paratro wrote: » Lurtz and Ormond Lad you are both kinda right. NZ do support a lot more teams and sure you probably could regard Rugby as the national sport but to say that it doesn't have the competition is a mistake. Rugby League is huge at home as is Soccer now, but also hockey and indoor basketball and recently we have also had kids being signed by the New York red socks in Baseball and other kids being offered basketball scholarships to unis in the USA. rugby League is a huge drain on the resources of rugby so to say that there is no competition in sports in NZ is not entirely true. I think its more to do with the sponsorship that the NZRFU can get due to the successes of their rugby teams. And these successes can only happen with support from the NZRFU.
Ruck Inspector wrote: » Greg O'Shea to Leinster?
irishbucsfan wrote: » Really? :eek:
Ruck Inspector wrote: » Greg O'Shea to Leinster? or so the rumor goes
lurtz wrote: » just 20s for the minute I presume? Cian Aherne did came from crescent to ucd and made the leinster academy Harry Mcnulty 2 years ago went to trinity then returned to munster this year on offer of an academy spot
Ruck Inspector wrote: » apparently an academy spot.. again its just a rumor at the moment
lurtz wrote: » really?? Jesus very interesting. I heard rory moloney to connacht
Ruck Inspector wrote: » I was under the impression that moloney had signed his academy papers..
lurtz wrote: » Ross has rory hasnt
its_phil wrote: » It's a smart move. There are too many talented back rows in Leinster. Looking outside the box and the chance of 1b with Corinthians or Buccs. He'll be capped by Connacht Eagles next year if it is true. I know that the idea of going outside Leinster was tempting but I thought Munster would have been his choice. Sean O'Brien having a word in his ear.
munsterdub wrote: » would be very disappointed if this is true , munster acedemy needs talented backs coming through and we have already missed out on parata.
Ruck Inspector wrote: » would be disappointing to see Moloney go to Connacht, but I couldn't blame him if he did. Leinster had ridiculous depth in the backrow and it shows no signs of not continuing.
Hagz wrote: » It would be a good move for him. There's an outstanding queue of talent in the back-row at Leinster, and I would assume he would be in good company in Connacht.
Ruck Inspector wrote: » yeah, college would be my priority then decide what to do. Most of the Leinster lads end up going to college in Dublin anyway so it's usually not a concern.I had heard Moloney had a full scholarship for UCD. Which is why the Greg O'Shea rumor is very interesting.
backgreen wrote: » greg would be in line for an athletic scholarship also
Ruck Inspector wrote: » heard he is no longer running competitively as he has decided to pursue rugby.
lurtz wrote: » rory moloney gone to connacht academy
Ruck Inspector wrote: » Walsh? Roche? no one else seems that interested in him.
its_phil wrote: » Moloney, O'Brien, Walsh and Parata are big signings. If we got Mark Roche signed on we would be laughing.
its_phil wrote: » Jacob Walshe. Well from what I've heard of his time at Lansdowne he deserves a spot
