Leinster keeping venue options open as return to new Laya Arena looms

The naming rights deal with Laya Healthcare has been struck nine months before the revamped venue is due to reopen for the annual Royal Dublin Horseshow next August

Laya healthcare today announced a landmark naming rights partnership with the RDS and Leinster Rugby officially renaming the iconic RDS Arena to ‘Laya Arena’. Picture: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

The Aviva Stadium, and Croke Park, will continue to be options for Leinster home games even after the province's senior team returns to an RDS ground that has been rechristened as Laya Arena.

The naming rights deal with Laya Healthcare - a ten-year agreement - has been struck nine months before the revamped venue is due to reopen for the annual Royal Dublin Horse Show next August. Leinster will be back in as tenants for the start of the 2026-27 season. The province signed a 25-year lease with the society in 2022.