Is O'Driscoll leaving Leinster with Cheika?

Maaa!

Anyone hear any rumors about O'Driscoll going with Cheika to Australia?

Ciaran-Irl

Complete, total and utter nonsense.

There is a small chance that if he doesn't retire at the end of the World Cup, he might spend one year in another club, but even that is highly unlikely.

thomond2006

Maaa! wrote: »

Anyone hear any rumors about O'Driscoll going with Cheika to Australia?

Link or GTFO.

The chances of that happening are nil, nada, zero.

Risteard

He might leave after the World Cup but there is no chance that the IRFU would let him leave before hand.

I'd say he's the type that would like to play in another country for the experience but not now.

anonymous_joe

I thought it was Kearney, Heaslip, Fitzgerald, D'Arcy and Nacewa?

Cuchulain

This thread title is diliberately misleading and should be changed.

Risteard

Would they really all go this close to the World Cup?

I mean even a one year deal to be back beforehand could see them lose their places in the Irish team except Heaslip IMO. He's the one player out of those four that has the least competition.

It would be one hell of an experience for them though. I mean if you're going to go someplace new and exciting like Australia, it's probably better to do it when you're young.

ozt9vdujny3srf

anonymous_joe wrote: »

I thought it was Kearney, Heaslip, Fitzgerald, D'Arcy and Nacewa?

i heard this too, from a highly reliable but uncited source.

I also heard that cian healy was leaving for toulon.

PhatPiggins

anonymous_joe wrote: »

I thought it was Kearney, Heaslip, Fitzgerald, D'Arcy and Nacewa?

Any chance he'd take Hurley,Williams,Murphy and Buckley instead?

Risteard

Martha Curved Carpet wrote: »

I also heard that cian healy was leaving for toulon.

Interesting if true. I could see that working out for Ireland in the long-term if it goes ahead.

Healy is not the finished article yet and whilst his loose play his top notch. His scrummaging potential could be exploited further as they really take it seriously in France.

Still though if all of these potential signings are true and Cheika is raiding Leinster, they'll have to buy a new team.:p

anonymous_joe

Martha Curved Carpet wrote: »

i heard this too, from a highly reliable but uncited source.

I also heard that cian healy was leaving for toulon.

Heh, we'll have to wait and see.

If it wasn't for the World Cup, I'd actually expect a few to go for a little while.

The other option of course, is a sabbatical like the SH players.

PhatPiggins wrote: »

Any chance he'd take Hurley,Williams,Murphy and Buckley instead?

Buckley to France would be great for him I reckon.

padser

Risteard wrote: »

Still though if all of these potential signings are true and Cheika is raiding Leinster, they'll have to buy a new team.:p

Prehaps we could buy Munster :rolleyes:

Although - that would leave us with an aging team thats past its peak

so maybe we should just buy back our original team and then dominate the magners league, Heineken cup and newly formed World Club championship for the next decade.....yup that sounds like the best idea

Sangre

anonymous_joe wrote: »

I thought it was Kearney, Heaslip, Fitzgerald, D'Arcy and Nacewa?

They'd be taking a big paycut if they went.

Riskymove

Maaa! wrote: »

Anyone hear any rumors about O'Driscoll going with Cheika to Australia?

perhaps its just wedding jitters!!:pac:

OldJay

Do people really get that bored that they have to start baseless rumours about player transfers????

anonymous_joe

Sangre wrote: »

They'd be taking a big paycut if they went.

Well I was kinda taking the piss.

There's no way you could afford all of them really.

Ciaran-Irl

I heard that Munster is being sold to some business Tycoon in Beijing. Musgrave Park & Thomand Park are being dismantled and airshipped out there. All the players are changing their names, but they will be paid 100 million each per year.

Reliable source, but I can't disclose the source.

Big deal around here, me.

anonymous_joe

anonymous_joe wrote: »

There's no way you could afford all of them really.

Unless you were one of those top 14 sugar daddies. Loose change in that case

PhatPiggins

Deleted User wrote: »

Unless you were one of those top 14 sugar daddies. Loose change in that case

All that will be coming to an end next season with the salary cap intro.

anonymous_joe

Deleted User wrote: »

Unless you were one of those top 14 sugar daddies. Loose change in that case

Not with the salary cap.

At this stage those boys are all coming up to the 500k a year mark. Possibly even more.

OldJay

This thread has now gone for two pages . . . ???

Podge_irl

O'Driscoll will finish his career with Leinster, he won't leave, even after the world cup. He needs to finish his career here to avail of the tax cuts and he can prolong his career by staying here given he won't be playing every game.

Sangre

anonymous_joe wrote: »

Not with the salary cap.

At this stage those boys are all coming up to the 500k a year mark. Possibly even more.

I know.

I was making the general point that if any of those players left for the SH it wouldn't be for money.

