A fast-emerging prop with a try-scoring touch, CIAN HEALY has just completed his first full season for Leinster, with whom he won the Magners League.

The Clontarf clubman, who has an athletics background, came to prominence as part of the Ireland Under-20 team that won the Six Nations and Grand Slam in 2007.

In his first year as a member of the IRFU's High Performance Select Group, Healy gained a call-up to the Ireland Six Nations training squad and made his Ireland 'A' debut against England Saxons in February.