Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

Spudmonkey

With Thorn's addition and BOD looking to come back in the next month or so, Leinster have a serious chance of doing the double!

jacothelad

justsomebloke wrote: »

man I wish the sherlock laws extended to bad jokes:D

Thorns inevitably lead to an unwanted prick.

roycon

totallegend wrote: »

Hmmm. A lot of competition there and, of course, he hasn't actually played yet.

In terms of the contribution they made to Leinster, here's my top five imports:

1) Nacewa
2) Contepomi
3) Elsom
4) Wright
5) Hines

And that's leaving out Holwell, Whitaker, le Roux and not counting Strauss...

ahhh felipe has to be number 1 really. ollie le roux should be in ahead of wright although wright did come with absolutely no expectations whatsoever. johnny hepworth has to have been the worst signing ever

Teferi

Good interview from Thorn there. Seems like he is very much ready to give his time here a good welly. Hopefully he does and the fans pay it back in spades. Very excited about the QF now.

irishbucsfan

Thorn cones across as someone who doesn't do anything by half. Delighted to have his presence at the very least.

Like a tall Roy Keane without the scent of turnips.

totallegend

roycon wrote: »

ahhh felipe has to be number 1 really. ollie le roux should be in ahead of wright although wright did come with absolutely no expectations whatsoever. johnny hepworth has to have been the worst signing ever

Johnny Hepworth, Christ I'd forgotten all about him. Owen Finegan would give him a run for title of worst import, all the more since her arrived with a big reputation.

GerM

This is a regular debate but Eddie Hekenui, Matt Leek, Juan Gomez and Harry Vermass are all strong shouts.

More recently, EOD and Sykes have to be in with a strong claim. Both talented but both completely wasted their time with Leinster.

Monty Burnz

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Like a tall Roy Keane without the scent of turnips.

Not too many turnips to be found in Mayfield to be honest. Think of Tallaght, only without the gentrified people.

shuffol

Who was the Argentine lock that was there last season? Leinsters have done tremendously well out of NIQs but they've also had a lot of duff ones and some poor fortune as well(Berquist, CJ VDL)

lologram

shuffol wrote: »

Who was the Argentine lock that was there last season?

Mariano Galarza?

Podge_irl

Galarza?

Noopti

BoardsMember wrote: »

Hopefully he'll buy into this in a big way, and end up busting a gut to show his ability, and make big impressions with those around him.

He is the type of player who will give it 100% all the time. Not only that but he will want to add a HC winners medal and a RDPro12 medal to his World Cup, Tri-Nations, Super 14, NPC and NRL medals.

The guys is a pro, and he knows well that if he can achieve a double with Leinster he will be an even bigger legend than he already is.

leftleg

Cpt_Blackbeard wrote: »

Fantastic acquisition for Leinster. He'll significantly increase your chances of retaining the HC, but he would want to for the €€€ he'll be lining his pockets with.

Unlike BJ Botha; as far as I know he gives all the "$$$ he lines his pockets with" to charity

Cpt_Blackbeard

leftleg wrote: »

Unlike BJ Botha; as far as I know he gives all the "$$$ he lines his pockets with" to charity

What does that have to do with anything? Botha is on a huge wedge to come and sort Munster's scrum out. Thorne will be on a huge wedge to assist Leinster in winning the HC.

Sindri

This is the spin the Thorn deal is getting in New Zealand.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/6542612/Brad-Thorn-signs-contract-with-Irish-giants

This is my favourite part.

Brad Thorn signs contract with Irish giants

bamboozle

GerM wrote: »

This is a regular debate but Eddie Hekenui, Matt Leek, Juan Gomez and Harry Vermass are all strong shouts.

More recently, EOD and Sykes have to be in with a strong claim. Both talented but both completely wasted their time with Leinster.

throw in Aaron Freeman - the american 2nd row signed by Ruddock, there was also a dreadful openside signed in the late 90's probably also by ruddock from bay of plenty or somewhere, he ended up struggling to get a start with Blackrock, think he ended up playing 2nds with them

tolosenc

Sindri wrote: »

This is my favourite part.

In fairness, he will be playing beside all 6'11" of Devin Toner...

leftleg

Cpt_Blackbeard wrote: »

What does that have to do with anything?

Heres your original post

Cpt_Blackbeard wrote: »

Fantastic acquisition for Leinster. He'll significantly increase your chances of retaining the HC, but he would want to for the €€€ he'll be lining his pockets with.

Explain what this statement is meant to mean so; all i did was point out that dear auld Munster have done exactly the same thing with Botha; absolutely great signing for Munster btw but all you can do is make a veiled little shot about the wages thorn will be on; Typical

Ah well you win, I'm out; as someone once said to me.

Neil3030

Can't wait to watch some thornography.

Fireball07

leftleg wrote: »

Heres your original post



Explain what this statement is meant to mean so; all i did was point out that dear auld Munster have done exactly the same thing with Botha; absolutely great signing for Munster btw but all you can do is make a veiled little shot about the wages thorn will be on; Typical

Ah well you win, I'm out; as someone once said to me.

Tbf it's clear what it means. Thorn has to make a big contribution to helping Leinster retain the HC to justify his wages. Botha had to make the Munster scrum solid and to justify his...

leftleg

Fair enough so; miscommunication on my part; apologies to all involved

Neil3030

What kind of money is he on, does anyone know?

thomond2006

Neil3030 wrote: »

Can't wait to watch some thornography.

Will someone please think of the children?!

Neil3030

Neil3030 wrote: »

What kind of money is he on, does anyone know?

Euros I think

Neil3030

thomond2006 wrote: »

Will someone please think of the children?!

I didn't know you were into child-thorn. That's pretty sick, dude.

leftleg

Neil3030 wrote: »

I didn't know you were into child-thorn. That's pretty sick, dude.

I'm on the thorn just thinking about it

.ak

So... Are we likely to see him in the RDS for the Ospreys match? Wouldn't mind Browne getting a rest, with Toner and Flanagan starting, and maybe Flanagan getting benched for Thorn at about 50-60 minutes.

GerM

Christ, reading this thread makes it clear that if we beat Cardiff, there's going to be more than one semi on display in Lansdowne....

Serious level of man love for Big Bad Brad!

durkadurka

GerM wrote: »

Christ, reading this thread makes it clear that if we beat Cardiff, there's going to be more than one semi on display in Lansdowne....

Serious level of man love for Big Bad Brad!

If only the semi was at home that joke would have been immaculate

irishbucsfan

durkadurka wrote: »

GerM wrote: »

Christ, reading this thread makes it clear that if we beat Cardiff, there's going to be more than one semi on display in Lansdowne....

Serious level of man love for Big Bad Brad!

If only the semi was at home that joke would have been immaculate

To be a pedantic defender of jokes here:

1. Munsters semi will be in Lansdowne.
2. Bradley will hopefully be on display in lansdowne against Cardiff...

It still works!