Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

I think this is reason number one why I disagree.

Why wouldn’t Ed Byrne be on good money? When he signed his deal Leinster needed him and they had Porter entering a central deal. So, Ed Byrne’s agent knows that 1, he’s the number one LHP actually contracted by Leinster other than Healy and 2, Leinster correspondingly have extra money from not paying Porter. He also knows that loosehead is not going to be NIQ at that point. (His next contract probably won’t be as good.,, but do you think Jack Boyle’s deal will be cheap? Very unlikely given his probable role).

Why in that scenario would he not have a good contract?

Leinster’s squad are littered with really good irish players who are in similar situations to Ed Byrne. Like, Moloney. I doubt he’s cheap either.

They have a ton of central contracts, so they have a ton of free money, limited NIQs and players agents know that.

I feel like Jackman is pretty much right here. The quality of the squad is certainly there to justify his claims and I’d say he’s plugged in enough to know.

When did i say he would be commanding multiple offers of 750k?

You have a weird habit of just straight up lieing when you can’t make a good argument.

400k+ - 750k is elite lock money. All the figures mentioned are in that range. Seeing as everyone seems ok with the 400k+ figure, i’m confused why any of you argued in the first place.

750k is ‘high but possible’ is the same as ‘commanding multiple offers of 750k’?

Its like you spent time compiling multiple quotes to illustrate that you lied. Thanks.

I also love that the 400 vs 700 one was a direct response to someone who said 400 was better than 700. A liar and super disingenuous as well. Interesting.

There are a ton of arguments here that seem to be based on irish players just not being willing to negotiate or know how much Leinster have to spend.

Let’s leave it. I’m pretty satisfied that Jackman is well sourced on this.

Can you read?

Even what you just quoted does not come close to saying he had MULTIPLE OFFERS OF 750k. And those are the best snippets you can find from many conversations on his hypothetical contract.

Quote me where I said he commanded multiple offers of 750k. Otherwise just admit you lied and move on.

I said 750k was high but possible. I still think its high but possible.

I also don’t see how even if i meant this that ‘he has multiple offers with one reported as 750k’ is the same as ‘commanded multiple offers of 750k’.

Especially, since i mentioned those other supposed offers in this thread and NONE of them were close to 750k. Stormers and Bath were supposed to be in the 450-550 range.

This is how i know you are disingenous as ****. You obviously just spent time furiously browsing through quotes for ‘evidence’. So you would have seen that.

Depends on who it is. Boyle had a lot of interest from abroad, and probably other provinces offering better roles. I’d assume him (on his next deal) and osborne for example make more than… russell.

Its guys like Healy, Moloney, Deegan, Byrne who i’d expect are on a more than people think.

I would like to know how strict the ‘don’t compete on money’ thing is between the provinces.

If i had to guess highest non central deal, its probably someone like healy, kelleher, ross byrne. They are all essential (or were essential) to ireland and leinster to varying degrees and would be in high demand. Possibly forgetting someone.

edit: lowe and jgp too, luke mcgrath probably made more than you’d think.