All Blacks centre Rieko Ioane to make shock move to Leinster

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Sport | All Black Ioane to join Irish giants Leinster on six-month 'sabbatical'

All Black centre Rieko Ioane is to join Champions Cup semi-finalists Leinster for next season, the player and his New Zealand franchise Blues announced on social media on Tuesday.

All Black star joins former Springbok coach on sabbatical in Ireland

All Black centre Rieko Ioane is to join Champions Cup semi-finalists Leinster for next season, the player and his New Zealand franchise Blues announced on social media. Current Leinster senior coach is former Springbok head coach, Jacques Nienaber. The move will take the 28-year-old to the former team of Ireland legend Jonny Sexton with whom he had an ugly spat at the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final which the All Blacks won. Six-mo…

All Blacks star Rieko Ioane shockingly signs for Leinster despite Johnny Sexton feud

Rieko Ioane and Johnny Sexton clashed after the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarter-final between New Zealand and Ireland but that hasn’t stopped the All Blacks centre joining the club where Sexton is a legend

Leinster bring in All Blacks centre Rieko Ioane for next season

Ioane will take up sabbatical in his contract to spend six months with Leinster from December

Rieko Ioane’s shock sabbatical in the most unlikely setting

All Blacks star to miss the 2026 Super Rugby season for a sabbatical at the former club of his nemesis Johnny Sexton.