Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread X: [****]

prawnsambo

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Luke Fitz?

Yeah, Luke was signed straight from school. Although I think Rob Kearney took a similar trajectory.

Edit: Yeah, Luke was 18 when he signed for Leinster. Turned 19 that September. Rob was a bit older at 19 the March before he joined Leinster.

stephen_n

Did Luke ever have a central contract?

Squidgy Black

Not much visibility of what those contracts were though is there? Just reportedly central contracts, they've only started releasing the list of players signed to central contracts in the last few years.

D14Rugby

Lukes first one was a leinster contract, think he signed a new one the next year though and no idea what type that was

awec

It’s hard to compare, the contract policy has changed so much over the years.

There used to be way more central deals. The likes of Declan Fitzpatrick had one.

Richie_Rich89

Jaysus, Henshaw rushed back! Doesn't say a lot for the coaches' faith in Tomane

Clegg

Jaysus, Larmour rushed back! Doesn't say a lot for the coaches' faith in Kearney.

Richie_Rich89

Clegg wrote: »

Jaysus, Larmour rushed back! Doesn't say a lot for the coaches' faith in Kearney.

Henshaw would have had a far heavier international workload that Larmour last saison, and will probably again this year

stephen_n

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Jaysus, Henshaw rushed back! Doesn't say a lot for the coaches' faith in Tomane

Clearly going to be your new Ben T’eo type crusade, think I’ll put this one on mute :rolleyes:

Richie_Rich89

stephen_n wrote: »

Clearly going to be your new Ben T’eo type crusade, think I’ll put this one on mute :rolleyes:

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Richie_Rich89

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Henshaw would have had a far heavier international workload that Larmour last saison, and will probably again this year

Henshaw was injured for a lot of last season, and I wouldn't be so sure about their likely workloads just yet.

Squidgy rugby has done a piece on who would win between Leinster and Crusaders. Doesn't answer much but is interesting all the same.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/squidge-rugby-leinster-vs-crusaders-settled

dregin

ArmchairQB wrote: »

15. Jordan Larmour (22)
14. Fergus McFadden (170) Kildare
13. Rory O’Loughlin (43)
12. Robbie Henshaw (24) Westmeath
11. James Lowe (13) NZ
10. Ross Byrne (50)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (52) NZ
1. Cian Healy (191)
2. Seán Cronin (153) Limerick
3. Tadhg Furlong (84) Wexford
4. Devin Toner Meath
5. Ian Nagle (18) Cork
6. Josh Murphy (10)
7. Rhys Ruddock (143) Wales
8. Jack Conan (74) Wicklow

16. James Tracy (67) Kildare
17. Peter Dooley (48) Offaly
18. Andrew Porter (31)
19. Mick Kearney (36)
20. Max Deegan (22)
21. Luke McGrath (96)
22. Noel Reid (101)
23. Joe Tomane (1) Fiji

At least 13 of the 23 from outside Dublin possibly more. Not that it matters but just to prove a point to a troll. We are all blue together in Leinster!!

Luke McGrath was born in Canada.

stephen_n

dregin wrote: »

Luke McGrath was born in Canada.

That’s outside the Pale isn’t it?

dregin

stephen_n wrote: »

That’s outside the Pale isn’t it?

Out wesht.

Yeah_Right

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Jaysus, Henshaw rushed back! Doesn't say a lot for the coaches' faith in Tomane

I agree. The coaches also clearly have no faith in James Ryan as he can't even make the match day 23.

Buer

No harm in Tomane getting a break this week and letting him know that last week wasn't acceptable. There are a number of players who are fighting for game time and he'll need to play to his potential if he wants to start.

molloyjh

Clegg wrote: »

Jaysus, Larmour rushed back! Doesn't say a lot for the coaches' faith in Kearney.

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I agree. The coaches also clearly have no faith in James Ryan as he can't even make the match day 23.

Or Scott Fardy, if he's been dropped for Ian Nagle.

salmocab

Larmour is rotated in for another heroic Irishman, Fardy and Tomane are out as dirty foreigners dropped for their betters.

armchaircoach

That's a very strong team who will probably spend the evening wishing that they had more than one second row on the pitch!

Clegg

Didn't realise Dominic Ryan's retirement was confirmed. Just 28 years old.

molloyjh

Leinster 7-28 up against Ulster in the Celtic League. Tries from Harry Byrne, Conor O’Brien, Scott Penny and Ronan Kelleher.

swiwi_

pickarooney wrote: »

So glad to be working all weekend

Yeah see you tomorrow at the workshop on grandpa jokes and dodgy puns. Should be a hard day’s work!

dregin

Clegg wrote: »

Didn't realise Dominic Ryan's retirement was confirmed. Just 28 years old.

Where'd you see this? Can't find anything through google or twitter.

mister paul

stephen_n wrote: »

That’s outside the Pale isn’t it?

It isn't a million miles from Athy.

stephen_n

mister paul wrote: »

It isn't a million miles from Athy.

No it’s 5,215km

Clegg

dregin wrote: »

Clegg wrote: »

Didn't realise Dominic Ryan's retirement was confirmed. Just 28 years old.

Where'd you see this? Can't find anything through google or twitter.

Tomorrow's Independent is running an exclusive interview. I was listening to an ad for it and the voice over mentioned his career being cut short due to concussion issues.

Clegg

Leinster A have beaten Ulster A 28-43 up North.

Buer

That's a very decent win. Leinster had guys like Molony and Ed Byrne in the pack but aside from those there was next to no senior experience. Doris has one start. Vakh has two sub appearances last season. The rest were academy players. I'd have thought the Ulster 1-10 was going to give them a good beating in the tight with Peter Browne, Ah You and Henry all starting and the match in Belfast.

prawnsambo

dregin wrote: »

Where'd you see this? Can't find anything through google or twitter.

That's been known for a good while now. He's taking some sort of case against Leicester. Or he was, the last time I looked.