Lee Barron and Sam Prendergast added to Leinster Senior Squad for 2023/24

Leinster Rugby Head Coach Leo Cullen has confirmed a further two additions to his senior squad for the 2023/24 season with two players promoted from the Leinster Academy.

Lee Barron and Sam Prendergast will start the new season in the senior ranks having impressed for Cullen in their appearances to date.

Hooker Lee Barron made his debut in April 2022 in the BKT United Rugby Championship away to the Hollywoodbets Sharks in Durban and has played a further six times for Leinster in the URC.

The former St Michael’s College student, who has been capped at Ireland U-20s level, plays for Dublin University FC in the Energia AIL.

Outhalf Sam Prendergast also made his debut in South Africa starting in a player of the match performance against the Emirates Lions in Johannesburg in April 2023.

The Kildare native, who went to school in Newbridge College and plays for Lansdowne FC in the Energia AIL, won two Grand Slams with the Ireland U-20s in 2022 and most recently in 2023, as well as leading Ireland to the final of the U-20s World Cup in South Africa in July.

Leinster Rugby play their first game of the pre-season schedule against Munster Rugby on Friday, 8 September, away in Musgrave Park.