Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XII (The Byrne Supremacy)

Also lost to Munster in Lansdowne at some point during MOC's tenure.

And there was no one at the other one!

It might suffer but to open up upper tiers you need to have bar, food kiosk staff, chefs for food units, extra stewards, security, extra doctors etc

Easier for everyone to just restrict sales and know you will have everything able to cater to that crowd than open up everywhere and potentially not have enough to cater for a bigger than anticipated crowd

It looks like returns are up on ticketmaster that suggest that Leicester sold about 700 tickets of their allocation (which based on open stands should be 2700).

I read on twitter that Leicester took 500 tickets. Not sure how many were sold.

Found it

Anyone know what the age restriction is for a Junior Ticket please ?

Disappointed for the Tigers. That's poor support.

They had 6 days to book flights and accommodation, Dublin is very expensive, getting 500 over would be decent imo given the circumstances.

Lost to sarries during in a knock out game covid. 2020 I think.

Makes sense that Ulster would. I've stated before but they've a gaping hole at 10.

This is similar to when Doris got offered a contract by Connacht. He was also year 1 academy and hadn't yet made an appearance when Connacht came knocking. Leinster wanted to keep him in the academy another year but had to match it and promote him early. Obviously that worked out pretty damn well lol.

Being honest I think Prendergast would be bonkers to take it. Game time might be more plentiful but development will not be. I think McFarland is out the door the first chance he gets.

Yes there are a lot of young and up and coming players in Ulster that might make a formidable backline in the coming years. But I think Prendergast will fulfil a fraction of his potential there.

What this does mean though is Leinster will have to react now and offer him a senior deal

While Lancaster and Sexton departing will change things at Leinster, Connacht are also going through a coaching transition and as someone else mentioned, McFarland isn't exactly looking settled at Ulster. So moving to a more settled coaching ticket doesn't appear to be an option really.

Then it's just down to quality of coaching with remaining coaches as well as opportunities for game time. It feels harsh on Tector, but I'd like for Prendergast to get a fair few minutes in SA to a) encourage him as to his prospects and Leinster and b) get a decent look at him in what will be hard games.

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I'd hope he is getting well advised.

The dogs on the street know that 10 shirt is as winnable as it ever has been in years.

It is currently Ross Byrnes to lose. He has it, he earned it, he deserves it. But it's not the same as talking about Furlongs or Ryans or VDFs or Sextons or Keenans shirts. Those are stitched on to the lads.

I've been a long time defender of Ross but the reality is it's not as hard to jump him as it is one of the aforementioned players.

Similarly, Harry and Frawley have no right to the jersey either. Both have shown promise there with some very good performances thrown in too. But there is nothing about their form or ability that a young up and coming 10 should be looking at to say "I can't do that"

I can't speak for Sam. But as a high performance athlete I know he's completely convinced he has what it takes to be Leinsters starting 10 before too long. He absolutely knows what he offers that gives him a point of difference and what he has to do to improve the areas he's falling down currently.

I just hope what Ulster are selling him isn't too convincing...

Easy to remember too. With Ross highly likely to be going to the RWC and Burns not in a realistic position to be travelling. There is actually not necessarily more potential game time at Ulster at least at the start of the season

I had considered this but I think it's in particular Lancaster who didn't see him as a 10.

That could change next season. He has all the tools to be a very very good outhalf. I'm sure a lot of coaches will agree.

Not necessarily that I think Lancaster is wrong. But whomever takes the reigns may well see Frawley as exclusively a 10