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Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread II

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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭durkadurka


    Interesting interview with joe here

    http://wordinsport.com/index.php/from-classroom-to-sideline-with-joe-schmidt/

    What do people think of the last few sentences? Bit of a hint?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭decisions


    Its a bit of a 'I wouldn't totally rule it out' comment.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭durkadurka


    He's a pretty savvy media operator . I wonder...


  • Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Nah, he's a joker. Really like his sense of humour to be honest.

    Couldn't have a bad word to say about him if at the end of this season he does return home. Would love him to stay, or take the reigns of the national side, but couldn't begrudge him any choice.

    He's brought Leinster some distance in his time here, which is crazy enough, considering we weren't really in a poor place when he arrived!


  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Pretty good article too. Nice to read something lighthearted for a change.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    He's brought Leinster some distance in his time here

    I mean, I have tickets for this season's Heineken final already, and I'm devastated that we might not walk the tournament this year.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    Also:

    Sam Whitelock.

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,822 ✭✭✭Morf


    tolosenc wrote: »
    Also:

    Sam Whitelock.

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

    Signed on for the Kiwis for two more years I'm pretty certain.

    Planet Rugby link


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,318 ✭✭✭Fishooks12


    tolosenc wrote: »
    Also:

    Sam Whitelock.

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

    Wishful thinking! Would be some signing though

    Courtney Lawes maybe!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,822 ✭✭✭Morf


    Fishooks12 wrote: »
    Wishful thinking! Would be some signing though

    Courtney Lawes maybe!

    Bakkies Botha is a much better thug.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    .ak wrote: »
    6. Locky
    7. Jennings
    8. SOB


    That could work...
    LEINSTER:

    15: Isa Nacewa
    14: Dave Kearney
    13: Brendan Macken
    12: Andrew Goodman
    11: Fionn Carr
    10: Ian Madigan
    9: Isaac Boss

    1: Jack McGrath
    2: Aaron Dundon
    3: Jamie Hagan
    4: Leo Cullen CAPTAIN
    5: Quinn Roux
    6: Kevin McLaughlin
    7: Shane Jennings
    8: Sean O'Brien

    REPLACEMENTS:

    16: Thomas Sexton
    17: Jack O'Connell
    18: Martin Moore
    19: Devin Toner
    20: Jordi Murphy
    21: John Cooney
    22: Noel Reid
    23: Andrew Conway

    REFEREE: Neil Hennessey (WRU), ASSISTANT REFEREES: Andy Macpherson, Bob Nevins (both SRU), TMO: Andy Ireland (SRU)

    I know... I'm scared too. :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    Great to see SOB back, and Roux will be interesting, very strong backrow. Hopefully Macken plays well.


  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak




  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Leinster A to face Connacht.

    LEINSTER 'A':

    15: Adam Byrne
    14: Andrew Boyle
    13: Rory O'Loughlin
    12: Jordan Coghlan
    11: Max McFarland
    10: Cathal Marsh
    9: Luke McGrath

    1: James Tracy
    2: Bryan Byrne
    3: Tadhg Furlong
    4: Tadhg Beirne
    5: Tom Denton
    6: Ben Marshall
    7: Conor Gilsenan CAPTAIN
    8: Jack Conan

    REPLACEMENTS:

    16: Tyrone Moran
    17: Shane Delahunt
    18: Jamie Lawless
    19: Jerry Sexton
    20: Josh van der Flier
    21: Dave Shanahan
    22: Steve Crosbie
    23: Tom Daly
    24: Eoghan Quinn
    25: Eoghan Masterson


  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Adam Byrne to start. Interesting. Although who'd be ahead of him? All of the usual suspects are on the senior team.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    .ak wrote: »
    Adam Byrne to start. Interesting. Although who'd be ahead of him? All of the usual suspects are on the senior team.

    Hudson, is he fit?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,636 ✭✭✭✭Tox56


    Hudson picked up a shoulder injury

    Adam Byrne is very interesting, hoping this means he could play some part for the U20's.


  • Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Wexfordboy89


    dont want to sound stupid but is he Bryan's twin only reason i ask is i thought he was a prop and not a FB??


  • Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    dont want to sound stupid but is he Bryan's twin only reason i ask is i thought he was a prop and not a FB??

    No Bryan and Ed Byrne are twins out of Clongowes. Adam Byrne is different altogether, a full back from Naas who came through the Youths system.


  • Registered Users Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Wexfordboy89


    No Bryan and Ed Byrne are twins out of Clongowes. Adam Byrne is different altogether, a full back from Naas who came through the Youths system.

    ah ya thats it Ed forgot his name there for a minute. haven't heard of the adam byrne lad is he any good???


