Girvan Dempsey coy on Robbie Henshaw interest

It’s less than a year since Matt O’Connor remarked that he wouldn’t turn Robbie Henshaw away if he turned up on his doorstep, but the new coaching ticket at Leinster was rather more coy when quizzed yesterday on the possibility of Connacht’s poster boy moving east.

Rumours of a switch between the two provinces have been rife for some time, but the player himself has got the bush telegraph hopping again this week with remarks made at a sponsors event to the effect that he may well have to leave Galway once his contract expires this summer.

“Honestly, I couldn’t tell you,” said backs coach Girvan Dempsey, when asked if Leinster had expressed any interest.