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Ulster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

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    #4202
    Hype710
    Registered Users Posts: 1,000 ✭✭✭Hype710


    Ali Birch is hard done by. He's small but he's looked good this year when given a chance, good breakdown skills, pace and an ability to link up well. Would compliment the likes of Diack and Williams a lot better IMO.


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    #4203
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    Hype710 wrote: »
    Ali Birch is hard done by. He's small but he's looked good this year when given a chance, good breakdown skills, pace and an ability to link up well. Would compliment the likes of Diack and Williams a lot better IMO.

    Hes also not utterly appalling.


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    #4204
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Apparently McIlwaine is coming back to Ulster next season, maybe a year or two of consistent first team rugby for Birch would be in his best interests.


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    #4205
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Apparently McIlwaine is coming back to Ulster next season, maybe a year or two of consistent first team rugby for Birch would be in his best interests.

    Birch is supposedly off to England next season

    Rumoured (nothing is confirmed at all) INS and OUTS
    OUT
    Stephen Ferris
    John Afoa
    Adam D'Arcy
    Niall O'Connor
    Ali Birch

    IN
    Jannie Du Plesis
    James McKinney
    David McIlwaine

    Will we get any back row replacements? Has Dom Ryan signed a new Leinster contract or joined Connacht yet?!


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    #4206
    Dexter Enough Sweeper
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Dexter Enough Sweeper


    where's D'Arcy off to?

    p.s - you leave our Dom alone


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    #4207
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    bilston wrote: »
    Will we get any back row replacements? Has Dom Ryan signed a new Leinster contract or joined Connacht yet?!
    Yep


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    #4208
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    where's D'Arcy off to?

    p.s - you leave our Dom alone

    I believe D'Arcy is off to France.


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    #4209
    totallegend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,234 ✭✭✭totallegend


    bilston wrote: »
    Will we get any back row replacements? Has Dom Ryan signed a new Leinster contract or joined Connacht yet?!

    Hands off! Have ye not got enough youngsters coming through as it is?

    Yeah, Ryan has just signed a two-year deal.


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    #4210
    lurtz
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭lurtz


    wheres this rumour about jannie du plessis come from?


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    #4211
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    totallegend wrote: »
    Hands off! Have ye not got enough youngsters coming through as it is?

    Yeah, Ryan has just signed a two-year deal.

    If he's signed a new deal then fair enough. We have plenty of youngster scoming through but apart from Henderson and maybe Joyce they're all backs!

    I read somewhere a few weeks ago that Ryan was linked with a move to Connacht so I thought Ulster would have made more sense for him;)


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    #4212
    ssaye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭ssaye


    TommyBowe14: Can't wait for my first game back in Ravers for a while. Need to put the disappointment of last week behind us with a big crowd #SUFTUM


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    #4213
    bilston
    Registered Users Posts: 17,742 ✭✭✭✭bilston


    lurtz wrote: »
    wheres this rumour about jannie du plessis come from?

    It's doing the rounds but it seems it would only happen if Afoa goes back to NZ (obviously). Also it would be only be a one year deal to effectively cover the end of Afoa's current contract which gets past the new NIQ policy.

    We'll see.


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    #4214
    shuffol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭shuffol


    Who's Sean O'Connell, he's listed as a no.8 in the academy.


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    #4215
    ormond lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭ormond lad


    shuffol wrote: »
    Who's Sean O'Connell, he's listed as a no.8 in the academy.
    an exile. over here for past 2 years or so. think he plays with Belfast harlequins


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    #4216
    RobbieRuns
    Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭RobbieRuns


    He does play with Belfast Quins. Good player, big lad. Has not had that many chances with the Ravens, but played well with them last week.


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    #4217
    mayolad93
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    Great to see Ian henderson get a start at lock, he hasn't played there for quite a while, and hopefully thats where his future lies. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on tonight. Good to see Tommy Bowe back aswell, hopefully injury free for a long while.


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    #4218
    Swan Curry
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    Is the match tonight televised?


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    #4219
    mayolad93
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭mayolad93


    Swan Curry wrote: »
    Is the match tonight televised?
    Yeah BBCNI and TG4


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    #4220
    shuffol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭shuffol


    P. Marshalls been pretty hopeless since the 6N.


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    #4221
    Dexter Enough Sweeper
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    shuffol wrote: »
    P. Marshalls been pretty hopeless since the 6N.

    good timing!!


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    #4222
    shuffol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭shuffol


    Deleted User wrote: »
    good timing!!

    I was just about to type how quiet Bowe's been since christmas


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    #4223
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    Bowe and Olding combine to score Ulster's second try.


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    #4224
    ScissorPaperRock
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    Olding needs to be involved in one of the Irish tours this summer. Looks like a serious talent.


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    #4225
    Beery Eyed
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    There's been some great stuff in this game so far. Olding, Henderson & Gilroy are outstanding young players. Even before Olding got that try I was just about to write that he's fast becoming one of the most exciting young centres to watch at the moment. He always seems to have time with the ball & is able to create space/beat tacklers. With himself, Marshall, Farrell & even Allen as young centre options they're in a great position right now


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    #4226
    ssaye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,650 ✭✭✭ssaye


    Henderson running and fending off tackles is a joy to behold

    edit cave try

    game over


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    #4227
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Try number 3 Darren Cave
    ScissorPaperRoc wrote: »
    Olding needs to be involved in one of the Irish tours this summer. Looks like a serious talent.
    To be honest Olding would probably get more out of the JWC rather than playing for Emerging Ireland. That said he could well travel with the senior side (and start at 12, if Marshall is still out and Darcy is rested).


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    #4228
    shuffol
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    Pienaar putting on a clinic. You see a lot of talented young players and hope that they might be able to become good test players one day. With Henderson and Olding the skys the limit, there's nobody else at that level of potential at the other provinces though I've high hopes for Luke Mcgrath.


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    #4229
    Beery Eyed
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭Beery Eyed


    shuffol wrote: »
    Pienaar putting on a clinic. You see a lot of talented young players and hope that they might be able to become good test players one day. With Henderson and Olding the skys the limit, there's nobody else at that level of potential at the other provinces though I've high hopes for Luke Mcgrath.

    JJ Hanrahan's showing at the JWC last year suggested that he could well reach those heights as well


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    #4230
    thomond2006
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    Henderson, the next POC?


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    #4231
    ScissorPaperRock
    Registered Users Posts: 2,708 ✭✭✭ScissorPaperRock


    Beery Eyed wrote: »
    JJ Hanrahan's showing at the JWC last year suggested that he could well reach those heights as well

    He's had a fairly quiet season since though.


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