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  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    ah ya thats it Ed forgot his name there for a minute. haven't heard of the adam byrne lad is he any good???

    Well he's been catapulted from the u19s into the A team so I imagine he is. Have yet to see him play tho.

    Yeah Hudson is still out with that shoulder injury.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭ormond lad


    .ak wrote: »
    Leinster A to face Connacht.
    LEINSTER 'A':
    15: Adam Byrne
    14: Andrew Boyle
    13: Rory O'Loughlin
    12: Jordan Coghlan
    11: Max McFarland
    10: Cathal Marsh
    9: Luke McGrath

    1: James Tracy
    2: Bryan Byrne
    3: Tadhg Furlong
    4: Tadhg Beirne
    5: Tom Denton
    6: Ben Marshall
    7: Conor Gilsenan CAPTAIN
    8: Jack Conan

    REPLACEMENTS:
    16: Tyrone Moran
    17: Shane Delahunt
    18: Jamie Lawless
    19: Jerry Sexton
    20: Josh van der Flier
    21: Dave Shanahan
    22: Steve Crosbie
    23: Tom Daly
    24: Eoghan Quinn
    25: Eoghan Masterson
    That is a very young team. Nice to see a good number of youths players involved(byrne, furlong, masterson, daly).
    Recognise most names but who is no16 moran?
    ah ya thats it Ed forgot his name there for a minute. haven't heard of the adam byrne lad is he any good???
    Adam Byrne was on irish youths u18 for 2 years and has went from leinster 19s to the A side this season so you can imagine he is very good


  • Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Just to add to that, Adam has played 13 as well as the back three for the u19s (IIRC). Handy player to have if he can fit in across the backline. He's a big unit for his age too. 5 years time he could have some serious weight on him and still hold some speed.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭Quint2010


    ah ya thats it Ed forgot his name there for a minute. haven't heard of the adam byrne lad is he any good???

    He came on at FB in the game against Munster A last week and he played very well in the 15 minutes or so he was on the pitch


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,257 ✭✭✭Hagz


    ormond lad wrote: »
    Recognise most names but who is no16 moran?

    Tyrone Moran - Left Blackrock College in 2010. Was involved in the Leinster sub-academy but then injured himself badly. Continued to play with Blackrock RFC, mostly in the back-row, then last summer he played with Papatoetoe down in New Zealand. He now plays for Lansdowne. He' be about 20, nearing 21.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,257 ✭✭✭Hagz


    That is an outrageous 'A' team, I didn't believe it when I first saw it. I wish I could go see it :(.

    I'm assuming Eoghan McKeever is injured or unavailable as he would definitely be ahead of Lawless in my book. O'Loughlin and Coghlan could be a nice combination. Both are big lads, with O'Loughlin having quite a bit of pace.

    Seriously exited to see how some players get on.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 72 ✭✭6dsp9


    Hagz wrote: »
    Tyrone Moran - Left Blackrock College in 2010. Was involved in the Leinster sub-academy but then injured himself badly. Continued to play with Blackrock RFC, mostly in the back-row, then last summer he played with Papatoetoe down in New Zealand. He now plays for Lansdowne. He' be about 20, nearing 21.
    Hagz wrote: »
    That is an outrageous 'A' team, I didn't believe it when I first saw it. I wish I could go see it :(.

    I'm assuming Eoghan McKeever is injured or unavailable as he would definitely be ahead of Lawless in my book. O'Loughlin and Coghlan could be a nice combination. Both are big lads, with O'Loughlin having quite a bit of pace.
    Seriously exited to see how some players get on.

    Moran subs for the Lansdowne senior firsts as well as playing some games for their 21s.eoghan Mckeever is still in 6th year so they wouldn't be playing him.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 958 ✭✭✭funtime93


    Never even heard of McFarland,Lawless or Quinn.Anyone care to fill me in on these lads as im thinking of heading down to this.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭bamboozle


    ormond lad wrote: »
    That is a very young team. Nice to see a good number of youths players involved(byrne, furlong, masterson, daly).
    Recognise most names but who is no16 moran?


    Adam Byrne was on irish youths u18 for 2 years and has went from leinster 19s to the A side this season so you can imagine he is very good

    what's Masterson like? young no.8 from Portlaois playing U20's with Clontarf, dont think he was involved with the Leinster U20's this season though.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭Quint2010


    funtime93 wrote: »
    Never even heard of McFarland,Lawless or Quinn.Anyone care to fill me in on these lads as im thinking of heading down to this.

    McFarland was full back with Clongowes last year. Very pacey back 3 player


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