Who is the best player playing abroad?

goreyguy

Who is your pick?

Some players who stick out:

Geordan Murphy
Neil Best
John Andress
Tony Buckley
Robin Copeland
Niall Morris
Thomas O'Leary
Tom Hayes
Ian Whitten

4PP

That'd be me

Benny Cake

Its customary to give your own opinion when starting ANOTHER of these threads....

My vote is for Stephen Ferris

4PP

Benny Cake wrote: »

Its customary to give your own opinion when starting ANOTHER of these threads....

My vote is for Stephen Ferris

Don't know quite why but I seem to see a distant shadow of a padlock around here :pac:

bilston

Benny Cake wrote: »

Its customary to give your own opinion when starting ANOTHER of these threads....

My vote is for Stephen Ferris

Ha, well for me it's Brian O'Driscoll then!

I don't think there is anyone outstanding playing abroad. Ian Whitten and Tom Hayes played well for Exeter against Leinster and seem to be doing g pretty well. How is TOL getting on at the Not Nots?

irishbucsfan

Geordan Murphy still has it. But surely he can't keep going for long.

Taco Corp

goreyguy wrote: »

Who is your pick?

Some players who stick out:

Geordan Murphy
Neil Best
John Andress
Tony Buckley
Robin Copeland
Niall Morris
Thomas O'Leary
Tom Hayes
Ian Whitten

Who's Neil Best playing with these days?

Wexfordboy89

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

Who's Neil Best playing with these days?

Worcester Warriors as far as i know???

irishbucsfan

He's barely playing with Worcester. Only played once this season and that was against Gernika in the Amlin.

phog

Isa Nacewa

ray jay

I'd heard TOL was playing well at London Irish but how is Humphreys doing?

thomond2006

ray jay wrote: »

I'd heard TOL was playing well at London Irish but how is Humphreys doing?

He didn't make his debut for a while due to a concussion issue but he's started a lot of recent games I think.

Fireball07

I'd say Geordan Murphy. He's international standard, and above pretty much all of the others. But won't be around for much longer, I guess.


After him, I'd say TOL tbh. On form, he's an excellent player and apparently he's been really good so far.

Groody

Tom Hayes has been outstanding for Exeter this season and last

danthefan

There's not a great selection there. Over the course of a career it's obviously Murphy.

jamiedav2011

I've very high hopes for Niall Morris, supreme athlethe and I was very disappointed to see him leave Leinster. Hopefully he'll return, as he could be an excellent 14.

ColmH81

TOL seems to be playing a blinder at Irish... If memory serves me correctly, he's played the majority of their games so far..!

chupacabra

Stephen Moore :cool:

irishbucsfan

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

I've very high hopes for Niall Morris, supreme athlethe and I was very disappointed to see him leave Leinster. Hopefully he'll return, as he could be an excellent 14.

He has played his best rugby at 15 and I think that's where he''ll end up.

bamboozle

I'm going to be completely unbiased and say Michael Keating at Doncaster.

.ak

bamboozle wrote: »

I'm going to be completely unbiased and say Michael Keating at Doncaster.

He's looked decent tbh.

I thought Copeland is playing well too.

jacothelad

Captain_Hindsight wrote: »

Who's Neil Best playing with these days?

He is now coaching.
As for guys playing well, iHumph and TOL have done a good job so far.

Blackheath

I thought Copeland had a good game last night.

ColmH81

Check out the Leicster game today..young Irish lad, Michael Noone on the bench.. Quality player...

ColmH81

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/haven-t-looked-joining-Leicester-Tigers-says/story-17264667-detail/story.html

Gracelessly Tom

Dan Carter.

Monty Burnz

irishbucsfan wrote: »

He's barely playing with Worcester. Only played once this season and that was against Gernika in the Amlin.

What happened to Best? He went from a rampaging starter in the Irish team to an also-ran at club level in the space of 3 or 4 years. Discipline issues?

In February 2010 Best was given a seventeen month ban for Drunk Driving by Coalville Magistrates' Court. The court heard that Best was almost twice the legal limit when breathalysed by police after he crashed his car on the A512 at Thringstone, in Leicestershire.[4]

irishbucsfan

Best was just not that good. He was completely overrated by Irish fans during the period he was in the team. His intensity was phenomenal but he was so sloppy, he's one of the least reliable tacklers I've ever seen play in the Irish back row. He was also a bit of a head case. Great fun to watch when he got wound up though.

blackhound

Has anyone seen much of Shane Monahan for Gloucester this season? I know he scored 11 tries in the championship last season and has scored one so far for Gloucester but I haven't seen him since his Connacht days.

Wexfordboy89

even tho he says he wants to play for the Ozzie`s hows Ruairdi Murphy getting on for the brumbies

irishbucsfan

blackhound wrote: »

Has anyone seen much of Shane Monahan for Gloucester this season? I know he scored 11 tries in the championship last season and has scored one so far for Gloucester but I haven't seen him since his Connacht days.

He started the last Gloucester game I watched (against Quins I think) and played well.

