The Academies

lurtz · 12-05-2013 03:25PM

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.

I like the way NZ has 14 academies,gives so many lads chances

Ruck Inspector · 12-05-2013 08:06PM

Greg O'Shea to Leinster? or so the rumor goes

irishbucsfan · 12-05-2013 08:10PM

Ruck Inspector wrote: »

Greg O'Shea to Leinster?

Really? :eek:

Ruck Inspector · 12-05-2013 08:11PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Really? :eek:

thats the rumor, planning on going to college in Dublin.

lurtz · 12-05-2013 09:21PM

Ruck Inspector wrote: »

Greg O'Shea to Leinster? or so the rumor goes

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 · 12-05-2013 09:22PM

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

apparently an academy spot.. again its just a rumor at the moment

lurtz · 12-05-2013 09:25PM

Ruck Inspector wrote: »

apparently an academy spot.. again its just a rumor at the moment

really??
Jesus very interesting. I heard rory moloney to connacht

Ruck Inspector · 12-05-2013 09:27PM

lurtz wrote: »

really??
Jesus very interesting. I heard rory moloney to connacht

I was under the impression that moloney had signed his academy papers..

lurtz · 12-05-2013 09:31PM

Ruck Inspector wrote: »

I was under the impression that moloney had signed his academy papers..

Ross has rory hasnt

its_phil · 12-05-2013 10:08PM

lurtz wrote: »

Ross has rory hasnt

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 · 13-05-2013 10:24AM

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

would be very disappointed if this is true , munster acedemy needs talented backs coming through and we have already missed out on parata.

lurtz · 13-05-2013 01:24PM

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.

yeah I think its a smart move. Heard last year he was considering moving there to play 20s for the summer instead of leinster 18s. great chance to play eagles and even push for higher honours if he performs

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.

heard david johnston is going in

RobbieRuns · 13-05-2013 04:06PM

Rory is a great player, it would be a great coup for the Connacht academy if he joined them.

Ruck Inspector · 13-05-2013 04:09PM

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 · 13-05-2013 04:11PM

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.

lurtz · 13-05-2013 04:42PM

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.

even with all the depth I still fell he's more than good enough to make it as leinster. nonetheless connacht will afford him a great opportunity for high level exposure,especially with conneely and heffernan moving up and gardiner leaving

RobbieRuns · 13-05-2013 04:49PM

Very talented player, he will do well wherever he goes.

I am sure that a few of the lads must have more than one option when it comes down to choice of academies. Lots of big decisions to make. College or University can play a big part as well, and so it should.

Ruck Inspector · 13-05-2013 04:57PM

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 · 13-05-2013 05:13PM

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.

greg would be in line for an athletic scholarship also

Ruck Inspector · 13-05-2013 05:15PM

backgreen wrote: »

greg would be in line for an athletic scholarship also

heard he is no longer running competitively as he has decided to pursue rugby.

ormond lad · 13-05-2013 05:21PM

Ruck Inspector wrote: »

heard he is no longer running competitively as he has decided to pursue rugby.

yeah he didnt compete in Munster or Irish indoors this year and I think it was mentioned in papers after senior cup final that he was concentrating on rugby now as he couldn't keep both up in the long term

Ruck Inspector · 14-05-2013 06:57PM

rumor about O'Shea being reported as fact now on munsterfans.

lurtz · 14-05-2013 08:22PM

rory moloney gone to connacht academy

its_phil · 14-05-2013 08:43PM

lurtz wrote: »

rory moloney gone to connacht academy

Moloney, O'Brien, Walsh and Parata are big signings. If we got Mark Roche signed on we would be laughing.

Ruck Inspector · 14-05-2013 08:46PM

Walsh?

Roche? no one else seems that interested in him.

Hagz · 14-05-2013 08:46PM

That's a serious academy bunch alright.

its_phil · 14-05-2013 08:47PM

Ruck Inspector wrote: »

Walsh?

Roche? no one else seems that interested in him.

Jacob Walshe.

Well from what I've heard of his time at Lansdowne he deserves a spot

lurtz · 14-05-2013 09:00PM

its_phil wrote: »

Moloney, O'Brien, Walsh and Parata are big signings. If we got Mark Roche signed on we would be laughing.

Meunargias been signed too I hear .Connacht 20s looking very strong this year with a good few leinster senior cup winners involved.

CGD · 14-05-2013 09:30PM

its_phil wrote: »

Jacob Walshe.

Well from what I've heard of his time at Lansdowne he deserves a spot

Your mixing him up with scrum half Marcus Walsh who got Connacht academy last year and played with Lansdowne this season

Ruck Inspector · 14-05-2013 09:40PM

Jacob Walshe is a good pickup alright,

Consider me very skeptical on Mark Roche.

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