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Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread VII: The Fan-base Awakens

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  • #662
    sfbdqc
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    Clegg wrote: »
    If Conan goes it could also give Jordi Murphy a chance to nail down the number 8 position which is where I think he plays his best rugby.

    nail down the backup 8 spot..


  • #663
    awec
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    So if this rumour is true:

    Leinster get Henshaw
    Munster get Arnold
    Ulster get Conan
    Connacht get.... ?


  • #664
    thomond2006
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    Mahatma Geansai wrote: »
    Sad moment for Irish rugby, but a fantastic bit of business by Leinster. That must be one of the only poaches of a front line internationals by any of the provinces ever.

    Henshaw's decision, not a poach. TBF would you say the same had Munster signed him?

    I'd rather he stayed West but at the end of the day he's a free agent so he can really go where he likes. The alternative would have been to say Connacht or nobody which would have been a dangerous play.

    Not directed at you MG, but I'm laughing at the comments online that this is an IRFU stitch up to beef up Leinster. Well if the IRFU were firmly in Leinster's court, Madigan and Moore would still be there next year.


  • #665
    leakyboots
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    Good signing for Leinster, would have preferred him to stay at Connacht (or Munster :))

    Shame he won't be able to be there for Champion's Cup rugby next season at Connacht after all the hard work they've gone through


  • #666
    irishbucsfan
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    awec wrote: »
    So if this rumour is true:

    Leinster get Henshaw
    Munster get Arnold
    Ulster get Conan
    Connacht get.... ?

    Someone from the AIL


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  • #667
    Buer
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    awec wrote:
    Leinster get Henshaw Munster get Arnold Ulster get Conan Connacht get.... ?

    Ridden.


  • #668
    aimee1
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    awec wrote: »
    So if this rumour is true:

    Leinster get Henshaw
    Munster get Arnold
    Ulster get Conan
    Connacht get.... ?

    Ulster also got AhYou ........


  • #669
    Tox56
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    Leaving everything else aside it's a really outstanding signing for Leinster, we know the pack is strong but we've added a huge weapon in the backline, in a position we really need it, and Ringrose looks like he's coming through at the right time too. I won't say we're back to the golden days but we have a squad that can win in Europe within the next few years certainly. If we were getting a talent like Henshaw from somewhere like Oz/NZ/SA we'd be in meltdown, it's a shame an Irish province has to be weakened for it to happen but from a purely Leinster POV the signing is massive.


  • #670
    errlloyd
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    awec wrote: »
    So if this rumour is true:

    Leinster get Henshaw
    Munster get Arnold
    Ulster get Conan
    Connacht get.... ?

    Screwed.


  • #671
    Pudsy33
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    Buer wrote: »
    Ridden.

    Reddan wasn't on the re-signing list....


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  • #672
    phog
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Henshaw's decision, not a poach. TBF would you say the same had Munster signed him?

    I'd rather he stayed West but at the end of the day he's a free agent so he can really go where he likes. The alternative would have been to say Connacht or nobody which would have been a dangerous play.

    Not directed at you MG, but I'm laughing at the comments online that this is an IRFU stitch up to beef up Leinster. Well if the IRFU were firmly in Leinster's court, Madigan and Moore would still be there next year.

    Well I'm of the opinion they should have made it difficult for him to move from Connacht.


  • #673
    Hagz
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    Conan move to Ulster would be smart bit of business for Ulster and himself. He's hardly going to get ahead of Ruddock or Heaslip but he's good enough to be playing top level right now.

    Nagle is a weird one. I would take that to mean we are losing one of Denton or Triggs.


  • #674
    sfbdqc
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    Hagz wrote: »

    Nagle is a weird one. I would take that to mean we are losing one of Denton or Triggs.

    both are leaving from what ive heard.


  • #675
    sfbdqc
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    phog wrote: »
    Well I'm of the opinion they should have made it difficult for him to move from Connacht.

    they tried their best to keep him there, they failed.. he wanted to live in Dublin


  • #676
    awec
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Someone from the AIL
    Buer wrote: »
    Ridden.
    errlloyd wrote: »
    Screwed.

    All so cynical. :D

    If it's true then Munster are the only province not to lose anyone elsewhere?


