Dan Leavy has announced retirement from rugby with immediate effect. The 27-year-old has been advised to retire on medical grounds after a three-year battle to overcome the serious knee injury he suffered in a Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final against Ulster at the Aviva Stadium in March 2019.
Leavy has played 79 times for Leinster Rugby since his debut against Edinburgh Rugby in October 2014 and won the last of his 11 caps for Ireland in the win over Argentina in November 2018.
The previous season, 2017-18, undoubtedly marked the high point of his career. After replacing the injured Josh van der Flier toward the end of Ireland’s opening Six Nations game in Paris, thereafter he played every minute of that Grand Slam campaign.
Leavy was also a major contributor to Leinster’s Champions Cup and Pro14 double that season, starting all of the European knock-out wins against Saracens, Scarlets and Racing 92.
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- April 5, 2022
