€20m facelift for RDS Arena

Leinster will play at a redeveloped and a rebranded RDS Arena after the announcement yesterday that naming rights will be likely sought for a new 25,000- capacity stadium to be unveiled in the late summer of 2017.

Ulster, who recently completed a makeover of Ravenhill, have already renamed the venue as Kingspan Stadium, while Munster are investigating the possibility of securing a commercial naming partner for Thomond Park.

Michael Duffy, CEO of the RDS, and Mick Dawson, CEO of Leinster Rugby, alluded to the likelihood of naming rights being sought to coincide with the construction work which it is proposed will commence in 2017. A “very attractive idea”, said Duffy.