Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread V

vienne86 wrote: »

Has D'Arcy been put out to grass or what?

Joe is going to drop Zebo and put D'Arcy on the wing at the last minute.

So reddan is in neither squad, and we have called back Cooney for the rest of the season.

Is he really fit?

We know that boss, McGrath and Cooney are fit.

That's mad Ted. He won't get any game time there. Should've gone to Ulster.

S12b wrote: »

Jordan Coughlan gone to Munster on a 1 year development deal

Knew there was one of the recent academy crop going but didn't know who. Great deal for Munster although not exactly the sort of player they need given he's a 6/8.

He was once the hottest prospect coming into any academy. Hopefully he regains his form/promise.

.ak wrote: »

That's mad Ted. He won't get any game time there. Should've gone to Ulster.

As a backrow he's destined for dirttracker purgatory after the World Cup but maybe they will try him at centre. I say that though having read that Munster are calling him a backrow in the statement...

total former wrote: »

Indications from the Irish camp are that he is fit, he was certainly training all week, but perhaps he wasn't released? Don't forget Murray was carrying a knock into the Italy game and was a doubt for that one, so perhaps Joe is being prudent. James Cronin isn't playing this week either, nor Robbie Diack.

Good chance that he just isn't 100% or hasn't trained as much as Joe would've liked. Yet still a viable break-incase-of-emergency option.

thomond2006 wrote: »

As a backrow he's destined for dirttracker purgatory after the World Cup but maybe they will try him at centre. I say that though having read that Munster are calling him a backrow in the statement...

If they try him at centre, it's a complete waste of everyone's time. Leinster tried and failed. He had Dempsey and Schmidt overseeing him and it didn't work out. He was potentially an Irish international as a back row player.

To put it in context, when they first joined Leinster, Coghlan was a much bigger prospect than Conan.

total former wrote: »

Back-row, although there was an attempt to convert him to centre in his first (second?) year in the Academy, that didn't pan out.

Second and third. They gave him 4 years because of it.

Buer wrote: »

If they try him at centre, it's a complete waste of everyone's time. Leinster tried and failed. He had Dempsey and Schmidt overseeing him and it didn't work out. He was potentially an Irish international as a back row player.

To put it in context, when they first joined Leinster, Coghlan was a much bigger prospect than Conan.

Not sure about Coghlan but I think Conan joined the academy after the 2012 JWC, and at that stage I was very excited to see him progress, more so than Coughlan. Considering he captained Ireland at some stage in that tournament too, he was highly rated

Tox56 wrote: »

Not sure about Coghlan but I think Conan joined the academy after the 2012 JWC, and at that stage I was very excited to see him progress, more so than Coughlan. Considering he captained Ireland at some stage in that tournament too, he was highly rated

Not saying Conan wasn't rated. He was and himself and Crosbie had a lot of attention, carrying their Gerards team to the semi finals of the SCT. But Coghlan was seen as the stand out player of that year. Both Munster and Leinster were offering him deals straight out of school.

As Hagz says, Conan came into the academy a year later. He was a serious talent and physical specimen but in terms of sheer talent when they were 18 or 19, Coghlan was higher profile.

Glad for Coghlan going to Munster seemed to be very highly rated but in fairness there are a pile of players ahead of him, at least 8/9 for 3 spots every week even given the amount of international call ups and injuries it would still mean very few chances to break thru. Good luck to him.

I'd be hopeful we'll keep him for another year, his leadership will be needed during the world cup

wicklowwonder wrote: »

If this turns out to be true Heaslip has to be a doubt for the rest of season

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/six-nations/jamie-heaslip-could-miss-rest-of-six-nations-with-suspected-broken-vertebrae-1.2104645

Jack Conan your time is now!!

FFS, why is Waterson jumping to such conclusions and why are people paying any heed to him? He's not a doctor.
Let's wait until we hear the medical results from any scans that are carried out.
If Heaslip indeed had a brief vertebrae well fair fcuks to him for playing on for ten minutes with a broken back!!!