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The Academies

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List of every player currently in one of the four Irish academies.

Loosehead Ed Byrne
Loosehead Jack O'Connell
Loosehead Kyle McCall
Loosehead Finlay Bealham
Loosehead James Cronin
Loosehead/Hooker James Treacy
Hooker Niall Scannell
Hooker Brian Byrne
Hooker David Doyle
Hooker Jonny Murphy
Hooker Kevin O'Byrne
Hooker Duncan Casey
Hooker James Rael
Tighthead Martin Moore
Tighthead Tadhg Furlong
Tighthead Conor Carey
Tighthead Jake Caulfield
Tighthead Jamie Dever
Tighthead Peter Reilly
Lock Cathal O'Flaherty
Lock Tadhg Beirne
Lock Gavin Thornbury
Lock Alan O'Connor
Lock James Simpson
Lock Daniel Qualter
Lock Ultan Dilane
Lock Philip Donnellan
Lock Brian Hayes
Flanker/Lock Ben Marshall
Flanker Dan Leavy
Flanker Conor Gilsenan
Flanker Josh Van Der Flier
Flanker Jordi Murphy
Flanker Conor Joyce
Flanker Neil Faloon
Flanker Aaron Conneely
Flanker David Heffernan
Flanker Jonathan Gardiner
Flanker Shane Buckley
Flanker Ryan Murphy
Eight Jack Conan
Eight Sean O'Connell
Eight Jack O'Donoghue
Scrum Half Luke McGrath
Scrum Half Marcus Walsh
Scrum Half Kieran Marmion(may have signed a non academy contract recently)
Scrum Half Brian Haugh
Outhalf Cathal Marsh
Outhalf Noel Reid
Outhalf Stuart Olding
Outhalf Jack Carty
Outhalf Tadgh Leader
Outhalf Johnny Holland
Centre Cian Bohane
Centre Jordan Coughlan
Centre Colm O'Shea
Centre Chris Farrell
Centre Corey Hircock
Centre Harry McNulty
Centre/Fullback Robbie Henshaw(may have signed a non academy contract recently)
Wing Andrew Boyle
Wing Sam Coughlan Murray
Wing Conor Finn
Wing Steve Macauley
Wing Ronan O'Mahony
Wing/Fullback Darren Hudson
Wing/Fullback Darren Moroney
Fullback Mikey Sherlock*(not sure about his status)
Fullback Rory Scholes
Fullback Peter Nelson
Fullback Ricky Andrew
Fullback Shane Layden
Fullback Darragh Leader
Fullback Darren Sweetnam

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.ak

Looking forward to seeing Dardis in blue actually...

.ak

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

Ah come on now, let's not go exaggerating!

He beat 2 actually, but those facts have no place on these boards. BTW I'm renaming the forum to 'The Adam Byrne Rugby Forum'.

jamiedav2011

Bogota wrote: »

Hes already made an appearance for the Leinster senior team!

Came on for last few minutes in a Rabo game, got one touch of the ball and beat four defenders :eek:

Ah come on now, let's not go exaggerating!

Bogota

Quint2010 wrote: »

Yes considering he's already made an appearance for Leinster A and he's very physically developed. But I think Dardis could be equally as good if not better.

Hes already made an appearance for the Leinster senior team!

Came on for last few minutes in a Rabo game, got one touch of the ball and beat four defenders :eek:

lurtz

Jacob Walshe,Saba and James Connolly all meant to be going into Connacht academy

irishbucsfan

You can add Parata to Connacht, right?

Quint2010

Bogota wrote: »

Pick of the bunch: Adam Byrne

Yes considering he's already made an appearance for Leinster A and he's very physically developed. But I think Dardis could be equally as good if not better.

Bogota

Pick of the bunch: Adam Byrne

opinionatedfan

Rumored lads to be joining the academies.

Munster
Niall Horan(LHP, 20, Shannon/Crescent Comprehensive)
Sean McCarthy(Lock, 20, Shannon/Rockwell)
Darren O'Shea(Lock, 21, Dolphin/Crosshaven RFC)
John Madigan(Lock, 19, Dolphin/Charleville)
Rory Scannell(Centre, 20, Dolphin/PBC Cork)
David Johnstone(Back 3, 19, UL Bohs/Rockwell)

Leinster
Peter Dooley(LHP, 18, Landsdowne/Birr)
Ross Molony(Lock, 19, St. Michaels)
Steve Crosbie(Flyhalf, 20, Old Belvedere/St.Gerrards)
Tom Daly(Centre, 20, Landsdowne/Carlow)
Adam Byrne(Centre/Wing, 18, UCD/Naas)
Billy Dardis(Fullback, 18, Terenure)

Connacht
Sean O'Brien(Lock, 19, Roscrea)
Rort Parata(Centre, 19, Rockwell)
Saba Meunargia (THP, 19, Marist College)
Jacob Walshe(LHP, 19, Roscrea)
James Connolly(Backrow, ?, IT Carlow RFC)

Ulster

backgreen

FellasFellas wrote: »

He's played Eagles and 20's over there, nothing official yet.

yea ..played with the eagles his defence game needs to be tidied up...

opinionatedfan

lurtz wrote: »

rory o'loughlin and andy marks are quality talents

O'Loughlin's big chance is next season with the 20's.

Marks is still in school, pretty talented kid but failed to make the schools side this year.

Fergal Cleary has impressed at 13 when he played there for the schools side.

FellasFellas

RobbieRuns wrote: »

Thought that Connacht had taken Roche on?

