Eight players in total will join the Academy from the 1st of July 2017.
The list of Year One players includes Jack Aungier (St Fintan’s High School), Oisín Dowling (Lansdowne FC), Caelan Doris (St Mary’s College), Ronan Kelleher (UCD), Gavin Mullin (UCD), Tommy O’Brien (UCD), Hugh O’Sullivan (Belvedere College) and Ciaran Frawley (UCD).
Leinster Rugby Academy Manager Peter Smyth also confirmed that Max Deegan has agreed a Senior contract for next season bringing to eight the number of Academy players promoted to the Senior squad.
As a result Deegan joins the previously announced Ross Byrne, Joey Carbery, Nick McCarthy, Rory O’Loughlin, Andrew Porter, James Ryan and Peadar Timmins.
Leinster Rugby have also confirmed that David O’Connor has been released from his Academy contract to pursue other opportunities and that Jack Power would be joining the Munster Academy.
