STATISTICS 

ALL GAMES URC CHAMPIONS CUP 

APP TRY PTS APP TRY PTS APP TRY PTS 

0+5 1 5 0+4 1 5 0+1 - - 

Ryan 

Baird 

#1278 

DOB 

26 July 1999 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.98m (6’ 6”) 

WEIGHT 

113kg (17st 9lbs) 

POSITION 

Second Row 

SCHOOL 

St Michael’s College 

CLUB 

Dublin University FC 


27 April 2019 

HONOURS 

Ireland (8 caps) 




7+4 1 5 6+3 1 5 1+1 - - 

Michael 

Ala’alatoa 

#1301 

DOB 

28 August 1991 

FROM 

Camperdown, NSW, 

Australia 

HEIGHT 

1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 

126kg (19st 11lbs) 

POSITION 

Prop 



HONOURS 

Samoa (9 caps) 




12+13 3 15 11+6 2 10 1+7 1 5 

Ed 

Byrne 

#1222 

DOB 


FROM 

Carlow 

HEIGHT 

1.80m (5’ 11”) 

WEIGHT 

115kg (18st) 

POSITION 

Prop 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 


9 February 2014 

HONOURS 





8+7 2 10 8+5 2 10 0+2 - - 


Harry 

Byrne 

#1280 

DOB 

22 April 1999 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 

95kg (14st 11lbs) 

POSITION 

Outhalf 

SCHOOL 

St. Michael’s College 

CLUB 

Lansdowne 

HONOURS 





7+5 - 29 7+5 - 29 - - - 

Jack 

Conan 

#1223 

DOB 

29 July 1992 

FROM 

Bray, Wicklow 

HEIGHT 

1.93m (6’ 4”) 

WEIGHT 

110kg (17st 4 lbs) 

POSITION 

No 8 

CLUB 

Old Belvedere RFC 



HONOURS 

Ireland (30 caps) and British 

& Irish Lions (7 caps) 




11+1 2 10 4+1 - - 7 2 10 

Ross 

Byrne 

#1236 

DOB 

8 April 1995 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 

92kg (14st 5lbs) 

POSITION 

Out-half 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





15+9 3 176 13+3 2 125 2+6 1 51 

Will 

Connors 

#1264 

DOB 

4 April 1996 

FROM 

Donadea, Kildare 

HEIGHT 

1.96 (6’ 5”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Back Row 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





1+1 - - 1+1 - - - - - 

Thomas 

Clarkson 

#1285 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

118kg (18st 7lbs) 

POSITION 

Prop 

SCHOOL 

Blackrock College 

CLUB 




HONOURS 





4+4 - - 4+4 - - - - - 

Max 

Deegan 

#1256 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.93m (6’ 4”) 

WEIGHT 

110kg (17st 4lbs) 

POSITION 

No 8 

CLUB 

Lansdowne FC 



HONOURS 

Ireland (1 cap) 




8+11 6 30 8+7 6 30 0+4 - - 


Brian 

Deeny 

#1306 

DOB 

2 March 2000 

FROM 

Wexford 

HEIGHT 

1.99m (6’ 6”) 

WEIGHT 

118kg (18st 8lbs) 

POSITION 

Second Row 

SCHOOL 

St Peter’s College, Wexford 

CLUB 

Clontarf FC/Wexford Wanderers RFC 


23 April 2022 

HONOURS 





2 - - 2 - - - - - 

Ciarán 

Frawley 

#1265 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.92m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Out-half 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 

Ireland U20s (10 caps) 




14+7 3 36 12+3 2 31 2+4 1 5 

Caelan 

Doris 

#1268 

DOB 

2 April 1998 

FROM 

Ballina, Mayo 

HEIGHT 

1.94m (6’ 4”) 

WEIGHT 

106kg (16st 10lbs) 

POSITION 

Back Row 

CLUB 

St. Mary’s College RFC 


28 April 2018 

HONOURS 





15 3 15 7 3 15 8 - - 

Tadhg 

Furlong 

#1220 

DOB 


FROM 

Wexford 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

125kg (19st 8lbs) 

POSITION 

Prop 

CLUB 

New Ross RFC/Clontarf FC 



HONOURS 






12+1 2 10 5+1 - - 7 2 10 

Cormac 

Foley 

#1299 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.81m (5’ 11 ”) 

WEIGHT 

90kg (14 st 2 lbs) 

POSITION 

Scrum-half 

SCHOOL 

St Gerard’s School 

CLUB 

Lansdowne FC 


24 April 2021 

HONOURS 

Ireland U-20 ( 8 caps) 




2+2 1 5 2+2 1 5 - - - 

Jamison 

Gibson-Park 

#1247 

DOB 

23 February 1992 

FROM 

Great Barrier Island, New 

Zealand 

HEIGHT 

1.76m (5’ 9”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Scrum-half 



HONOURS 





11+4 5 25 5+2 1 5 6+2 4 20 


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Cian 

Healy 

#1142 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

116kg (18st 4lbs) 

POSITION 

Prop 

CLUB 

Clontarf FC 


5 May 2007 

HONOURS 

Ireland (118 caps) and 

British & Irish Lions (2 caps) 




4+14 3 15 3+8 3 15 1+6 - - 

Dave 

Kearney 

#1158 

DOB 

19 June 1989 

FROM 

Louth 

HEIGHT 

1.81m (5’ 11”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Wing / Full Back 

CLUB 

Lansdowne FC 


16 May 2009 

HONOURS 





3+1 1 5 3+1 1 5 - - - 

Robbie 

Henshaw 

#1251 

DOB 

12 June 1993 

FROM 

Athlone 

HEIGHT 

1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Centre / Full Back 

CLUB 

Buccaneers RFC 



HONOURS 






10+1 5 25 4+1 2 10 6 3 15 

Hugo 

Keenan 

#1253 

DOB 

18 June 1996 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Full Back 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 

Ireland (23 caps) 




14 5 25 6 1 5 8 4 20 

Jason 

Jenkins 

DOB 


FROM 

Pretoria, South Africa 

HEIGHT 

2.03 m (6’ 8”) 

WEIGHT 

124kg (19st 5lbs) 

