Junior rugby is well and truly back across the province, with Tullow suffering a humbling 43-point defeat in the first game of the 2026/27 Leinster League Division 1A.

Tullow's Dannah O'Brien and Roisín Kinch have kept their places in the Leinster starting team.

With the RDS currently undergoing redevelopments, Leinster will host Munster in Croke Park in the BKT United Rugby Championship in October