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| School | Presentation College Bray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Kenny is an Irish professional rugby union footballer who played for Ireland Sevens and now plays for Leinster having joined their academy in 2025/26 season. [1]
Kenny came through playing rugby union for Greystones RFC and attended Presentation College Bray before joining Terenure College RFC in the All Ireland League. [2] [3]
Kenny made his debut in the SVNS series for the Ireland national rugby sevens team in the 2024 Dubai Sevens, scoring a late try in a 19-12 win over the United States in November 2024. He played throughout the season and was also a try-scorer at the final event at the 2025 USA Sevens. [4] [5]
Kenny trained with the senior Leinster Rugby team ahead of the 2025-26 season. [6] He was named as a replacement for Leinster for their match against Sharks on 11 October 2025 in the United Rugby Championship (URC), making his senior provincial debut in the second half, in a 31-5 victory for his side. [7] [8] He was named for his first start against Zebre in the URC on 25 October 2025, scoring his first try after 70 seconds following work by Hugo McLaughlin before later adding a second in a 50-26 win. [9] [10]
He made his European Rugby Champions Cup debut on 10 January 2026 starting against Stade Rochelais in Dublin and scored two tries in a 25-24 victory, to move to eight in his first six appearances for Leinster. [11] [12] [13]