POSITION 

Lock 

HONOURS 

South Africa (1 cap) 




- - - - - - - - - 

Rónan 

Kelleher 

#1277 

DOB 

24 January 1998 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 0”) 

WEIGHT 

110kg (17st 5lbs) 

POSITION 

Hooker 

CLUB 

Lansdowne FC 



HONOURS 





9+2 4 20 2+2 3 15 7 1 5 


Jordan 

Larmour 

#1258 

DOB 

10 June 1997 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.78m (5’ 10”) 

WEIGHT 

88kg (13st 12lbs) 

POSITION 

Wing 

CLUB 

St Mary’s College RFC 



HONOURS 





12 8 40 9 6 30 3 2 10 

Nick 

McCarthy 

#1241 

DOB 

25 March 1995 

FROM 

Ann Arbor, MN, USA 

HEIGHT 

1.8m (5’ 11”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Scrum Half 

CLUB 

UCD 


19 Decemeber 2015 

HONOURS 





3+7 1 5 3+7 1 5 - - - 

James 

Lowe 

#1262 

DOB 

8 July 1992 

FROM 

Nelson, New Zealand 

HEIGHT 

1.88m (6’ 2”) 

WEIGHT 

105kg (16st 7lbs) 

POSITION 

Wing / Full Back 

CLUB 

Clondalkin RFC 



HONOURS 





11+2 13 65 5+1 3 15 6+1 10 50 

Luke 

McGrath 

#1206 

DOB 


FROM 

Ontario, Canada 

HEIGHT 

1.75m (5’ 9”) 

WEIGHT 

82kg (12st 12lbs) 

POSITION 

Scrum Half 

CLUB 

UCD 


5 May 2012 

HONOURS 





12+12 2 10 10+6 2 10 2+6 - - 

Joe 

McCarthy 

#1303 

DOB 

26 March 2001 

FROM 

New York, USA 

HEIGHT 

1.98m (6’ 6”) 

WEIGHT 

119kg (18st 8lbs) 

POSITION 

Second Row 

SCHOOL 


CLUB 




HONOURS 





8+3 1 5 8 1 5 0+3 - - 

Michael 

Milne 

#1279 

DOB 


FROM 

Offaly 

HEIGHT 

1.83m (6’ 0”) 

WEIGHT 

115kg (18st 1lbs) 

POSITION 

Prop 

SCHOOL 

Cistercian College Roscrea 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





0+1 - - 0+1 - - - - -

Martin 

Moloney 

#1300 

DOB 


FROM 

Athy, Kildare 

HEIGHT 

1.88m (6’ 2”) 

WEIGHT 

104kg (16st 5lbs) 

POSITION 

Back Row 

SCHOOL 

Knockbeg College 

CLUB 

Clontarf FC 


24 April 2021 

HONOURS 





2+4 - - 2+4 - - - - - 

Jimmy 

O’Brien 

#1272 

DOB 


FROM 

Kildare 

HEIGHT 

1.84m (6’ 0”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Back Three 

CLUB 

Naas RFC 


23 November 2018 

HONOURS 





17+1 9 47 10 4 22 7+1 5 25 

Ross 

Molony 


DOB 

11 May 1994 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

2.00m (6’ 6”) 

WEIGHT 

116kg (18st 4lbs) 

POSITION 

Lock 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





18+5 1 5 10+5 - - 8 1 5 

Tommy 

O’Brien 

#1283 

DOB 

28 May 1998 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.83m (6’ 0”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Wing 

CLUB 

UCD 



HONOURS 





6+6 3 15 6+4 3 15 0+2 - - 

Charlie 

Ngatai 

DOB 


FROM 

Gisborne, New Zealand 

HEIGHT 

1.87 m (6’ 2”) 

WEIGHT 

102kg (16st 1lbs) 

POSITION 

Centre / Full Back 

SCHOOL 

Gisborne Boys High School 

HONOURS 

New Zealand (1 cap) 




- - - - - - - - - 

Jamie 

Osborne 

#1294 

DOB 


FROM 

Naas, Kildare 

HEIGHT 

1.93m (6’ 4”) 

WEIGHT 

97.5kg (15st 5lbs) 

POSITION 

Centre 

SCHOOL 

Naas CBS 

CLUB 

Naas RFC 



HONOURS 





11+2 - - 11+2 - - - - - 


Scott 

Penny 

#1271 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

104kg (16st 4lbs) 

POSITION 

Flanker 

SCHOOL 

St Michael’s College 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 


23 November 2018 

HONOURS 





11+1 7 35 11+1 7 35 - - - 

Rhys 

Ruddock 

#1167 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 

113kg (17st 9lbs) 

POSITION 

Back Row 

CLUB 




HONOURS 





13+9 1 5 12+4 1 5 1+5 - - 

Andrew 

Porter 

#1246 

DOB 


BIRTHPLACE 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.84m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

114kg (17st 13lbs) 

POSITION 

Prop 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





13+1 3 15 6+1 2 10 7 1 5 

Charlie 

Ryan 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

2.01m (6’ 7”) 

WEIGHT 

115kg (18st 1lbs) 

POSITION 

Lock 

SCHOOL 


CLUB 

Terenure College RFC 

HONOURS 





- - - - - - - - - 

Garry 

Ringrose 


DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.87m (6’ 2”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Centre 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





16 3 15 8 3 15 8 - - 

James 

Ryan 

#1259 

DOB 

24 July 1996 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

2.00m (6’ 7”) 

WEIGHT 

115kg (18st 1lbs) 

POSITION 

Lock 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





8 - - 5 - - 3 - - 


Johnny 

Sexton 

#1127 

DOB 

11 July 1985 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.88m (6’ 2”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Out-half 

CLUB 




HONOURS 

Ireland (108 caps) and 

British & Irish Lions (14 caps) 




8+3 - 107 2+2 - 24 6+1 - 83 

Liam 

Turner 

#1287 

DOB 

14 July 1999 

FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.73m (5’ 8”) 

