Connacht Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

Robbo · 14-03-2012 11:18pm

liam12989 wrote: »

how did the connacht front row do ? Bealham and Ah You?

I saw on twitter that Ah You was carded for a high arm. I believe Leinster were dominant in the scrum.

Robbo · 19-03-2012 6:56pm

Borlase has gone back to Munster.

phog · 19-03-2012 7:00pm

Robbo wrote: »

Borlase has gone back to Munster.

I mentioed that on the Munster thread, any idea why? Did Munster recall him?

liam12989 · 19-03-2012 7:28pm

will get anther year contract? i taught connacht mite offer him something.. it was between him and ah you for back up next year...

Robbo · 19-03-2012 7:32pm

phog wrote: »

I mentioed that on the Munster thread, any idea why? Did Munster recall him?

No idea at all. I thought (and it only made sense this way) was that it was a deal until the end of the season. To my mind, if Munster were stuck for a prop, Borlase was so far out of contention that either the chequebook would be reached for or a mechatronic John Hayes would sitting on one of the disused assembly lines at Dell in Limerick.

fatguy2k1 · 20-03-2012 12:37pm

Peter was only on a short term loan. nothing exciting in him going back to munster.

its_phil · 20-03-2012 8:27pm

Richie Rees to Connacht next season according to Robin Sowden Taylor and Jamie Roberts

https://twitter.com/#!/CyrilSneer82/status/182093839836786689

http://www.cardiffblues.com/news/5760.php

freyners · 20-03-2012 8:37pm

WOW

Hype710 · 20-03-2012 8:37pm

Much, much better scrummie than what you have at the moment. Fair play to Connacht. A few more fringe players from the other provinces and promoting the likes Layden and you'll have a pretty good outfit next year.

thomond2006 · 20-03-2012 8:41pm

Rees is a decent player, I think it's a great idea to bring in an already established half-pack pairing, they can hit the ground running at Connacht straight away.

Rees will be 29 when he joins so he will have a good few years left in him, when he got a run in the Wales team he was solid.

CatFromHue · 20-03-2012 8:42pm

How would this affect the NIQ player situation?

CatFromHue · 20-03-2012 8:42pm

How would this affect the NIQ player situation?

thomond2006 · 20-03-2012 8:45pm

Are Ah-You and Vainikolo contracted for next season? I assume Naoupu was signed on a 2 year deal.

wp_rathead · 20-03-2012 8:45pm

my god... We'll have a scrum half with a brain :eek::eek:

White and Rees and Park oh my

freyners · 20-03-2012 8:46pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

How would this affect the NIQ player situation?

nikora is iq soon if he stays so that opens a spot,

fafaili is on a 1 yr deal so more than likely going, so is rogers

ofisa is rumoured to be going also:(

CIARAN_BOYLE · 20-03-2012 8:46pm

Reynecke contracted through summer 2013
White contracted through summer 2015
Ah You contract expires
Naoupu contracted through summer 2013
Ofisa's contract expires
Nikora becomes IQ
Fa'fili contract expires
Vainikolo contracted through summer 2013
Parks contracted through summer 2014
Rees??

Assuming my count is right Connacht is kept to the old NIQ rules (5+1) this would be their last NIQ for next season.

Hagz · 20-03-2012 8:47pm

What the hell? How are Connacht pulling these players. Rees is quality.

freyners · 20-03-2012 8:47pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Are Ah-You and Vainikolo contracted for next season? I assume Naoupu was signed on a 2 year deal.

ah you is our project player so i would assume so

vianikolo i dont no, likes of leyden and finn coming through (plus loxton and touhy coming back) might make him surplus. Not too sure what contract he has though

20-03-2012 8:50pm

super signing number 2

Who is in charge of this stuff!?

Tox56 · 20-03-2012 8:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

super signing number 2

Who is in charge of this stuff!?

Surely Parks makes that 3? He may be limited but for Connacht that was a pretty good deal.

