Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Layden ya shiga makarantar Connacht don kakar 2011/12. Layden ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar Connacht / Munster da suka yi wasa da Leinster / Ulster a cikin wasan Under-20 don buɗe filin wasa na Aviva a 2010. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar Connacht da ta lashe Gasar Zakarun Kasa da 20 a 2011, kuma ya zira kwallaye uku a wasan da suka yi da Munster. Layden ya fara wasan farko na Connacht a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 2011, yana zuwa a cikin 2011 <unk> 12 Pro12
a matsayin mai maye gurbin Leinster.