WEIGHT 


POSITION 

Centre 

SCHOOL 


CLUB 



23 October 2020 

HONOURS 





- - - - - - - - - 

Dan 

Sheehan 

#1286 

DOB 


FROM 

Dublin 

HEIGHT 

1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 

110kg (17st 5lbs) 

POSITION 

Hooker 

SCHOOL 

Clongowes Wood College 

CLUB 

Lansdowne FC 

HONOURS 





6+10 10 50 5+3 7 35 1+7 3 15 

Josh 

van der Flier 

#1228 

DOB 

25 April 1993 

FROM 

Wicklow 

HEIGHT 

1.87m (6’ 2”) 

WEIGHT 

103kg (16st 3lbs) 

POSITION 

Flanker 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





15+1 7 35 7+1 1 5 8 6 30 

James 

Tracy 

#1211 

DOB 

2 April 1991 

FROM 

Kildare 

HEIGHT 

1.85m (6’ 1”) 

WEIGHT 

106kg (16st 9lbs) 

POSITION 

Hooker 

CLUB 

UCD RFC 



HONOURS 





7+5 4 20 7+4 4 20 0+1 - -


roll of honour 


Heineken 

Champions Cup 

(4) 

2009, 2011, 2012, 2018 

European Rugby 

Challenge Cup 

(1) 

2013 

Celtic League/ 

PRO12/Guinness 

PRO14 

(8) 

2002, 2008, 2013, 2014, 

2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 

British & Irish 

Cup/Celtic Cup 

(4) 

2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 

Irish 

Interprovincial 


Championship 

(22) 

1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 

1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 

1965, 1972, 1973, 1976, 

1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 

1983, 1984, 1994, 1996, 

1998, 2002 

Women's 


Championship 

(6) 

2005, 2011, 2013, 2016, 

2018, 2019 



Statistics 

Senior Squad 

Additions 

2022/23: 

Charlie Ngatai 

(Lyon) 

Jason Jenkins 

(Munster) 

Brian Deeny 

(Promoted from Academy) 

Cormac Foley 


Joe McCarthy 


Martin Moloney 


Jamie Osborne 


Charlie Ryan 



Departees 

2022/23: 

Devin Toner 

(Retired) 

Seán Cronin 

(Retired) 

Dan Leavy 

(Retired) 

Rory O’Loughlin 

(Exeter) 

Jack Dunne 

(Exeter) 

Adam Byrne 

(Connacht) 

Peter Dooley 

(Connacht) 

David Hawkshaw 

(Connacht) 

Josh Murphy 

(Connacht) 

Conor O’Brien 

(Retired) 

united rugby 

championship 

TOTAL POINTS: 

648 

TRIES scored: 

89 

PENALTY GOALS: 

21 

CONVERSIONS: 

68 

CLEAN BREAKS: 

143 

DEFENDERS BEATEN: 

411 

METRES GAINED: 

8612 

OFFLOADS: 

184 

TACKLES: 

3022 

Team 

Statistics 

2021/22 

Heineken 

Champions Cup 

TOTAL POINTS: 

364 

TRIES scored: 

47 

PENALTY GOALS: 

17 

CONVERSIONS: 

39 

CLEAN BREAKS: 

73 

DEFENDERS BEATEN: 

208 

METRES GAINED: 

6961 

OFFLOADS: 

63 

TACKLES: 

1240 


Player 

Statistics 

2021/22 

united rugby 

championship 

TOP POINTS SCORER 

Ross Byrne 125 

Player 

Statistics 

2021/22 

Heineken 

Champions Cup 

TOP POINTS SCORER 

Johnny Sexton 83 

TOP TRY SCORER 

Dan Sheehan 7 

TOP TRY SCORER 

James Lowe 10 

MOST METRES GAINED 

Jimmy O’Brien 935 

MOST METRES GAINED 

Hugo Keenan 759 

MOST CARRIES 

Max Deegan 137 

MOST CARRIES 

Caelan Doris 79 

CLEAN BREAKS 

Jordan Larmour 12 

CLEAN BREAKS 

James Lowe 12 

DEFENDERS BEATEN 

Jordan Larmour 47 

DEFENDERS BEATEN 

Garry Ringrose 24 

MOST PASSES 

Luke McGrath 816 

MOST PASSES 

Jamison Gibson-Park 418 

MOST TACKLES 

Scott Penny 162 

MOST TACKLES 

Josh van der Flier 114 

TRY ASSISTS 

Ross Byrne 7 

TRY ASSISTS 

Johnny Sexton 7 


All-Time Leinster 

Appearances: 


Point Scorers: 

#1 

Devin 

Toner 

280 

#1 

Johnny 

Sexton 

1,614 

#2 

GORDON 

D’ARCY 

257 

#2 

Felipe 

Contepomi 

1,225 

#3 

CIAN 

HEALY 

249 

#3 

Ian 

Madigan 

827 



Try Scorers: 


Goal Kickers: 

#1 

Shane 

Horgan 

69 

#1 

Johnny 

Sexton 

714 

#2 

Brian 

O'Driscoll 

61 

#2 

Felipe 

Contepomi 

408 

#3 

Gordon 

D'Arcy 

60 

#3 

Ian 

Madigan 

268 

CURRENTLY DAVE 

KEARNEY IS ON 

52 TRIES AND 

JAMES LOWE IS 

ON 47 

*All statistics are 

correct as of 16th 

September 2022 and 

are courtesy of Leinster 

Rugby, SFMS Limited 

and OPTA 


women’s 

squad 


Rachel 

Murphy 

DOB: 27 May 2002 

FROM: Bunclody Co. Wexford 

HEIGHT: 5’ 6” 

WEIGHT: 73kg 

POSITION: Hooker 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 

PREVIOUS CLUB(S): 

Enniscorthy RFC 

IRELAND SNR CAPS: 0 

IRELAND 7S CAPS: 0 

LEINSTER SNR CAPS: 0 

INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 

LEINSTER YOUTH CAPS: 0 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Captain 

of county soccer U-16. 

County finals in GAA and 

soccer. 

