‘Cool, quirky, lots of character’: Leo Cullen wants Laya Arena to be special place to play

It’s a quirky ground, as Leo Cullen puts it, and strictly speaking a showjumping arena amid a thicket of Dublin 4 rugby clubs for more than a century and which has only become Leinster’s home since 2007. Yet Leinster are home again.

The former CEO Mick Dawson described the move to the RDS as “one of the best decisions Leinster Rugby ever made” on foot of signing a new 25-year lease with the Royal Dublin Society in 2022 ahead of redeveloping the new, three-floored Anglesea Stand as part of a €52 million refurbishment.