CatFromHue · 20-03-2012 8:51pm

Will Nikora be kept though? Parks, NOC, and Jarvis are it would seem ahead of him and I don't see a need for four outhalves. Even three is too much considering none of them will be in the line for international call ups.

its_phil · 20-03-2012 8:56pm

Here's how I think we'll be looking next year:

15. Duffy
14. O'Halloran
13. Griffin
12. McSharry / Tonetti
11. Layden
10. Parks
9. Rees

8. George
7. JOC / Grace
6. Muldoon
5. McCarthy
4. Swift/ Browne / Gannon
3. White
2. Flavin / Reynecke
1. Wilkinson

Potentially 7 home players if you manage to get Browne and JOC on the pitch.

Tox56 · 20-03-2012 8:58pm

What happened about that supposed Falloon to Connacht rumour?

20-03-2012 9:02pm

Tox56 wrote: »

Surely Parks makes that 3? He may be limited but for Connacht that was a pretty good deal.

I hate this move.

I would like to see some confidence in Jarvis. I like how he plays the game.

I realise he's not the best kicker (he's dreadful), but kicking should be a duty, not the duty of the out half.

Parks playing second fiddle to Jarvis after 2/3 of the season would be okay though.

thomond2006 · 20-03-2012 9:03pm

Possible Connacht first choice XV 2012-13

15 Gavin Duffy, 14 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 13 Eoin Griffin, 12 Dave McSharry, 11 Tiernan O’Halloran, 10 Dan Parks , 9 Richie Rees;
1 Brett Wilkinson, 2 Adrian Flavin, 3 Nathan White, 4 Michael Swift, 5 Mike McCarthy, 6 John Muldoon, 7 Jonny O’Connor, 8 George Naoupu

Bench: Reynecke, Loughney, Buckley, Browne (?), TJ Anderson, Murphy, Jarvis, Tonetti

http://rugby-transfers.blogspot.com/2011/09/connacht-2012-13.html

Taken the 1-15 from the above link, just added Richie Rees and a possible bench myself.

Not a shabby lineup!

thomond2006 · 20-03-2012 9:08pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I hate this move.

I would like to see some confidence in Jarvis. I like how he plays the game.

I realise he's not the best kicker (he's dreadful), but kicking should be a duty, not the duty of the out half.

Parks playing second fiddle to Jarvis after 2/3 of the season would be okay though.

Connacht have lost plenty of games because of poor kicking, Parks brings that in abundance.

Edit: That is to say kicking prowess, rather than poor kicking!

Tox56 · 20-03-2012 9:10pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Connacht have lost plenty of games because of poor kicking, Parks brings that in abundance.

He has the perfect game for the Sportsground.

20-03-2012 9:13pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

Connacht have lost plenty of games because of poor kicking, Parks brings that in abundance.

I know, it's a "two evils" scenario.

look at that backline, and imagine them with ball in hand.

Now consider what they'll have with Parks at 10.

If they can find the blend well, it could work wonders. He's the ideal last 15 minute guy for Connacht. Probably worth 3 wins alone this season if was available off the bench.

Hopefully he can teach Jarvis some technique from the deck too.

freyners · 20-03-2012 9:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I know, it's a "two evils" scenario.

look at that backline, and imagine them with ball in hand.

Now consider what they'll have with Parks at 10.

If they can find the blend well, it could work wonders. He's the ideal last 15 minute guy for Connacht. Probably worth 3 wins alone this season if was available off the bench.

Hopefully he can teach Jarvis some technique from the deck too.

thats the big hope.

Parks has made no secret that he wants to become a coach in the medium term. If he can bring jarvises kicking ratio up its the first step on his way to become one. Parks biggest challenge here will be to do that

irishbucsfan · 20-03-2012 9:29pm

Tox56 wrote: »

What happened about that supposed Falloon to Connacht rumour?

He definitely told Ulster he was moving on. It was more than a rumour.

Maybe something has made him change his mind, but I'm fairly sure he was very close to completing the deal at one point.

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