CURRENT CLUB: 

MU Barnhall 


Cill Dara RFC 


IRELAND 7S CAPS: 5 U-18 

Caps 


INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Katelynn 

Winners of Leinster League 

Doran 

Div 4, 3 and 2 consecutively 

DOB: 5 January 2000 OTHER NOTABLE SPORTING 

FROM: Kildare Town, Co. Kildare 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Two All- 

Ireland boxing medals, Two 


Leinster football medals for 

WEIGHT: 70kg 

Kildare and one All-Ireland 

POSITION: Back row 

medal for Kildare. 

Alice 

O’Dowd 

DOB: 6 August 1998 

FROM: Ferns, Co Wexford 


WEIGHT: 90kg 

POSITION: Prop 

CURRENT CLUB: 







INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Six 

Nations Squad member 

2022 

Victoria 

O’Mahony 


FROM: Ontario, Canada 


WEIGHT: 85kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 


Sarnia Saints, Rugby 

Ontario, Ridley College 


IRELAND SEVENS 

CAPS: 0 


INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 1 - 2020 



Rugby Ontario - Canadian 

Rugby Champions 2016, 

2017 and Ridley College 

- CISAA Champions 2015, 

2016, 2018 


Emily 

McKeown 

DOB: 12 June 1995 

FROM: Naas, Co. Kildare 


WEIGHT: 61kg 

POSITION: Wing 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Suttonians RFC 


Naas RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Leinster League Division 4 

and 3 winner with Naas 

RFC, AIL Conference 

winner with Suttonians RFC 

Ella 

Roberts 

DOB: 27 May 2001 

FROM: Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow 


WEIGHT: 72kg 

POSITION: Full-back/Wing 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Wicklow RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


Beth 

Roberts 

DOB: 25 September 2002 

FROM: Wicklow Town Co. Wicklow 


WEIGHT: 62kg 

POSITION: Half-back 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Wicklow RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



U-18 cup champions 2018 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: SSI tier 

1 cup champions 2022 

with DCU (college rugby) 

Ali 

Coleman 

DOB: 19 July 1996 

FROM: Dublin 


WEIGHT: 82kg 

POSITION: Second row/back row 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Blackrock College RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 - 2016 and 

2019 



AIL Plate winners 2022 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Current 

member of Irish women’s 

rugby league team. AFL 

Ireland Euro Cup and 

European Championship 

winner 2019. 

Shóna 

Byrne 


FROM: Clondalkin, Dublin 


WEIGHT: 65kg 

POSITION: Out-half 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Clondalkin RFC 

PREVIOUS CLUB(S): Naas 

RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Leinster Cup Champions 

2010/11 and 2013/14 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Two-time 

captain in Clondalkin RFC, 

two-time player of the year 

Chloe 

Blackmore 

DOB: 15 July 1997 

FROM: Piltown, Co Kilkenny 


WEIGHT: 86kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union 


Carrick-on-Suir, St Mary’s 


IRELAND 7S CAPS: Four 

senior and two U-18 


INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2, 2018 and 

2019 



Three AIL Championships 

with Railway Union and 

Two All-Ireland Cups 

OTHER NOTABLE SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: All-Ireland 

Intermediate Championship 

with Piltown Camogie 

Club, Minor All-Ireland 

Championship with Kilkenny 


Ciara 

Faulkner 

DOB: 24 May 2001 

FROM: Mullingar Co. Westmeath 


WEIGHT: 64kg 

POSITION: Centre 

CURRENT CLUB: 

MU Barnhall RFC 


Mullingar RFC, Tullamore RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Leinster U-18 Division 1 

Champions 2018, 2019 

(w/tullamore) 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Senior 

Westmeath Ladies Football 

team 

Christy 

Haney 


FROM: Taylorstown, Virginia, USA 


WEIGHT: 90kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 







INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


Emma 

Tilly 

DOB: 6 June 2003 

From: Maynooth, Co Kildare 

Height: 5’ 6” 

Weight: 61kg 

Position: Back Three 

CURRENT CLUB: 



None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


Emma 

Hooban 

DOB: 3 December 1997 

FROM: Portlaoise, Co Laois 


WEIGHT: 79kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 



St Mary’s College and 

Portlaoise 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 1 in 2018 



ACHIEVEMENTS: Interpros 

underage 2016, Div 1 Leinster 

league (w/St Mary’s) All-Ireland 

College League 2020 and 2021 

– DCU, DCU Scholar of the 

Year – 2019, All-Ireland Minor 

Football winners 2013, third 

place Senior All-Ireland Schools 

Golf Championships 2014 

Aoife 

Dalton 

DOB: 3 May 2003 

FROM: Clara, Co Offaly 


WEIGHT: 65kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 


Tullamore RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


Molly 

Scuffil-McCabe 


FROM: Dublin 


WEIGHT: 62kg 

POSITION: Scrum-half/Full-back 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union RFC 


Westmanstown/ 

Garda RFC 



U-18 


INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 




WAIL 2018 and 2022 


Katie 

Layde 


FROM: Mullingar, Co Westmeath 


WEIGHT: 87kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 


Mullingar RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Junior 

Camogie All-Ireland 

Gemma 

Faulkner 

DOB: 12 June 2003 

FROM: Mullingar, Co Westmeath 

Height: 5’ 7” 

Weight: 57kg 

Position: Back Three/Centre 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Mullingar RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Club 

Player of the Year 

Lisa 

Callan 

DOB: 28 July 1996 

FROM: Templeogue, Dublin 


WEIGHT: 85kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway union 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 1 - 2019 

Leinster youth caps: 1 


AIL league and cup 

Abbie 

Gibney 

DOB: 24 June 2003 

FROM: Gorey, Co Wexford 


WEIGHT: 54kg 

POSITION: Back row/Centre 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Gorey RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



South-East Cup 2018 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Captain 

of underage team from 

U-15 to U-18 and 2019 

player of the year 

Niamh 

Byrne 


FROM: Dublin 


WEIGHT: 67kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 



DUFC (Trinity) 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 1 - 2016 



Captained Railway to two 

All-Ireland League victories 

(2019 and 2022) as well 

as the AIL Cup in 2022. 

