Irish Players outside the Provinces

Teferi · 24-12-2014 1:47am

Nope, he's retired from professional rugby and playing with Kanturk now. Think he is back to doing the plumbing or sparks or whatever he was before a professional rugby player.

The Lost Sheep · 24-12-2014 2:13am

macslash wrote: »

Is Mushy still playing in England?!

Nope. As Teferi says he is back with his home original club Kanturk and is playing AIL with them. He is doing some coaching there and working as a plumber

errlloyd · 24-12-2014 3:12am

In before Hanrahan.

Darren Hudson is lacking some love here, and Tom Sexton and Ed O Donohue. Any info?

Bridge93 · 24-12-2014 3:14am

Danny Barnes scored two tries for the Newcastle Falcons A side on Monday night against Northampton to help them qualify for the semi finals of the Premiership 'A' league.

The Lost Sheep · 24-12-2014 3:41am

errlloyd wrote: »

In before Hanrahan.

Darren Hudson is lacking some love here, and Tom Sexton and Ed O Donohue. Any info?

Ed O Donoghue is playing with Queensland Red is he not?
Hudson with Bristol. Saw him come off the bench for Bristol against Connacht Eagles in Sportsground in British and Irish Cup a couple of months ago. Is involved quite a bit in their side. They should be in premiership next season

Glass Prison 1214 · 24-12-2014 8:22pm

A full list of all the players I can find in the Pro 12, Super 15 and the top two divisions in France and England. If I missed any its cuz wikipedia might be wrong.

Loosehead
• Tom Court (London Irish)
• Shane Cahill (London Welsh)
• Jack O'Connell (Bristol)
• Denis Coulson (Grenoble)
• Paddy McAllister (Aurillac)

Hooker
• George McGuigan (Newcastle)
• Niall Annett (Worcester)
• Tom Sexton (Rebels)
• Nigel Brady (Aurillac)
• Denis Fogarty (Agen)

Tighthead
• John Andress (Edinburgh)
• Stewart Maguire (London Scottish)
• Conor Carey (Nottingham)
• Adam Macklin (Rotherham)

Second Row
• Ed O'Donoghue (Reds)
• Ryan Caldwell (Exeter)
• Eoin Sheriff (Bedford)
• James Sandford (London Welsh)
• Darren O'Shea (Worcester)
• Damian Browne (Oyonnax)
• Mark Flanagan (Mont De Marsan)
• Brian Hayes (Aurillac)
• David Nolan (Bourgoin)

Backrow
• James Coughlin (Pau)
• Conor Gilsenan (London Irish)
• Daniel Browne (London Welsh)
• Neill Best (London Scottish)
• Ali Berch (Rotherham)
• William Ryan (Rotherham)
• Michael Noone (Jersey)
• Eoghan Grace (Plymouth)

Scrum Half
• James Hart (Grenoble)
• Peter Stringer (Bath)
• Thomas O'Leary (London Irish)
• Peter Rowley (London Welsh)
• Ruairi Cushion (Plymouth)

Outhalf
• Johnny Sexton (Racing Metro)
• Gareth Steenson (Exeter)
• Peter Lydon (London Scottish)
• James McKinney (Rotherham)
• Kieran Hallett (Cornish Pirates)
• Declan Cusack (Plymouth)
• Eoin Hickey (Massy)

Centre
• Chris Farrell (Grenoble)
• Ian Whitten (Exeter)
• Danny Barnes (Newcastle)
• Eammon Sheridan (London Irish)
• Fergus Mulchrone (London Irish)
• Eoin Griffen (London Irish)
• James Downey (Glasgow)
• Jack Tovey (Bristol)

Back Three
• Charlie Ignall (Sale)
• Niall Morris (Leicester)
• Shane Monahan (Gloucester)
• Darren Hudson (Bristol)
• Michael Keating (Rotherham)
• Sean Scanlon (Rotherham)
• Mark McCrea (Jersey)
• David McIlwaine (Yorkshire)
• Conor Gaston (Aurillac)

Paul Smeenus · 24-12-2014 9:19pm

Paddy McAllister is playing LH in Aurillac, I think.

Glass Prison 1214 · 24-12-2014 9:23pm

I was always gonna miss someone, updated now.

Fireball07 · 24-12-2014 9:25pm

In addition to the above list... does anyone know where Philip Donnellan is these days?

Andrew Farley and Adam D'Arcy were born outside Ireland but both qualify, playing for Grenoble and Bristol respectively, I think.

I couldn't remember if Cillian Willis had retired or not, his wikipedia page tells me he retired in 2013 to pursue a career in "magic and dark art"

Tommy Hayes retired recently enough too.

Have any of Scott Deasy, Aaron Conneelly, Timmy Ryan found a club abroad?

Fireball07 · 24-12-2014 9:28pm

Oh, and James Downey would be a relatively big-name one. At Glasgow now. Oh, and Leo Auva'a.

RuPi · 24-12-2014 9:34pm

As far as I know, Charlie Simpson is in the Aurillac academy, full back from Ballymena Academy played Irish Schools.

Nigel Brady now has a role within Ulster Rugby, was temporarily kit man, coaching Dungannon 1st XV as well.

Glass Prison 1214 · 24-12-2014 9:35pm

Neither Farley or D'Arcy are still playing for those clubs I believe. Your right about James Downey, updated now. Leo Auva'a is no longer eligable for Ireland now that he has left.

b.gud · 24-12-2014 9:47pm

Dave Nolan left Connacht for Bourgoin in the pro D2 this year

Fireball07 · 24-12-2014 9:51pm

But yeah, a best 23 based on players outside Ireland... I mightn't have seen a lot of them, so some of it will be based on hearsay + what they were like in Ireland and what I saw of them.

