Good morning all,
Leinster Rugby and Castore have this morning launched the 2025/26 home jersey and with it, have confirmed that the four stars, which currently adorn all jerseys, will no longer feature.
The stars, which signify the four Champions Cup wins, have been removed from the Leinster Rugby 2025/26 home and alternate kit, to align with wider Leinster Rugby club values, to ensure that the playing kit celebrates all the players and all the teams that wear it.
The four stars will however remain on the European jersey worn in the Investec Champions Cup, in celebration of the victories in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2018.
The new kit will be worn by the men and women's teams, as well as the age grade and junior rugby squads this forthcoming season and will be worn competitively for the first time in the upcoming Vodafone Senior Women's Interprovincial Championship next month.
Speaking this morning, Leinster Rugby CEO, Shane Nolan, said, "This decision reflects our ambition to be representative of the whole club, across all teams and all competitions.
"We are incredibly proud of our Champions Cup history and the stars will remain on our European jersey, but we also believe the home jersey should speak to and celebrate the full Leinster journey for our men's and our women's teams and of course our age grade and junior rugby representative teams - past, present and future.
"There is no doubt that the landscape is changing. We are entering a period of huge opportunity and growth for the women's game, in particular, and we want to be ahead of that change as best we can on a number of fronts. This is just one example and Castore have worked very closely with us on that, as well as consulting with our players.
"Importantly, the stars will remain on our European kit, as a proud tribute to our Champions Cup achievements and the rich legacy behind them.
"This new jersey represents us all. We think that supporters will love it, and that our players will love pulling it on."
