Overview
- A two-year extension announced Tuesday keeps Keenan with the IRFU and Leinster until the end of the 2027/28 season, taking him beyond the Rugby World Cup in Australia.
- Ireland head coach Andy Farrell called him a top-class performer, while IRFU performance director David Humphreys said he has committed his future to Irish rugby.
- Keenan has returned to full fitness and started in Leinster’s 29-25 Champions Cup semi-final win over Toulon in Dublin.
- The 29-year-old has 46 Ireland caps since 2020, helped win the 2023 Grand Slam and the 2024 Six Nations, and scored the Lions’ series-clinching try in 2025 before hip surgery and a thumb injury sidelined him.
- At provincial level he has 81 appearances and five United Rugby Championship titles with Leinster, and IRFU-managed contracts help keep core players available for both club and country.