Club Captain for 21/22 and 

22/23 seasons 


ACHIEVEMENTS: Was part 

of the Scion team that won US 

National Club Sevens in 2016 

Emma 

Kelly 


FROM: Rosemount, Westmeath 


WEIGHT: 75kg 

Position: Out-half/Centre 

CURRENT CLUB: 



Tullamore RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Leinster U-18 Premier cup 

2017 and 2019, Midlands 

Cup 2022, Paul Cusack 

Shield 2022 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Played 

inter-county at senior level 

for Westmeath for five years 

winning an intermediate 

All-Ireland in 2021. 


SHOP THE 

LEINSTER RUGBY 

2022/23 RANGE

Hannah 

O’Connor 

DOB: 28 April 1990 

FROM: Loughrea, Co Galway 


WEIGHT: 82kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 


PREVIOUS CLUB(S): CYM 

RFC Terenure 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 (2018, 

2019) 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: U-18 

golf for Connacht. 

Leanne 

Keegan 


FROM: Longford 


WEIGHT: 70kg 

POSITION: Back three 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Longford RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Paul Cusack Shield 2021 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Two 

All-Ireland Gaelic football 

medals, three Leinster 

Gaelic football medals 

Leah 

Tarpey 


FROM: Tullamore, Co Offaly 


WEIGHT: 83kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Tullamore RFC 

PREVIOUS CLUB(S): none 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Leinster 

U-18 squad member 2021, 

Interpro winners with 

Leinster U-18s 2021, All- 

Ireland B runners up U-16 

with Laois (LGFA), Division 

3 League champions with 

Laois Senior Football Team 

2021, Senior Champions 

with Sarsfields (football 

club) three years in a row. 

Jenny 

Murphy 

DOB: 30 May 1989 

FROM: Brannockstown, Co Kildare 


WEIGHT: 82kg 

POSITION: Centre/Back Row 

CURRENT CLUB: Old 

Belvedere 

PREVIOUS CLUB(S): None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 4 



WAIL - 2013, 2014, 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Barbarian. All-Ireland 

Intermediate Club winner 

2012 - Parnell’s. Premier 

Soccer with Peamount Utd 

Ailsa 

Hughes 


FROM: Tullamore, Co Offaly 


WEIGHT: 68kg 

POSITION: Scrum-half 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union 


Tullamore RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: Three times 



WAIL Champions 19/20 

and 21/22. All-Ireland 

Cup Champions twice. 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

All-Ireland Minor and 

Intermediate Champions 

with Offaly. Played Senior 

Camogie with Offaly. 

Jennie 

Finlay 


FROM: Navan, Co Meath 


WEIGHT: 73kg 



Belvedere 


Navan RFC, Railway 

Union 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 3 - 2013, 

2017 and 2019 



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Emma 

Murphy 


FROM: Rathfarnham, Dublin 


WEIGHT: 72kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



AIL championship 2019 

and 2022 

Lisa 

Mullen 

DOB: 1 July 2000 

FROM: Oldcastle, Co Meath 


WEIGHT: 70kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 



Virginia RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Ulster 

U-18 Interpro title 2016 

Eimear 

Corri 


FROM: Portlaoise, Co Laois 


WEIGHT: 80kg 

POSITION: Second Row 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Blackrock RFC 


Portlaoise RFC, DCU RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 2016/17 

and 2017/18 

LEINSTER YOUTH CAPS: 

16 


AIL Cup Plate Champions 

2021/2022 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Leinster U-18 Captain (2016). 

All-Ireland Intervarsity Cup 

and League Champions, Kay 

Bowen Champions (2017- 

2019) 

Lesley 

Ring 


FROM: Sligo 


WEIGHT: 70kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 



UCD RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Connacht Schools Hockey 

Caps, Connacht Schools 

Tennis Cup Winner 

Elise 

O’Byrne-White 


FROM: Dublin 


WEIGHT: 74kg 

POSITION: Centre/Wing 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 


Trinity DUFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 - 2018, 

2019 



Three WAIL champion titles 

with Old Belvedere 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Ad Astra 

scholarship in UCD, played 

on the Irish Mixed Touch 

Team at the European 

Championships 2022 

Erin 

McConnell 


FROM: Wicklow 


WEIGHT: 67kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Wicklow RFC 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Aoife 

McDermott 


FROM: Sligo 


WEIGHT: 83kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 



AIL 2019 and 2021 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Former 

international basketball 

player 

Dannah 

O’Brien 


FROM: Tullow, County Carlow 


WEIGHT: 71kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 


Tullow RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



Leinster Cup Champions 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: U-18 

Interpro Champions 2021 

Natasja 

Behan 




WEIGHT: 71kg 

POSITION: Back three 

CURRENT CLUB: 



Gorey RFC, Wicklow RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


Clodagh 

Dunne 




WEIGHT: 85 

POSITION: Second row 

CURRENT CLUB: 



Gorey RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 1 - 2019 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Rugby League Ireland 

international. Captained 

Ireland in the European 

Championship. 

Michelle 

Claffey 

DOB: 14 November 1987 

FROM: Doon, Co Offaly 


WEIGHT: 73kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 






INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 5 - 2011, 

2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 

Leinster youth caps: None 


AIL Plate Champions 

2017/2018 


ACHIEVEMENTS: Blackrock College 

Captain 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; 

Leinster Vice-captain 2021, 2019, 

2018; Ireland Touch Europeans 2018 

Mixed Seniors Gold; Westmeath 

Sports Star of the Year 2018; Senior 

Mixed Gold; Leinster Players Player 

of the Year 2021; Blackrock College 

Player of the Year 2021 

Ciara 

Carbery 


FROM: Athy, Co Kildare 


WEIGHT: 64kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 


PREVIOUS CLUB(S): Cill 

Dara RFC, Carlow RFC, 

Athy RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



2020 and 2021 Paul 

Cusack Cup, Div 2 winners 

2020/21 


Casey 

O’ Brien 

DOB: 26 June 1999 

FROM: Stratford On Slaney, Co Wicklow 


WEIGHT: 80kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 


PREVIOUS CLUB(S): Naas 

RFC, St Mary’s College 

RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: None 



Leinster Div 1 2018. AIL 

Plate 2022 

Katie 

O’Dwyer 

DOB: 27 June 1991 

FROM: Athenry, Galway 


WEIGHT: 86kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union 


None 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 - 

2018/2019 



Two-time AIL winner - 2020 

and 2022 

Eleanor 

Furlong 


FROM: Dublin 


WEIGHT: 68kg 


CURRENT CLUB: DUFC 


Carlow RFC, Seapoint 

RFC, Railway RFC, 

Greystones RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



2018 U-18 Leinster league 

Winners (Greystones), Div 

1 promotion (Trinity) 


ACHIEVEMENTS: 15 caps 

for Ireland Touch U-18 Girls. 