Riskymove

Justind wrote: »

This thread has now gone for two pages . . . ???

fun isn't it?

I await its appearance as a story in the papers tomorrow!

twinytwo

anonymous_joe wrote: »

I thought it was Kearney, Heaslip, Fitzgerald, D'Arcy and Nacewa?

and give up playing for ireland?... i think not

ozt9vdujny3srf

Martha Curved Carpet wrote: »

i heard this too, from a highly reliable but uncited source.

I also heard that cian healy was leaving for toulon.

For Clarity, I was talking through my arse.

toomevara

....what the hell? has everyone gone cabin crazy from being snowed in or what? Similarly and in keeping with the cast iron sourcing on the thread thus far; Mrs Miggins down the road told me that Johnny Wilkinson is set to sign for Cork Con and Victor Matfield is moving to Steaua Bucharest. Paul O'Connell is joining a lady boy troupe in bangkok (maybe I dreamt that, phnarr) and Eddie O Sulllivan's a shoe in for the Leinster job.....daft, daft, daft....all of the above are about as likely to happen as BOD moving to Oz or indeed becoming the wizard of same.....

PhatPiggins

Riskymove wrote: »

fun isn't it?

I await its appearance as a story in the papers tomorrow!

Neil Francis is licking his lips as he one finger types his world exclusive and struggles to find a synonym for "rumour"

Riskymove

toomevara wrote: »

....what the hell? has everyone gone cabin crazy from being snowed in or what? ...

bizarre alright...I think i have got more laughs from the seemingly serious replies than any joke ones

thomond2006

toomevara wrote: »

....what the hell? has everyone gone cabin crazy from being snowed in or what? Similarly and in keeping with the cast iron sourcing on the thread thus far; Mrs Miggins down the road told me that Johnny Wilkinson is set to sign for Cork Con and Victor Matfield is moving to Steaua Bucharest. Paul O'Connell is joining a lady boy troupe in bangkok (maybe I dreamt that, phnarr) and Eddie O Sulllivan's a shoe in for the Leinster job.....daft, daft, daft....all of the above are about as likely to happen as BOD moving to Oz or indeed becoming the wizard of same.....

I hear (from super reliable sources) Rugby League is being discontinued because everyone has snapped out of the trance and realised it's shíte. :P

PhatPiggins

thomond2006 wrote: »

I hear (from super reliable sources) Rugby League is being discontinued because everyone has snapped out of the trance and realised it's shíte. :P

You mean it has nt been already?

toomevara

thomond2006 wrote:

I hear (from super reliable sources) Rugby League is being discontinued because everyone has snapped out of the trance and realised it's shíte.

PhatPiggins wrote: »

You mean it has nt been already?

Methinks the ladies doth protest too much....;)

Risteard

thomond2006 wrote: »

I hear (from super reliable sources) Rugby League is being discontinued because everyone has snapped out of the trance and realised it's shíte. :P

Makes no sense. Cricket and bowls are still around. they're first for the chop.

EDIT: Try not to pick on League it's just a small parochial sport. Kind of like the GAA in a way.;)

(I don't actually mind League and there are aspects to it that I find more appealing than Union.)

testicle

He's going to Munster.

thomond2006

testicle wrote: »

He's going to Munster.

HE?

You mean:

Maaa!

My God, what have I started?? This 'rumor' came from a news programme two weekends ago suggesting that a number of big name rugby players might be poached by Cheika when he leaves for Melbourne. Big franchise, loadza money! Seems some others heard of it so it not a scurrilous rumor as one person intimated. I don't reckon he would go in case he missed out on 2011 World Cup. Will be his swansong so I reckon he will want to stay around.

funky penguin

thomond2006 wrote: »

HE?

You mean:

Close,




One on the right. :P

anonymous_joe

Sangre wrote: »

I know.

I was making the general point that if any of those players left for the SH it wouldn't be for money.

True. Although if you look at what Gits or Elsom'd be on it's probably the same as up here. In Ireland certainly.

twinytwo wrote: »

and give up playing for ireland?... i think not

I wouldn't expect them to, given that. But take Rob Kearney, he's 23 or so. In 2012 he'll be 25/26. Would be an ideal time for him to take a break from rugby oop North and play in teh SH for a season. Change of scenery/lifestyle/etc also, you'd play a lot less rugby for a year.

toomevara wrote: »

....what the hell? has everyone gone cabin crazy from being snowed in or what? Similarly and in keeping with the cast iron sourcing on the thread thus far; Mrs Miggins down the road told me that Johnny Wilkinson is set to sign for Cork Con and Victor Matfield is moving to Steaua Bucharest. Paul O'Connell is joining a lady boy troupe in bangkok (maybe I dreamt that, phnarr) and Eddie O Sulllivan's a shoe in for the Leinster job.....daft, daft, daft....all of the above are about as likely to happen as BOD moving to Oz or indeed becoming the wizard of same.....

