Rugby:Former Ireland Under-20 scrumhalf Paul O'Donohoe has signed for Connacht from Leinster and will join his new team-mates at the start of next season.
O’Donohoe is the latest member of Ireland’s 2007 Under-20 Grand Slam winning team to join the province and will join up with the likes of Andrew Browne, TJ Anderson, Eoghan Grace and Niall O’Connor.
The scrum-half has made 16 appearances for Leinster, including two run outs in the Heineken cup against Glasgow and the Scarlets. He also started for Leinster in Connacht’s New Year’s Day defeat in the RDS. The former Belvedere College man has captained Leinster ‘A’ this season and has played 19 times for ‘A’s, including eight times in the British and Irish Cup.
"I am delighted to be signing for Connacht next season,” said O’Donohoe. “I have worked under Eric and Dan in my Ireland Under-20 days so I have first hand experience of how passionate they are about the club and also how ambitious they are so I am very excited by this challenge.
“I will obviously miss the lads and the back room staff at Leinster as I have been here since my academy days. However Connacht is a new chapter in my rugby career that I am very excited about"
Connacht head coach Eric Elwood was pleased with the new signing. “We’re delighted Paul is joining us…he’s a top class player and very capable of the standard required in the Magners League and European competitions. He’s a young dynamic scrumhalf and will fit very nicely into our set-up here,” said Elwood.
