Leinster and Ireland's Seán Cronin announces retirement

4 April 2022; Seán Cronin during Leinster Rugby squad training session at UCD in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Leinster and Ireland hooker Seán Cronin will retire from rugby at the end of the season. The Limerick man, who joined Leinster from Connacht in 2011, has won 72 caps for Ireland.

The former Shannon man made his Ireland debut in 2009 and was part of the 2014 and the 2015 Six Nations-winning squads and the Grand Slam-winning squad of 2018.