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Seán Edogbo To Join Brother Edwin In Munster Senior Squad Next Season

Academy player Seán Edogbo is pictured on the charge for Munster against Glasgow Warriors in January ©Rob Casey/Sportsfile

Munster Rugby and the IRFU have confirmed that Seán Edogbo will be promoted to the province’s senior squad next season on a two-year deal.

The 21-year-old back rower, who hails from Cobh, County Cork, played his age-grade rugby with Cobh Pirates and won a Munster Clubs Boys Under-18 Cup title in 2022.

He becomes the second ever player from the club to sign a senior contract with Munster, following in the footsteps of his older brother, recent Ireland debutant Edwin.

Seán was selected for the Munster Club Select Programme (CSP) team in 2021, and lined out against Crescent College Comprehensive, CBC Cork and PBC Cork, alongside current Munster senior squad members, Tony Butler and Ethan Coughlan.

He played for the Munster U-18 Clubs sides in 2021 and the Munster U19s in 2022 before joining UCC, where he made his Energia All-Ireland League debut in 2022. He has since played 43 times for UCC at various levels over the past four seasons, including 39 AIL appearances.

He lined out with the Ireland Under-20s in the 2024 U-20 Men’s Six Nations, scoring a memorable match-winning try against Italy at Virgin Media Park, and also featured in that summer’s World Rugby U-20 Championship.

He joined the Munster Rugby Academy in 2024, and toured South Africa with the Emerging Ireland squad that September.

Seán made his Munster debut against the Dragons in the BKT United Rugby Championship at Virgin Media Park in January, and was named the player-of-the-match after an excellent performance.

He kept his place in the side for the following week’s game away to URC leaders Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium. He is the second player from the current Academy group to be promoted to Munster’s senior squad for next season.

It has previously been confirmed that 21-year-old back-three player Ben O’Connor will also be moving up on a two-year contract, having already played 17 senior games for Munster, including five appearances in the Investec Champions Cup.

In other Academy news, Irish-qualified scrum-half Ben O’Donovan, who has signed for Munster on an 18-month deal, has entered the Academy programme as a Year 3 player.