15. Niall Morris
14. Shane Monahan
13. Eoin Griffin
12. Eamonn Sheridan
11. Darren Hudson
10. Johnny Sexton
9. James Hart
8. James Coughlan
7. Ali Birch
6. Conor Gilsenan
5. Ryan Caldwell
4. Damien Browne
3. John Andress
2. Tom Sexton
1. Tom Court

16. Denis Fogarty
17. Paddy McAllister
18. Adam Macklin
19. Ed O'Donoghue
20. Eoin Sheriff
21. Tomás O'Leary
22. Gareth Steenson
23. Chris Farrell

phog · 24-12-2014 9:51pm

Mike Haley has an Irish parent and is playing FB for Sale.

phog · 24-12-2014 9:54pm

Fireball07 wrote: »

In addition to the above list... does anyone know where Philip Donnellan is these days?

Andrew Farley and Adam D'Arcy were born outside Ireland but both qualify, playing for Grenoble and Bristol respectively, I think.

I couldn't remember if Cillian Willis had retired or not, his wikipedia page tells me he retired in 2013 to pursue a career in "magic and dark art" Tommy Hayes retired recently enough too.

Have any of Scott Deasy, Aaron Conneelly, Timmy Ryan found a club abroad?

Tim Ryan is a coach (could be player coach) with a Cork club, Dolphin, I think, he featured for Munster A in the B&I Cup recently.

Braken · 24-12-2014 11:44pm

phog wrote: »

Tim Ryan is a coach (could be player coach) with a Cork club, Dolphin, I think, he featured for Munster A in the B&I Cup recently.

Highfield club in question...

The Lost Sheep · 25-12-2014 2:01am

Fireball07 wrote: »

In addition to the above list... does anyone know where Philip Donnellan is these days?

Andrew Farley and Adam D'Arcy were born outside Ireland but both qualify, playing for Grenoble and Bristol respectively, I think.

I couldn't remember if Cillian Willis had retired or not, his wikipedia page tells me he retired in 2013 to pursue a career in "magic and dark art" Tommy Hayes retired recently enough too.

Have any of Scott Deasy, Aaron Conneelly, Timmy Ryan found a club abroad?

Donnellan is in UCD doing a PHD
Timmy Ryan with Highfield in UBL
Conneelly is with Lansdowne playing UBL afaik

thomond2006 · 25-12-2014 11:09am

Deasy is with Lansdowne.

Hagz · 03-01-2015 6:30pm

Gilsenan finally seems be making some headway in London Irish these days. He has serious competition in front of him in the form of Blair Cowan, but he's impressed in the last few games and got a start today.

connemara man · 03-01-2015 6:33pm

Hagz wrote: »

Gilsenan finally seems be making some headway in London Irish these days. He has serious competition in front of him in the form of Blair Cowan, but he's impressed in the last few games and got a start today.

He's a good player just had too much competition over here in fairness

matthew8 · 03-01-2015 6:48pm

Irish really bad and dealing with injuries though. Was man shamed a little bit by Billy Vunipola towards the end of today's game. He came around and caught Vunipola completely static off the back of the scrum yet still managed to be fended off badly. Decent game otherwise though.

freyners · 03-01-2015 6:50pm

Hagz wrote: »

Gilsenan finally seems be making some headway in London Irish these days. He has serious competition in front of him in the form of Blair Cowan, but he's impressed in the last few games and got a start today.

I was impressed with him when he came out west on loan, if we didnt have faloon and heenan in situ he would have been perfect for us. Delighted to see him stepping up out there

Hagz · 03-01-2015 6:53pm

The LI fans are very impressed with him anyway, citing his work-rate. He made 15 tackles today and 14 tackles last week in just 40 mins.

07-01-2015 3:15pm

Northampton
JJ Hanrahan (2015 ->)

CIARAN_BOYLE · 11-01-2015 4:53pm

Where did Scott Deasy settle when he left Munster, did he get a foreign job?

I remember a stage where I was calling him to start a knockout game ahead of ROG and Keatley.

Buer · 11-01-2015 4:56pm

He's outhalf for Lansdowne...he replaced Ronadlson. Scored a try in a big win away to Tarf the other night.

CIARAN_BOYLE · 11-01-2015 5:00pm

Buer wrote: »

He's outhalf for Lansdowne...he replaced Ronadlson. Scored a try in a big win away to Tarf the other night.

Thanks, I thought he would have gone abroad instead and gotten a contract somewhere.

I wonder if Leinster might sniff around for him on a short term deal during the rwc, with gopperth gone and madigan/sexton off to the rwc ala willis a few years back.

thomond2006 · 11-01-2015 5:11pm

phog wrote: »

Mike Haley has an Irish parent and is playing FB for Sale.

Haley just signed a new deal with Sale. He looks a good prospect.

padser · 11-01-2015 5:31pm

awec wrote: »

He's suing the IRFU for an eye injury he sustained when training with Ireland. A cord snapped and caught him in the eye or something like that.

People have been using this for years as a reason why we will never see him employed by the IRFU again. I've written before about how this is a misconception many people have about what "x is suing y" means. It doesn't necessarily mean any falling out between party x and y.

TOL was injured while training with Ireland. Irish training sessions will be insured by the IRFU. There are a myriad of ways that this injury could lead to TOL suing the IRFU.

One possible example. There were medical bills incurred and TOL may also have personal medical insurance. There may be a dispute about which insurer pays the bills (ie a dispute between insurance companies) or a dispute about whether compensation is due in excess of the medical bills.

I'd strongly suspect that case is essentially someone suing an insurance company.

Irish Players outside the Provinces

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