He's played Eagles and 20's over there, nothing official yet.

RobbieRuns

Thought that Connacht had taken Roche on?

Creeby

Has Mark Roche really been looked over by all these clubs? I know he had some ties with Connacht and Leinster in the past but surely an academy place is on the cards somewhere? I saw him play for Landsdowne firsts against Clontarf and he played a blinder getting mom in the end. Also won an under 21s championship with Landsdowne this year. Surely someone will snap him up?

lurtz

case885 wrote: »

Any great 13s coming through?

rory o'loughlin and andy marks are quality talents

opinionatedfan

Under-20s Squad.

Leinster Academy
Edward Bryne - Prop
Brian Byrne - Hooker
Gavin Thornbury - Lock
Dan Leavy - Flanker
Josh Van Der Flier - Flanker
Luke McGrath - Scrumhalf

Ulster Academy
Jake Caulfield - Prop
Conor Joyce - Flanker
Rory Scholes - Fullback

Munster Academy
Ryan Murphy - Flanker
Darren Sweetnam - Fullback

Peter Dooley - Prop(rumored to be joining Leinster Academy this summer)
Adam Boland - Prop
Niall Horan - Prop(rumored to be joining Munster Academy this summer)
Brian Scott - Prop
Chris Taylor - Prop
John Andrew - Hooker
John Donnan - Lock
Sean McCarthy - Lock
Peadar Timmins - Flanker
John Creighton - Scrumhalf
David Shanahan - Scrumhalf
Steve Crosbie - Flyhalf(rumored to be joining Leinster Academy this summer)
Tom Daly - Centre(rumored to be joining Leinster Academy this summer)
Mark Roche - Centre
Rory Scannell - Centre(rumored to be joining Munster Academy this summer)
Max McFarland - Wing
David Panter - Fullback

case885

opinionatedfan wrote: »

maybe Adam Byrne at Leinster.

Plays 13 and wing. Only 18 and started the B&I semi final last weekend at 13.

I'd like to see what Start Olding could do at 13.

Great talent but with Jackson at 10 and Marshall at 12 he will find it hard to get game time in them positions so 13 should definitely be looked at alright

opinionatedfan

case885 wrote: »

Any great 13s coming through?

maybe Adam Byrne at Leinster.

Plays 13 and wing. Only 18 and started the B&I semi final last weekend at 13.

I'd like to see what Start Olding could do at 13.

case885

Any great 13s coming through?

lurtz

corey hircock going back to bedford blues from munster academy

irishbucsfan

To be fair we're concentrating the majority of the Irish rugby population into the Leinster academy. So as awesome as it is, we have fantastic playing resources coming in every year as well.

lurtz

Winters wrote: »

Leavy was awesome in the SCT final last year. To see him playing for Leinster A and holding his own only a wet year into the academy is great. Does he play solely at 6?

I would find it hard to find another academy system that has produced as many rugby Internationals as the Irish Academies have per capita.

Edit. I'm just waiting for someone to mention BNZ.

he's capable of playing across the backrow

Bogota

Leinster have some exciting players coming through at the moment : Adam Byrne, Billy Dardis, Gilsenan, Leavy, JVDF

Add those to Luke McGrath and Jordi Murphy and its really hard not to get very excited.

Winters

Leavy was awesome in the SCT final last year. To see him playing for Leinster A and holding his own only a wet year into the academy is great. Does he play solely at 6?

I would find it hard to find another academy system that has produced as many rugby Internationals as the Irish Academies have per capita.

Edit. I'm just waiting for someone to mention BNZ.

opinionatedfan

Leinster's starting back line was younger in every position apart from 10 where they were the same age.

Age gap of at least 5 years at the same position, Munster had 2 players 5 years younger than their opposite.
Leinster had 5 players 5 years or younger.

Munster's 2: 25 years old, Munster's 30 years old
Munster's 6: 30 years old, Leinster's: 22 years old and was replaced early in the game by an 18 year old.
Munster's 7: 26 years old, Leinster's: 20 years old
Munster's 8: 23 years old, Leinster's 28 years old
Munster's 9: 27 years old, Leinster's: 20 years old
Munster's 13: 23 years old, Leinster's: 18 years old
Munster's 15: 24 years old, Leinster's: 20 years old

Mahatma Geansai

opinionatedfan wrote: »

His overall point is a valid one though.

Look at the average age of Munster's B&I team versus the average age of Leinster's last week.

There is a little over a year difference in the average ages of both teams. All of the older Munster players have younger players ahead of them in the pecking order too.

opinionatedfan

backgreen wrote: »

he was more or less saying that he's son got 15 min of B&I last week from Connacht,which he would't have got from Munster

His overall point is a valid one though.

Look at the average age of Munster's B&I team versus the average age of Leinster's last week.

backgreen

opinionatedfan wrote: »

Parata to Connacht confirmed by his dad on connachtclan.

Had some interesting comments about how fast kids were brought through at Connacht versus Munster, specifying the B&I cup in particular as the next step after the AIL.

he was more or less saying that he's son got 15 min of B&I last week from Connacht,which he would't have got from Munster

opinionatedfan

Parata to Connacht confirmed by his dad on connachtclan.

Had some interesting comments about how fast kids were brought through at Connacht versus Munster, specifying the B&I cup in particular as the next step after the AIL.

lurtz

opinionatedfan wrote: »

Rory Parata chose connacht apparently.

well I presume you're just saying that cos hes on the A team, havent heard anything either way but it would seem like hes going west alright