MVP in 2018 and 2019 for the 

European youth championships. 

Highest Irish points scorer in 

both competitions. Part of the 

Leinster U-18 Sevens panel. 

Molly 

Boyne 

DOB: 6 May 1997 

FROM: Enniscorthy, Co Wexford 


WEIGHT: 70kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 


PREVIOUS CLUB(S): DUFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



WAIL Champions 2021, 

WAIL Cup Champions 

2021, Leinster League Div 

1 Champions 2020 and 

2021 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 


Extended Squad 2021; 

DUFC Women’s Captain 

and Player of the Year 

2017/18 

Aine 

Donnelly 


FROM: Kildare 


WEIGHT: 72kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 



Cill Dara RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



WAIL 2015 

Sene 

Naoupu 


FROM: Oamaru, New Zealand 


WEIGHT: 71kg 

POSITION: Centre/Out-half 

CLUB: Old Belvedere RFC 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Barbarians Representation 

Ireland 15’s (48 caps) 

Connacht Rugby (3 caps) 


Championship Winner: 

2018 & 2019 

SIx Nations Championship: 

2015 

BNY Mellon Players’ 


Guinness Rugby Writers 


English Premiership Cup 

and League Champions 

with Harlequins Women’s 

Rugby 2016/2017 

AIL Cup Champions, 

Galwegians Women’s 

Rugby 2014, 2016 


Clare 

Gorman 

DOB: 23 June2001 

FROM: Dublin 

HEIGHT: 5’10” 

WEIGHT: 74Kg 

POSITION: Wing 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Old Belvedere 





INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Irish 

sailing team 

Nikki 

Gibson 

DOB: 11 July 2000 

FROM: Ratoath, Co. Meath 


WEIGHT: 80Kg 


CURRENT CLUB: DCU RFC 


Ratoath RFC, 

Ashbourne RFC, Garda 

Westmanstown 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: None 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: DKIT 

rugby all-star in 2017 

Caoimhe 

Guinan 


FROM: Laois 

HEIGHT: 6’ 1“ 

WEIGHT: 84Kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Tullamore RFC, Old 

Belvedere 





INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 


u18s squad, won the 

college all Ireland final 

with dcu 2022 

Amanda 

McQuade 


FROM: Virginia, Co Cavan 

HEIGHT: 5’ 4 “ 

WEIGHT: 79Kg 


CURRENT CLUB: 

Railway Union 


Virginia RFC 

IRELAND SNR CAPS: 

IRELAND 7S CAPS: U18 

7s Cap 


INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



WAIL Champion 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Women’s 6 Nations Squad 


Anna 

Doyle 


FROM: Tullow, Co. Wicklow 


WEIGHT: 64kg 

POSITION: Back 3 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Blackrock RFC 


Tullow RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 



Aoife 

Wafer 


FROM: Gorey, Co. Wexford 


WEIGHT: 80kg 

POSITION: Backrow 

CURRENT CLUB: 



Gorey RFC, Enniscorthy RFC 

Ireland Snr Caps: 1 



INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Underage county Wexford 

Gaelic football and 

camogie player 


Elaine 

Anthony 


FROM: Cobh - Cork 


WEIGHT: 83kg 



Belvedere 


Highfield RFC, Waterford 

City RFC 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 2 


Judy 

Bobbett 


FROM: Ashbourne Meath 


WEIGHT: 80kg 

POSITION: Second row 

CURRENT CLUB: 



Ashbourne 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 1, 2019 


Club achievements: AIL 

plate 2022 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: U22 

All Ireland heavyweight 

boxing champion 2022 

Clara 

Sexton 


FROM: Kildare 


WEIGHT: 60kg 

POSITION: Back 3 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Athy / Suttonians 


Vikings (Canberra, 

Australia) 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 


OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: Played 

touch for Ireland and 

competed in the 2022 

Euros 

Mary 

Healy 


FROM: Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow 

HEIGHT: 5’ 5’’ 

WEIGHT: 95kgs 

POSITION: Tight head prop 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Naas/Suttionians 


Lindenwood University 

(USA), Naas 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



2X National D1 Elite 

American Championships 

with Lindenwood 

University, AIL Conference 

2021 with Suttionians, 

Leinster League Div 3 

League and Cup winners 

2021, U18s Leinster 

7s and 15s Interpro 

Champions 2015 

Jess 

Keating 


FROM: Dublin 


WEIGHT: 78kg 

POSITION: Hooker/Back Row 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Life University (USA) / 

Old Belvedere 



15 


USA National Champions 

2022 - USA 15’s 

Collegiate Runners Up 

2019,2020,2021,2022 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

USA All American 

2020,2021,2022 

USA U23 2022 

Life University Captain 

2020,2021,2022 

U18 Interpro winners 

2018,2019 

Dublin Ladies Minor All 

Ireland 2018 

Carrie 

O’Keeffe 


FROM: Waterford 

HEIGHT: 5’5’’ 

WEIGHT: 68Kgs 

POSITION: Back Row 

CURRENT CLUB: 

Suttonians 




INTERPRO 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

WINNERS: 0 



W.A.I.L conference 

champions 2022 - 

Suttonians 

OTHER NOTABLE 

SPORTING 

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

Suttonians coaches 

player of the year 2022, 

Suttonians players’ player 

of the year 2022, All 

Ireland Champions with 

Waterford LGFA 



Women’s Coaching 

Team 

Following 

Jonathan 

Geoghegan 

Team Manager 

Jonathan had the pleasure of 

playing for MU Barnhall RFC from 

underage right through to senior 

level before having to hang up his 

boots due to injury. 