Hagz

bamboozle wrote: »

I'm going to be completely unbiased and say Michael Keating at Doncaster.

He was Doncaster's top try scorer last season and looked like he was going to continue his form this season but he tore a joint in his shoulder this season and is out till after Christmas. Out of all the players abroad he's the one I have a keen eye on.

Gordon Gecko

bamboozle wrote: »

I'm going to be completely unbiased and say Michael Keating at Doncaster.

+1 on that I think along with Morris he's very unlucky that Leinster have had such a glut in back 3 talent, but having monitored his progress from afar he seems to be tearing it up there. Hopefully he has another good season and snags a provincial or, more likely I'd think, a premiership contract out of it. Immensely clinical finisher who has a knack of getting tries when they count.

bamboozle

Hagz wrote: »

He was Doncaster's top try scorer last season and looked like he was going to continue his form this season but he tore a joint in his shoulder this season and is out till after Christmas. Out of all the players abroad he's the one I have a keen eye on.

agreed, 2 seasons ago i'd have rated him ahead of D. Kearney who he was vying with for a place in the squad. he's a smashing player, started this season at 15 scored in their first league match then did his shoulder.

elsewhere here people were discussing Hudson, i'd nearly liken hudson to Keating, both can play wing or 15 neither got a real chance with Leinster, hopefully Hudon's will come - i'd have him ahead of Carr & Conway any day of the week.

goreyguy

Conway's star has fallen mightly.

wicklowwonder

goreyguy wrote: »

Conway's star has fallen mightly.

Looking at him he hasn't looked 100% fit, I wonder is there an underlying niggle Leinster have kept quiet about because of so many other injuries. Either that or he is spending too much time with Fionn Carr!!

who the fug

ray jay wrote: »

I'd heard TOL was playing well at London Irish but how is Humphreys doing?

TOL got a knock at the moment, but has been played brilliantly,definitely signing of the summer and odds on for fans player of the season

Humphreys jury is still out , was woeful in the rain by all accounts last week at Sales but have seen some nice touches in the match the weekend before against Haliquims

Monty Burnz

who the fug wrote: »

TOL got a knock at the moment, but has been played brilliantly,definitely signing of the summer and odds on for fans player of the season

Delighted for TOL.

who the fug

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Delighted for TOL.

Now if we could temp young JJ Hanrahan

irishbucsfan

For those interested there are a few young Irish players involved in the LV Cup tonight.

In the Cardiff-Wasps game there's Robin Copeland playing at 8 for Cardiff.

In the Leicester-Saracens game Niall Morris and Michael Noone are both starting for Leicester with Eoin Sheriff on the bench for Sarries.

In the Gloucester-Ospreys game (on Sky), Shane Monahan is starting on the wing for Gloucester.

CIARAN_BOYLE

irishbucsfan wrote: »

For those interested there are a few young Irish players involved in the LV Cup tonight.

In the Cardiff-Wasps game there's Robin Copeland playing at 8 for Cardiff.

In the Leicester-Saracens game Niall Morris and Michael Noone are both starting for Leicester with Eoin Sheriff on the bench for Sarries.

In the Gloucester-Ospreys game (on Sky), Shane Monahan is starting on the wing for Gloucester.

I didn't know that he actually linked up with them in the end. I thought it was put off by injury. How is he getting on with them.

danthefan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

He started the last Gloucester game I watched (against Quins I think) and played well.

I've seen a couple of his games, he's been really good imo.

goreyguy

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I didn't know that he actually linked up with them in the end. I thought it was put off by injury. How is he getting on with them.

it was put off due to injury but he got that sorted out and joined up with them last season, then got offered an extension.

snow mad

irishbucsfan wrote: »

For those interested there are a few young Irish players involved in the LV Cup tonight.

In the Cardiff-Wasps game there's Robin Copeland playing at 8 for Cardiff.

In the Leicester-Saracens game Niall Morris and Michael Noone are both starting for Leicester with Eoin Sheriff on the bench for Sarries.

In the Gloucester-Ospreys game (on Sky), Shane Monahan is starting on the wing for Gloucester.

bagged a try

goreyguy

Sheriff started and played the full game for sarries afaik

Morris and Noone also started and played the whole game.

Hagz

Leicester Tigers are playing NZ maori tomorrow. Niall Morris is starting on the wing and Michael Noone is on the bench.

Hagz

Morris has picked up a try. 31 mins gone Tigers 26 Maori 7.

EDIT: Tigers win 32 - 24

PhatPiggins

Honourable mention to Dave Ryan who's main functions while at Munster were to collect dirty kit and give out the orange pieces at half time and has reinvented himself as a genuine Pro12 standard prop. Well done to him.

Ardillaun

Monahan has played well for Gloucester - not spectacular but solid, strong running with awareness of space and other players. He certainly has more mass than many of the backs on our provincial teams. A possibility at outside centre as well as wing, perhaps?

bamboozle

super sized 12 Eamonn Sheridan has been playing most of the season on the wing for Rotherham