Ireland duo James Lowe and Jamie Osborne have become the latest pairing to commit their future to Leinster with new contracts. 

The pair both featured for Simon Easterby’s side in the 2025 Six Nations, where Ireland finished third.

James Lowe and Jamie Osborne sign Leinster extensions

Lowe joined the Dublin-based side in 2017 from Super Rugby outfit Chiefs and has gone onto become a crucial cog in the Leinster juggernaut. To date, Lowe has scored 61 tries for the province, putting him just eight scores behind Shane Horgan’s record of 69.

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The winger also went onto make his Ireland debut In 2020, and has since become an ever-present in Andy Farrell’s side. At the time of writing, he has won 40 caps for the men in Green.

Osborne came up through Leinster’s academy system to make his debut in the 2020/21 campaign, but became a mainstay in the side last season as he helped them reach a third-successive Champions Cup final. His form in the URC also caught the attention of Ireland boss Farrell, and he went onto make his Test debut against the Springboks last summer. Since then, Osborne has won a further five caps.

The pair now follow in the footsteps of Ryan Baird, Jack Conan and Andrew Osborne, who all signed new deals yesterday.

Leinster return to URC action this weekend with a tough visit to Loftus Versfeld to face the Bulls, but assistant coach Jacques Nienaber is relishing the challenge.

“We play them at Loftus, they’ve organised a good coaching team around them,” said the former Springboks head coach. “If you look at that team, they’re bolstered with internationals. That will be our challenge, to play a good side.”

“But how exciting to come to Loftus to play a team that’s got multiple threats, multiple international threats all over the board? As a professional sportsperson, you want to test yourself against the best, and that’s what we will do on Saturday.”

“We know that we will have to be mentally and physically at our best to get an opportunity, and then we have to take those opportunities.”

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