Robbie Henshaw: “We’ll have to see what happens”

Robbie Henshaw reiterated his intention to examine all his options in relation to where he'll be playing his rugby next season, admitting that it is unlikely to be in France.

The 22-year-old's contract is up at the end of the season and the suggestion is that he'll move to Leinster. Henshaw speaking to Ivan Yates on Newstalk was noncommittal. "At the moment I have to get all my options on the table and then I'll have to see what's best for my career.

"I'm not making any decisions yet at the moment. I'm just waiting until all the options come in and then I'm going to assess what is the best for my career. In terms of the French teams in the Champions Cup, their players are obviously being paid a significant amount of money, but I'd love to play all my rugby in Ireland at the moment.

“I’m still quite young so I wouldn’t be thinking of leaving for a while. Further down the line it could be an option but at the moment I don’t think so.” Of a potential switch to Leinster he added: “I’m not ruling it out at the moment but, yeah, we’ll have to see what happens.”

While the IRFU would have a part to play in the process he did suggest that he hoped the final decision would be his alone.