Leinster hoping Kearney will follow Ireland’s homeboys

LEINSTER chief executive Mick Dawson is hopeful Rob Kearney will follow the examples set by Brian O’Driscoll, Jamie Heaslip and Jonathan Sexton and pen a new deal with Leinster and Ireland in the near future.

O’Driscoll and Sexton yesterday committed to another two years with the IRFU, and Heaslip to three, but the union still has some work to do before tying up all of its top stars to deals beyond the season’s end and the World Cup.

Kearney among them.