 Leamy was cited and punished for an incident in a game against Terenure College RFC, before returning that year.After finishing school in Rockwell, Leamy went to CIT to study Leisure Management, and started to play for UCC in the second division of the AIL.Declan Kidney brought him into the Munster setup on a development contract and he was awarded his first Munster cap at the age of 19.