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Wexford Wanderers
set to host Open
Training Session
Leinster Rugby has
announced an open
training session for
February, in Wexford
Wanderers RFC.
The latest open training session
follows similar sessions over
the summer and indeed before
Christmas in the home of Seán
O’Brien, in Tullow RFC.
The squad visited 12 locations in two
action-packed summer days as part of
The 12 County Tour, along with an open
training session in November in Tullow,
and Leo Cullen has now confirmed that
the squad are once again hitting the
road.
Leinster Rugby will host the open training
session at Wexford Wanderers RFC, on
Thursday 9 February from 3pm.
Wexford Wanderers is the home club of
current player, Brian Deeny, as well as
former Leinster and Ireland star Gordon
D’Arcy, and it is also the club of Leinster
Rugby President, Debbie Carty.
The open session will be another
opportunity for the public to meet with
Cullen, his coaches and players as well
as to see them training up close.
Commenting on the news, Cullen said,
“The tour during the summer and the trip
to Tullow, was brilliant. The lads really
enjoyed it and not just the players but the
coaches and the staff as well.
“During Covid-19 it was so difficult to
connect with people, with our clubs and
our communities and re-connecting is
something that we are very keen to do
now that things have returned to normal.
“The impact of Wexford Wanderers on
Leinster and Irish rugby is clear for all to
see and it’s great to get down there and
show some appreciation for all the work
that they do on the ground.”
Local hero, Brian Deeny, is similarly
looking forward to the event and
welcoming the team back to his home
club and to meeting some familiar faces.
“We all started in a club and wherever
the journey takes us after that, you never
forget that. For all of us players, it all
started with minis in some club in Leinster.
“For me, that’s Wexford Wanderers and
it’s great people like Bobby Cummings,
Colm Mahon, James O’Connor, Jim
Ryan, Martin Fenlon, Donal McDonald. I
could go on.
“All of us players have a list like that of
people that give so much time to their
club and it’s pretty special to be now
heading there to train with the rest of the
Leinster lads in a few weeks to a place
where I was training and playing for my
club only a few years ago.
“I know the club will put on a great
welcome and I look forward to it.”
The open training session will take place
in Wexford Wanderers RFC, on Thursday,
9 February at 3pm.
There will be opportunities for autographs
and photography with the players and
coaches after the training session, and of
course, everyone is welcome to attend.
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