Munster duo sign new deals

Keith Earls’ eventful month continued yesterday with the confirmation that he and Denis Leamy have signed contracts with the IRFU that will keep them at Munster for a further two yearsuntil 2014.

The news follows on from Paul O’Connell’s decision last month to commit to the province until the same point in time while a raft of other senior internationals put pen to paper to keep them with their provinces in 2011.

Earls, who recently celebrated the birth of his first child, returned to training with the Ireland squad at Carton House yesterday while Leamy is currently recovering from hip surgery which ruled him out of the Six Nations.