Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VI: End of the MOC [Revenge of the STH]

unce09f

molloyjh wrote: »

Anyone here at the A game? Wouldn't mind hearing reports from a Leinster perspective as I can't make it.

Dardis just scored a try. Daly missed conversion.

Dardis injured himself scoring the try and is replaced by Fanning.

thomond2006

Mick McGrath hit the gym in the summer, he's bloody huge compared to last season.

molloyjh

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Released back...?

You know what I mean. There will surely be a rest week for anyone who has played a decent amount in the RWC.

unce09f

McGrath got a try that was made by Daly.

15-3 to Leinster.

unce09f

22-10 with around 20 minutes to go.

unce09f

22-17 now after intercept of Adam Byrne pass, Leinster down to 14 men.

irishbucsfan

molloyjh wrote: »

You know what I mean. There will surely be a rest week for anyone who has played a decent amount in the RWC.

It's completely up to their clubs! May well see them pressed into action and then rested after the first Champions Cup fixtures

unce09f

Leinster A won. 2 yellows and a intercept try in the last 10 minutes.

aimee1

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbanes-salary-cap-wont-fit-ben-teo-but-theres-more-than-one-way-to-get-him-to-the-broncos/story-fni3fbgz-1227560937609?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=TelegraphSport&utm_medium=Facebook


Teo to brisbane broncos, salary cap permitting

molloyjh

aimee1 wrote: »

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbanes-salary-cap-wont-fit-ben-teo-but-theres-more-than-one-way-to-get-him-to-the-broncos/story-fni3fbgz-1227560937609?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=TelegraphSport&utm_medium=Facebook


Teo to brisbane broncos, salary cap permitting

Does that article not say that the salary cap does not permit? But that they are looking for other ways to get him back down under?

irishbucsfan

molloyjh wrote: »

Does that article not say that the salary cap does not permit? But that they are looking for other ways to get him back down under?

The salary cap means it'll be tough for the Broncos but the Roosters fans are pretty keen for him to return to Sydney anyway.

total former

Still very patchy. No hint of a deal being done, just that the Broncos want him... He'd also miss the first three months of the NRL season.

Looks like we'd need to pay him in the region of 300k to be competitive. That's very achievable.

If he's here without family then odds are he'll go back but based on what we've seen we should do our utmost to keep him.

unce09f

total former wrote: »

If he's here without family then odds are he'll go back but based on what we've seen we should do our utmost to keep him.

he lives with Noel Reid, no family. He is going back to Oz from what i've heard.

not sure homesick is the right word but he wants to get back to that lifestyle.

Hagz

I'd rather we didn't splash out to keep him tbh. Let him go. I'd rather see us splash out for a 12 or a scrum-half or a lock.

CatFromHue

aimee1 wrote: »

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/brisbanes-salary-cap-wont-fit-ben-teo-but-theres-more-than-one-way-to-get-him-to-the-broncos/story-fni3fbgz-1227560937609?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=TelegraphSport&utm_medium=Facebook


Teo to brisbane broncos, salary cap permitting

The headlines in that paper make the Daily Mail look high brow!!

molloyjh

Hagz wrote: »

I'd rather we didn't splash out to keep him tbh. Let him go. I'd rather see us splash out for a 12 or a scrum-half or a lock.

We should be able to afford a lock from the Douglas Fund. And personally I think Te'o offers things none of our home grown guys do. I'd love to keep him on. We should be getting Kirchner off our books at this stage too and looking to replace him with a SH.

unce09f

molloyjh wrote: »

We should be able to afford a lock from the Douglas Fund. And personally I think Te'o offers things none of our home grown guys do. I'd love to keep him on. We should be getting Kirchner off our books at this stage too and looking to replace him with a SH.

Nacewa will be the only NIQ that's currently here that will be on the books again next season.

Not sure Leinster will be allowed go after a NIQ scrumhalf, due to lack of depth and Pienaar. Marmion or Cooney or Hart are the most likely signings unless we go for a project player.

A NIQ signing is needed but will we actually buy a good one? Our record on that isn't great. Mick Kearney seems to be earmarked as McCarthy's replacement. Hopefully he and Molony can step up there. I wonder if we could get Franco Van Der Merwe from Ulster?

flouncer

molloyjh wrote: »

We should be able to afford a lock from the Douglas Fund. And personally I think Te'o offers things none of our home grown guys do. I'd love to keep him on. We should be getting Kirchner off our books at this stage too and looking to replace him with a SH.

Thought Shane Horgan was retired? :-)

molloyjh

unce09f wrote: »

Nacewa will be the only NIQ that's currently here that will be on the books again next season.

Not sure Leinster will be allowed go after a NIQ scrumhalf, due to lack of depth and Pienaar. Marmion or Cooney or Hart are the most likely signings unless we go for a project player.

A NIQ signing is needed but will we actually buy a good one? Our record on that isn't great. Mick Kearney seems to be earmarked as McCarthy's replacement. Hopefully he and Molony can step up there. I wonder if we could get Franco Van Der Merwe from Ulster?

If we're still utilising McGrath and have McCarthy coming through the Academy as well as having sent Cooney to Connacht then I think we should be afforded some leeway there. We have provided 2 SHs to Ireland consistently for a few years. We can't be punished for the fact that the other provinces are struggling to produce good 9s.

unce09f

molloyjh wrote: »

If we're still utilising McGrath and have McCarthy coming through the Academy as well as having sent Cooney to Connacht then I think we should be afforded some leeway there. We have provided 2 SHs to Ireland consistently for a few years. We can't be punished for the fact that the other provinces are struggling to produce good 9s.

Leinster haven't brought through a 9 in over a decade plus.

So we can't exactly point to the other provinces and complain they aren't producing good 9's when we haven't either. In fact Munster/Connacht have produced more than us for the national team.

The IRFU can point to us having the last two irish u20 scrumhalves in our system, both who captained that side and say use those two and if you want to sign one, sign an IQ'd 9 - Marmion/Cooney/Hart. Two of which were leinster underage players.

stephen_n

Hagz wrote: »

I'd rather we didn't splash out to keep him tbh. Let him go. I'd rather see us splash out for a 12 or a scrum-half or a lock.

We have a perfectly good 12 in Reid, there is no one else ready or coming through that would take T'eo's jersey.

irishbucsfan

stephen_n wrote: »

We have a perfectly good 12 in Reid, there is no one else ready or coming through that would take T'eo's jersey.

Apart from the Messiah of course.

total former

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Apart from the Messiah of course.

"I should know, I've followed a few"

stephen_n

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Apart from the Messiah of course.

Oh yes, how could I forget that Ringrose is good enough to step straight in there.

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Apart from the Messiah of course.

Amen

Hagz

stephen_n wrote: »

We have a perfectly good 12 in Reid, there is no one else ready or coming through that would take T'eo's jersey.

I wouldn't call Reid perfectly good personally. I would be fine with Luke Fitzgerald playing 13 until Ringrose steps up.

thomond2006

Fanning was a vocal presence when he came on for the As. He seemed to be the one directing traffic in defence.

Interested Observer

thomond2006 wrote: »

Fanning was a vocal presence when he came on for the As. He seemed to be the one directing traffic in defence.

Interesting, because he was all over the shop on that regard in some matches last season.

Journeyman_1

I believe Fanning has played centre in the past also...

irishbucsfan

total former wrote: »

"I should know, I've followed a few"

I'm really tempted to get a few Ringrose Life of Brien t-shirts printed now.