I agree that it's fairly ludicrous, but then again, the likes of Carter and Elsom's one year sabbaticals show that it's not impossible for players to go away for a year. I know they both went for money, but at the end of the day, would a season playing for the Waratahs do the likes of Keith Earls, Fitzgerald or Kearney any harm? Certainly they might not see it that way.

Also, Kearney's got contract negotiations coming up doesn't he? Wouldn't hurt for him to look like he's flirting with more than one team.

Maaa! wrote: »

My God, what have I started?? This 'rumor' came from a news programme two weekends ago suggesting that a number of big name rugby players might be poached by Cheika when he leaves for Melbourne. Big franchise, loadza money! Seems some others heard of it so it not a scurrilous rumor as one person intimated. I don't reckon he would go in case he missed out on 2011 World Cup. Will be his swansong so I reckon he will want to stay around.

Tis basically common sense gone wild. Cheika's the ex-Leinster coach (in-waiting), Leinster have lots of good players, and Cheika might take over a rich club.

siltirocker

This Cheika-post WC Leinster raid was in two of the papers last week AFAIR.

Aidric

Lads, I have it on good authority that the O Driscoll story is actually true. His bird has been offered the role of Pippa in Home & Away and Drico is moving over there to be with her.

PhatPiggins

Aidric wrote: »

Lads, I have it on good authority that the O Driscoll story is actually true. His bird has been offered the role of Pippa in Home & Away and Drico is moving over there to be with her.

BOD is dating a 58 year old woman :eek:

Wait till Francis reads this.

thomond2006

A mod should rename this "Rugby Thunderdome Thread". :pac:

ALH-06

Risteard wrote: »

It would be one hell of an experience for them though. I mean if you're going to go someplace new and exciting like Australia, it's probably better to do it when you're young.

Exactly. If I were a professional rugby player, that's definitely what I'd do. Imagine being 25/26, living in Melbourne and playing Super 14 for a year or two? Or living on the Cote d'Azur in southern France? Amazing life experience, even if it does temporarily inhibit your international career.

Sangre wrote: »

They'd be taking a big paycut if they went.

That wouldn't stop me...

Maaa! wrote: »

Big franchise, loadza money!

No way. Union is basically non-existant in Melbourne and many believe it's a massive mistake establishing a fifth franchise there. Also, if it's controlled by the ARU then it may overstretch their already-thin and limited resources. The Rebels will definitely not have loadza money...

On the other hand, there have been rumours that they could be the first privately-owned team in Oz - anyone got any info on this?

Maaa!

I also heard that the franchise would be a privately owned one which made it plausible that they would have the money to attract big names. Hopefully its all just conjecture and the boys will not be departing. Mind you I heard BOD was learning the didgeridoo!:eek:

fifth

LOL at this thread.. OP care to expand on that? I think this is very misleading and these kind of threads can be dangerous!

Sangre

anonymous_joe wrote: »

True. Although if you look at what Gits or Elsom'd be on it's probably the same as up here. In Ireland certainly.

Their two superstars make just about the same as our top internationals, depending on the currency rate e.g. 400-500k (open to correction).

Of course, Gits and Elsom are being so much to keep them there for the international team. Any Irish capped lad obviously couldn't play for Oz and would therefore lose a larger part of his salary. He'd be paid a club wage that would be nowhere near what the above two make in Oz.

anonymous_joe

Sangre wrote: »

Their two superstars make just about the same as our top internationals, depending on the currency rate e.g. 400-500k (open to correction).

Of course, Gits and Elsom are being so much to keep them there for the international team. Any Irish capped lad obviously couldn't play for Oz and would therefore lose a larger part of his salary. He'd be paid a club wage that would be nowhere near what the above two make in Oz.

So I'd assume. At least, so I'd hope.

OldJay

funkyflea wrote: »

LOL at this thread.. OP care to expand on that? I think this is very misleading and these kind of threads can be dangerous!

Not dangerous. More like stupid, ill-founded, baseless, ridiculous.

Maaa!

Justind wrote: »

Not dangerous. More like stupid, ill-founded, baseless, ridiculous.

Yea but harmless fun. Lighten up!

justsomebloke

I heard that BOD was actually signed last year and that it is HE who is taking Cheika with him, I heard Kidney is also leaving to becomes chieka's assistant

twinytwo

Sangre wrote: »

Their two superstars make just about the same as our top internationals, depending on the currency rate e.g. 400-500k (open to correction).

Of course, Gits and Elsom are being so much to keep them there for the international team. Any Irish capped lad obviously couldn't play for Oz and would therefore lose a larger part of his salary. He'd be paid a club wage that would be nowhere near what the above two make in Oz.

elsom got paid more for leinster than he did for club and country back home