Meet the players that will make up the 2015/16 Leinster Rugby Academy panel.

Speaking on the announcement of the 2015/16 panel, Academy manager Girvan Dempsey said: “It is great to be welcoming such a talented group of Year One recruits into the Academy for the new season. That each player was a part of the Ireland Under-20 set up during the World Rugby Championship shows that they are among the most promising young players in Ireland.”

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Year 3

Adam Byrne

DOB: 10th April 1994
Birthplace: Kildare
Height: 1.93m (6′ 4″)
Weight: 101kg (15st 12lb)
Position: Wing/Full back
Club: UCD RFC

Steve Crosbie

DOB: 10th February 1993
Birthplace: Cork
Height: 1.85m (6′ 1″)
Weight: 92kg (14st 6lb)
Position: Fly half
Club: Old Belvedere RFC

Tom Daly

DOB: 31st July 1993
Birthplace: Carlow
Height: 1.93m (6′ 4″)
Weight: 102kg (16st 0lb)
Position: Centre
Club: Lansdowne FC

Billy Dardis

DOB: 31st January 1995
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.77m (5′ 10″)
Weight: 85kg (13st 5lb)
Position: Full back
Club: UCD RFC

Peter Dooley

DOB: 4th August 1994
Birthplace: Offaly
Height: 1.85m (6′ 1″)
Weight: 115kg (18st 1lb)
Position: Prop
Club: Lansdowne RFC

Tom Farrell

DOB: 1st October 1993
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.88m (6′ 2″)
Weight: 97kg (15st 3lb)
Position: Centre
Club: Lansdowne FC

Ross Molony

DOB: 11th May 1994
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.98m (6′ 6″)
Weight: 108kg (17st 0lb)
Position: Lock
Club: UCD RFC
 

Year Two

Harrison Brewer

DOB: 22nd March 1995
Birthplace: Christchurch, New Zealand
Height: 1.92m (6′ 3″)
Weight: 102kg
Position: Centre
Club: Terenure College RFC

Ross Byrne

DOB: 8th April 1995
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.88m (6′ 2″)
Weight: 91kg (14st 4lb)
Position: Fly half
Club: UCD RFC

Ian Fitzpatrick

DOB: 25th August 1994
Birthplace: Meath
Height: 1.80m (5′ 11″)
Weight: 89kg (14st 0lb)
Position: Full back/wing
Club: Lansdowne RFC

Cian Kelleher

DOB: 7th August 1994
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.83m (6′)
Weight: 94kg (14st 8lb)
Position: Full back/wing
Club: Lansdowne RFC

Nick McCarthy

DOB: 25th March 1995
Birthplace: Michigan, USA
Height: 1.81m (5′ 9″)
Weight: 84kg (13st 2lb)
Position: Scrum half
Club: UCD RFC

Rory O’Loughlin

DOB: 21st January 1994
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.88m (6′ 2″)
Weight: 94kg (14st 8lb)
Position: Centre
Club: Old Belvedere

Garry Ringrose

DOB: 26th January 1995
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.86m (6′ 1″)
Weight: 93kg (14 st 6lb)
Position: Centre
Club: UCD RFC

Peadar Timmins

DOB: 8th January 1994
Birthplace: Wicklow
Height: 1.88m (6′ 2″)
Weight: 101kg (15st 9lb)
Position: Back row
Club: UCD RFC
 

Year One

Joey Carbery

DOB: 1st November 1995
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Height: 1.83m (6′)
Weight: 86kg (13st 5lb)
Position: Fly half
Club: UCD RFC

Oisin Heffernan

DOB: 4th January 1995
Birthplace: Galway 
Height: 1.86m (6′ 1″)
Weight: 118kg (18st 6lb)
Position: Prop
Club: Terenure College RFC

Jeremy Loughman

DOB: 22nd July 1995
Birthplace: Reno, USA
Height: 1.85m (6′)
Weight: 119kg (18st 7lb)
Position: Prop
Club: UCD RFC

Sean McNulty

DOB: 7th October 1995
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 1.88m (6′ 2″)
Weight: 105kg (16st 5lb)
Position: Hooker
Club: UCD RFC

Josh Murphy

DOB: 17th February 1995
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.97m (6′ 5″)
Weight: 105kg (16st 5lb)
Position: Flanker
Club: UCD RFC

David O’Connor

DOB: 19th May 1995
Birthplace: Dublin
Height: 1.93m (6′ 3″)
Weight: 105kg (16st 5lb)
Position: Lock
Club: St Mary’s College RFC