Leinster to play all home fixtures at the Aviva and Croke Park for 2024/25 season

Due to planned regeneration works at the RDS Arena Leinster have looked for alternative options for next season.

NEW HOME VENUES: Leinster Rugby will play all their home games for the 2024/25 BKT URC and Investec Champions Cup games in the Aviva Stadium with Croke Park hosting a number of games. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Leinster Rugby will play all their home games for the 2024/25 BKT URC and Investec Champions Cup games in the Aviva Stadium with Croke Park hosting a number of games.

Due to planned regeneration works at the RDS Arena it will be unavailable for use during next season with alternative options for the season ahaead required.

The majority of the games will be held in the Aviva Stadium with Croke Park hosting several games across the season. The Vodafone Womnen's Interprovincial Championship will continue to be played at Energia Park in Donnybrook.

Leinster are no strangers to playing in the Aviva Stadium and last played in Croke Park when they took on Munster in the semi-finals of the 2009 Heineken Cup. They will face Northampton Saints in the same stage of the Investec Champions Cup on May 4.

"This a hugely exciting update for everyone associated with Leinster Rugby and we look forward to supporting the RDS in its ambition to regenerate" said Leinster Rugby CEO Shane Nolan.

"We are very fortunate to be able to relocate to Aviva Stadium, a stadium that we are very familiar with as an organisation and as a supporter base, and where we have enjoyed many brilliant days together. Last Saturday’s win was another one to add to a long list of great days.

"I’d like to put on record my appreciation and indeed the Leinster Rugby Branch’s appreciation to the Boards of the RDS, the IRFU, the FAI and the Aviva Stadium for all their help in facilitating this move and indeed to the GAA for their help in securing Croke Park for a number of games next season.

"It will be a season like no other, of that there will be no doubt, and while we acknowledge that there will be some inconvenience in any stadium move, we are also very excited to bring a full season of Leinster Rugby matches to venues of the quality of the Aviva Stadium and Croke Park, two of the finest stadia in Europe.

"We very much appreciate in advance the ongoing support of our Season Ticket Holders as we navigate the road ahead during the RDS regeneration and we look forward to an exciting chapter for Leinster Rugby at the Aviva Stadium, and in time, a return to an even better RDS Arena."