Stay or go? The choice facing Leinster’s back-ups

Max Deegan and Jimmy O'Brien arrive for Leinster rugby squad training

It’s that time of year again when Leinster roll out news of their contract extensions, the drip-drip effect of it all over a course of days or weeks both maximising the publicity value of it and numbing the fan to its full effects.

It started with extensions announced for Will Connors, Thomas Clarkson and James Culhane last weekend and hadn’t stopped since, the main news of interest being that Max Deegan won't be moving north to Ulster, as had been reported, but is instead staying in Dublin.