Rob Kearney faces big decision over future

Rob Kearney hopes to have his contract situation sorted in the next month or so and the veteran full-back admits he has a big decision to make as he contemplates the closing chapters of a glittering career.

The Leinster man is the most decorated player in Irish rugby history. Now 32, he is under contract with the IRFU through to the end of the World Cup in November and, while he seems set to see out the rest of that season at home, he could yet take a leaf out of Seán O’Brien’s book by looking further afield after that.