Ruadhán Quinn Signs First Senior Contract With Munster
21st January 2025 By The Editor
Ruadhán Quinn will move up to the senior squad next season.
Munster Rugby and the IRFU are pleased to confirm that Academy back-row forward Ruadhán Quinn will move up to the senior squad next season on a two-year deal.
Quinn moves up to a development contract next year and will progress to a senior contract for 2026/27.
The talented 21-year-old came up through the ranks at Ballina-Killaloe RFC and Crescent College Comprehensive. He plays his club rugby with Young Munster RFC and has also lined out for Old Crescent in the AIL.
He was a Pinergy Munster Schools Senior Cup winner with Crescent in March 2022 and joined the Academy that summer.
At the age of just 18, Quinn became Munster’s youngest player of the professional era when he came off the bench against Zebre at Virgin Media Park in October 2022.
He starred for the Ireland U20s in their 2023 Grand Slam-winning 6 Nations campaign and helped the team to the World Rugby U20 Championship final that summer.
To date, he has scored two tries in 14 senior appearances.
Tom Ahern, Gavin Coombes, Shane Daly and Alex Nankivell have all signed two-year contract extensions ahead of next season with Ruadhán Quinn and Evan O’Connell joining Shay McCarthy in moving up from the Academy to the senior squad.