Still wanting to remain involved in rugby, 

Jonathan took up the whistle and was a 

member of the Association of Referees 

Leinster Branch (ARLB) and refereed at 

all levels of junior and schools rugby 

throughout the province. He was also part 

of the IRFU Development panel. 

the announcement late last year that Tania Rosser 

would be taking over as the new head coach of the Leinster Rugby 

women’s team, she has now confirmed the backroom staff that will 

be helping her guide the squad through the Interprovincial Series 

which is scheduled for early in 2023. 

The new window for the Series will see the squads get some competitive game time 

at provincial level ahead of the start of the Six Nations, also allowing players to put 

themselves in the shop window for Greg McWilliams’ Ireland team. 

He brings a wealth of knowledge to 

the management set up having worked 

with some of the top tier international 

teams as an IRFU liaison officer during 

the November series. Jonathan has 

worked with teams such as New Zealand, 

Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Samoa, 

and Georgia to name a few. 

Jonathan has also 

previously worked 

with head coach 

Tania Rosser 

during his time as 

the Tour Manager 

for the Ireland 

Touch Association 

during the Touch 

World Cup in 

Malaysia in 2019. 

This is Jonathan’s 

first season with 

the Leinster 

Women’s senior squad and he has 

enjoyed the process so far, since the 

first player screenings which took place 

in early January through to the summer 

training program. 

Maz Reilly 

Lineout Coach 

Maz Reilly is a well-known 

name and face when it comes 

to Irish rugby. Throughout 

her glittering career in club, 

provincial and international 

rugby, she has represented 

her country 54 times. During 

her time with the Irish national 

team she was part of the Grand 

Slam-winning team in 2013 

and had further success when 

winning the Six Nations in 

2015. 

Maz has been involved in three World 

Cup campaigns, England in 2010, 

France in 2014 (as vice-captain) and 

again in Ireland in 2017. During the 

2014 campaign, Maz was selected as 

part of the World Cup Dream Team. 

During her international career, Maz 

was also selected as part of the 

Nomads tour of South Africa in 2012. A 

few years later in 2017, Maz was invited 

to represent the first women’s Barbarians 

team and was called up again for the 

2018 tour of the UK. 

Maz has also won silverware at 

interprovincial and club level, wining 

three interpros with Leinster in 2011, 

2013 (as captain) and 2016, along with 

three AIL titles with Old Belvedere RFC. 

After retiring from competitive rugby, 

Maz took up coaching with her club 

Old Belvedere RFC Women's Squad 

between 2017-2020. In 2021, Maz 

coached Kerry RFC, while also coaching 

Wesley College junior and senior 

squads. Maz continued to be part of the 

Leinster Women’s Team fulfilling the role 

of assistant manager from 2018-2021, 

as well as a coaching role from 2019 

onwards. 

Maz also has honours in other sports, 

representing the Republic of Ireland in 

football and Meath in Gaelic football. 


John 

Fairley 

Breakdown and 

Restarts Coach 

John is a native of New 

Zealand and attended Hastings 

Boys High School and played 

as a second row before moving 

to Havelock North Rugby Club 

to play his senior rugby. 

John moved to Ireland in 2006 and 

his current occupation is Operations 

Manager at Dublin Port Company. 

John’s first coaching appointment 

in Ireland came in 2007 where he 

coached at Willow Park School in 

Blackrock until 2011. From 2011 to 

2013, John was then appointed as 

Head Coach for Blackrock College 

RFC’s U-21s. For the 2013/14 season, 

John became the JCT Forwards 

Coach for St Andrew’s College 

winning the Father Godfrey Cup. 

In 2014 through to 2020 John 

joined Blackrock College as the JCT 

Forwards Coach where he continued 

his winning ways adding four Leinster 

Schools Cups and two runners up 

medals to his list. 

This is John’s first year with the Leinster 

Women’s squad and he is looking 

forward to his role of breakdown and 

restarts coach. 

Eoin 

Reynolds 

Performance 

Analyst 

Eoin has always had an interest 

in how a game is won and 

lost, regardless of the sport. 

Growing up he mainly played 

hurling and took part in 

athletics. Having played a small 

amount of rugby he enjoyed 

watching rugby matches more 

than playing. 

He enjoyed watching old Tri Nations 

matches including late 1990 to early 

2000 games and analysing what 

players were trying to achieve on the 

pitch and how this could lead to line 

breaks and scoring opportunities. 

Having completed a degree in Sports 

Management and Coaching in TU 

Greg Hawe 

Physiotherapist 

Greg grew up playing rugby 

in Wesley College and Old 

Wesley RFC. He studied Health 

and Performance Science in 

UCD before graduating as a 

physiotherapist from the Royal 

College of Surgeons. 

Greg returned to Ireland last 

September having lived and worked 

in Singapore for four years. During his 

time in Singapore he worked in private 

practice and with a professional 

football team. 

Greg is currently completing his 

Masters in Sports Physiotherapy at the 

University of Bath. 

Dublin, Eoin believes that as rugby 

is so data rich, it is an ideal sport for 

performance analysis as one metric in 

any area could tip the scales in a team’s 

favour. 

While this is Eoin’s first season with the 

Leinster Women’s team he also has 

experience working with the Leinster U-18 

girls and both the men’s and women’s 

international sevens teams. 

Although this is his first season with the 

Leinster Women’s team, Greg has been 

involved with the Leinster Sub-Academy 

and Wesley College since September. 

Greg is looking forward to seeing the 

players’ progression throughout the build 

up to the interpros season in January and 

February next year. 


The Home of Leinster Women 

and Leinster 'A' 

Energia Park 

[ Opened: 1964 | Capacity: 6,000 ] 

Energia Park (formerly 

Donnybrook Stadium) is the 

current home of the Leinster 

Women’s team and the Leinster 

Rugby ‘A’ team. It is also the 

former home stadium of the 

Leinster senior team who played 

there until 2007/08. 

It still hosts pre-season friendly games 

for the senior team and, last August, 

hosted a historic first ever double header 

featuring both the Men’s and Women’s 

teams when Leo Cullen’s side welcomed 

Coventry in a pre-season friendly before 

the Women’s team kicked off their 

defence of the Interprovincial series title. 

