Leinster Rugby Confirm 13 Contract Renewals for 2017/18

Leinster Rugby Head Coach Leo Cullen has confirmed that 15 players have signed new IRFU contracts with the province for 2017/18 and beyond.

Having already confirmed Jamie Heaslip and Devin Toner contract renewals, Cullen confirmed that an additional 13 contracts have been signed.

"Only a few weeks ago we were able to confirm the promotion of seven players from within our own Academy to the Senior squad," said Cullen.

"The news today of the retention of a further 13 players to the Leinster roster is a huge boost as we look to build towards next season.

"You need to have a strong squad capable of challenging on two fronts.
 
"We have used 51 players so far this season in the PRO12 and the Champions Cup and with 14 players capped during Ireland's 6 Nations campaign it is vitally important that we have that level of competition and experience across the squad at all times to try to maintain consistency in both competitions.”

Included in the list of 15 players are eight Irish internationals with 182 caps between them and in total they have represented Leinster on 970 occasions to date.
 
1.     Adam Byrne, 20 Leinster Caps (LC), 11 Tries (T)
2.     Bryan Byrne, 18 LC, 3 T
3.     Ed Byrne, 7 LC, 1 T
4.     Jack Conan, 1 Ireland Cap (IC), 47 LC, 14 T
5.     Barry Daly, 9 LC, 3 T
6.     Tom Daly, 7 LC, 2 T
7.     Jamie Heaslip, 95 IC, 6 British & Irish Lions Caps, 229 LC, 38 T
8.     Mick Kearney, 18 LC, 0 T
9.     Dan Leavy, 2 IC, 34 LC, 7 T
10.   Luke McGrath, 2 IC, 71 LC, 20 T
11.   Jordi Murphy, 17 IC, 86 LC, 15 T
12.   Ian Nagle, 8 LC, 0 T
13.   Noel Reid, 1 IC, 79 LC, 12 T
14.   Richardt Strauss, 17 IC, 143 LC, 11 T
15.   Devin Toner, 47 IC, 194 LC, 3 T