Hands up who's a Leinster rugby fan? Whether you're a 'must attend every single match' fan or a 'go every few months and love every single second of it' fan, we can all agree that rugby is king. This is the first time that Leinster are offering Student Season Tickets, so now is your chance to get in on the action, right here. So for those of you in need of a little extra rugby time, here are 20 facts you might not know about the Leinster rugby team:
1) Leinster captain Jamie Heaslip was born in Tiberias, Israel.
2) Leinster Rugby is 136 years old this year. So yeah, pretty old then.
3) Shane Horgan is Leinster’s all-time leading try scorer, with 69 tries in his 13 seasons. Impressive.
4) No one has scored more points for Leinster than Felipe Contepomi with 1,225.
5) Leinster back row Kevin McLaughlin makes a delicious sweet potato frittata. Did we mention that we're feeling pretty hungry right now?
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6) Leinster Rugby was founded on 31st October, 1879 and no, your Nan won't remember it, so don't even ask.
7) In an average training week, the Leinster team will run through 100 lineout drills, which is more than I can say...
8) Leinster Rugby has the biggest Facebook following out of all the rugby clubs in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Hit like immediately.
9) Gordon D’Arcy has made more appearances for Leinster than any other player. 260 to be exact.
10) Rob Kearney represented Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. Multi-talented much?
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11) Leinster’s Rob Kearney and Sean O’Brien have both been named European Player of the Year.
12) Cian Healy can bench press the most weight in the Leinster team (185kg). Wow...
13) The fastest top speed of a Leinster Rugby player is 9.9m/s. Catch them if you can.
14) Rob and Dave Kearney aren’t the only brothers playing for Leinster. Twin brothers Ed and Bryan Byrne from Carlow are in the Leinster Academy.
15 Luke Fitzgerald is a fluent Irish speaker. An bhfuil cead agam ag dul go dti an leithris?
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16) Leinster legend Isa Nacewa broke his arm in just his third game for the province. Ouch....
17) Leinster won the first ever Celtic League title back in 2001, beating Munster 24-20 In the final at Lansdowne Road.
18) The RDS Arena, Leinster Rugby’s home since 2007, is being redeveloped into a 25,000-seater stadium over the next three years. See ya there.
19) Leinster mascot Leo the Lion has a girlfriend called Leona. He also has a fierce (but friendly) rivalry with Ulster’s Sparky the bear and Connacht’s Eddie the eagle.
20) Leinster Student Season Tickets are available for just €179!
Early Bird Price of tickets is €179 (plus service charges) is available at the moment. Full Price of €199 (plus service charge) will be available from 24th May. Tickets are available to purchase from www.leinsterseasontickets.ie