The stadium, also home to Bective 

Rangers and Old Wesley, has undergone 

a number of upgrades over the last 12 

years. 

In February 2008, a grandstand was 

completed on the Donnybrook side of 

the ground while, six years later, a new 

state of the art 3G pitch was unveiled 

by Minister for Sport, Michael Ring, TD, 

following a joint venture between Leinster 

Rugby and the Department of Sport. 

A further boost came in March 2018 

when Energia announced that it 

would take over the naming rights to 

Donnybrook Stadium in a landmark deal 

which would span 10 years and provide 

significant investment to the game at all 

levels within Leinster Rugby. 

Further improvements came during the 

summer months of 2019 when the 3G 

pitch was re-laid and also the Ken Wall 

Centre of Excellence was opened to 

cater for the sub-Academy players based 

there under the watchful eye of Lead sub- 

Academy Athletic Performance Coach, 

Dave Fagan. 

Leinster Rugby hopes that the Ken Wall 

Centre of Excellence will be the first of 

five such centres, one based in each of 

the five areas of Leinster. 

Energia Park hosts the Bank of Ireland 

Leinster Rugby Schools Junior and Senior 

Cup matches up to and including the final 

at junior level and the semi-finals at senior 

level. In 2019, it also hosted the final of 

the Women’s Interprovincial series which 

Leinster won, beating Connacht 25-12 

in the final while also becoming home to 

the Ireland Women’s team’s Six Nations 

matches in recent years. 

In November 2019, the Stadium hosted 

two Hockey Olympic qualifiers which 

saw the Ireland Women’s team take 

on Canada in back-to-back games, 

eventually qualifying after a sudden 

death shootout victory. The first leg of the 

qualifier saw a record attendance for an 

Irish international women’s sporting event 

with 6,086 in attendance with that figure 

broken for the second leg a day later 

when 6,137 witnessed the Irish victory. 





Academy 

Year 

Three: 


Marcus Hanan (3) #1295 

DOB 3 July 2000 

FROM Clane, Co Kildare 

HEIGHT 1.85m (6’ 0”) 

WEIGHT 112kg (17st 9 lbs) 

POSITION Loosehead prop 

SCHOOL Salesian College, Celbridge 

CLUB Clane RFC 

HONOURS Ireland U-20 (2 caps) 

John McKee (3) #1307 

DOB 15 February 2000 

FROM Belfast 

HEIGHT 1.85m ( 6’ 0”) 

WEIGHT 108kg (17st 0lbs) 

POSITION Hooker 

SCHOOL Campbell College 

CLUB Terenure College RFC 


Seán O’Brien (3) #1297 


FROM Pittsburgh, PA, USA 

HEIGHT 1.91m ( 6 ’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 106kg ( 16st 10lbs) 

POSITION Back Row 

SCHOOL Blackrock College 

CLUB UCD RFC 


Max O’Reilly (9) #1291 


FROM Long Island, USA 

HEIGHT 1.86m (6’ 1”) 


POSITION Full-back 

SCHOOL St Gerard’s School 

CLUB DUFC 


Andrew Smith (2) #1292 


FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.8 m (5’ 11”) 


POSITION Back Three 

SCHOOL St Michael’s College 

CLUB Clontarf FC 




Academy 

Year 

Two: 

Alex Soroka (5) #1296 


FROM Cork 

HEIGHT 1.95m (6’ 5”) 



SCHOOL Belvedere College 



Jack Boyle 

DOB 10 March 2002 

FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.86m (6’ 1”) 


POSITION Loosehead prop 


CLUB UCD RFC 


Lee Barron (2) #1308 


FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.93m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 107kg (16st 12 lbs) 

POSITION Hooker 


CLUB DUFC 


Chris Cosgrave (2) #1305 


FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.85m (6’ 0”) 




CLUB UCD RFC 


Temi Lasisi (1) #1304 

DOB 9 May 2001 

FROM Enniscorthy, Co Wexford 

HEIGHT 1.83m (6’ 0 “) 

WEIGHT 116.5kg (18st 5lbs) 

POSITION Tighthead prop 

SCHOOL CBS Enniscorthy 

CLUB Lansdowne FC/Enniscorthy RFC 


(3) = Leinster Rugby Senior caps

Ben Murphy (1) #1309 

DOB 23 April 2001 

FROM Bray 

HEIGHT 1.76m (5’ 8”) 


POSITION Scrum-half 

SCHOOL Presentation College, Bray 





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Year 

One: 

Rob Russell (5) #1302 

DOB 13 January 1999 

FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.83m (6’ 0”) 




CLUB DUFC 


Ben Brownlee 

DOB 28 September 2002 

FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.87m (6’ 2”) 


POSITION Centre 


CLUB UCD RFC 


James Culhane 

Stats correct as of September 16, 2022 

DOB 22 October 2002 

FROM Enniskerry, Co Wicklow 

HEIGHT 1.94m (6’ 4”) 




CLUB UCD RFC 


Aitzol Arenzana-King 

DOB 15 June 2002 

FROM Gormanston, Co Meath 

HEIGHT 1.91m (6’ 3”) 

WEIGHT 97.5kg (15st 5lbs) 


SCHOOL Gormanston College/CUS 

CLUB Clontarf FC/Balbriggan RFC 


Diarmuid Mangan 


FROM Kildare 

HEIGHT 1.93 m (6’ 4”) 



SCHOOL Newbridge College 

CLUB UCD RFC 


Rory McGuire 

DOB 26 August 2002 

FROM Dublin 

HEIGHT 1.93m (6’ 4”) 


POSITION Tightead prop 


CLUB UCD RFC 


Sam Prendergast 


FROM Kildare 

HEIGHT 1.94m (6’ 4”) 


POSITION Out-half 

SCHOOL Newbridge College 

CLUB Lansdowne FC 


Charlie Tector 


FROM Wexford 

HEIGHT 1.89 m (6’ 2”) 


POSITION Out-half 

SCHOOL Kilkenny College 

CLUB Lansdowne FC 



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