  • #677
    errlloyd
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    awec wrote: »
    All so cynical. :D

    If it's true then Munster are the only province not to lose anyone elsewhere?

    The only province with nothing worth raiding :)


  • #678
    thomond2006
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    phog wrote: »
    Well I'm of the opinion they should have made it difficult for him to move from Connacht.

    By doing what though?

    Maybe they did do everything to keep him at Connacht. We don't know they didn't at least. TBF these days when foreign clubs are threatening to sign our top players you have tread delicately and not try to mess too much with players (a la Sexton in 2013). It's certainly a far cry from the days when the IRFU lowballed players (particularly at Munster) because they felt the player wouldn't leave.

    There's some non-rugby reasons too. Leinster is a far bigger market so there's more non-rugby revenue opportunities. Plus I read somewhere that his girlfriend lives in Dublin.


  • #679
    aimee1
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    phog wrote: »
    Well I'm of the opinion they should have made it difficult for him to move from Connacht.

    If Henshaw made it clear he was leaving connacht and the IRFU didnt facilitate a move to Leinster they ran the risk of him going to england or france? Irelands backline for the next 10 years can be built around this guy with the likes of Zebo, Earls, Ringrose, McCloskey.


  • #680
    gluppers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 530 ✭✭✭gluppers


    What's it like to support a team with no real history?

    Mod - troll banned


  • #681
    [Deleted User]
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    gluppers wrote: »
    What's it like to support a team with no real history?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H34ukFe8g


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  • #682
    gluppers
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48H34ukFe8g

    You still haven't answered the question!


  • #683
    N1one
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Plus I read somewhere that his girlfriend lives in Dublin.

    Couldn't Connacht have offered him Sharon Ní Bheoláin instead?


  • #684
    thomond2006
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    gluppers wrote: »
    What's it like to support a team with no real history?

    Have a read: http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/branch/about/index.php


  • #685
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    gluppers wrote: »
    You still haven't answered the question!

    Honestly, this move doesn't sit well with me. I hope it was Henshaw's decision himself. I don't like how many decent Connacht players have left to Leinster.


  • #686
    vienne86
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    Delighted to arrive home and read about this announcement. At least we can stop speculating now! Brilliant signing, and lovely news about the renewals too.


  • #687
    its_phil
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    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Henshaw's decision, not a poach. TBF would you say the same had Munster signed him?

    I'd rather he stayed West but at the end of the day he's a free agent so he can really go where he likes. The alternative would have been to say Connacht or nobody which would have been a dangerous play.

    Not directed at you MG, but I'm laughing at the comments online that this is an IRFU stitch up to beef up Leinster. Well if the IRFU were firmly in Leinster's court, Madigan and Moore would still be there next year.

    Anyone saying it was an IRFU stitch up hasn't been following the story at all.

    Complete bull.


  • #688
    b.gud
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    N1one wrote: »
    Couldn't Connacht have offered him Sharon Ní Bheoláin instead?

    We tried to offer him the Seoige sisters, now that I think of it maybe that's what pushed him towards Leinster


  • #689
    [Deleted User]
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    phog wrote: »
    Well I'm of the opinion they should have made it difficult for him to move from Connacht.

    I can just imagine Henshaw shows up for his final stage of negotiations and they have his family tied up in the background and some lad with a blowtorch hovering over his favourite childhood teddy.

    The IRFU representative spins around in his chair in a buttoned up grey suit stroking a white cat and in an odd Euro trash accent demands he stays in Connacht...

    Then the child burglar from chitty chitty bang bang prances in wearing his Leinster jersey and lures Henshaw into his carriage with a life size poster of Drico and whisks him of to Leinster where he is forced to sit in a room and stare at nothing but Leo Cullens mam until he signs the contract.


  • #690
    mansize
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    To be fair, he is from Westmeath, Leinster


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  • #691
    aimee1
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Honestly, this move doesn't sit well with me. I hope it was Henshaw's decision himself. I don't like how many decent Connacht players have left to Leinster.

    EOS made a point on sunday after the england game that maybe he wants to, and feels he needs to, play ERCC year on year and feels he is more likely to get that at Leinster. This has been an awkward season for the pro 12 with the world cup providing huge disruption for several teams who are usually much stronger while Connacht had only 2 [?] players away. Only time will tell.


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