Stop trying to dampen this down while I'm trying to stir it up into a full fledged panicmildlyinterested wrote:Nucifora struggled to get older players to give that up their provincial loyalty so is now targeting younger players in the aim to severe provincial ties for the sake of 'player movement'
anyway this is just a rumour at this point and even if true it's only 1 player..
Leinster & Hookers
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LeinsterLeader wrote:Stop trying to dampen this down while I'm trying to stir it up into a full fledged panicmildlyinterested wrote:Nucifora struggled to get older players to give that up their provincial loyalty so is now targeting younger players in the aim to severe provincial ties for the sake of 'player movement'
anyway this is just a rumour at this point and even if true it's only 1 player..
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It's bad PR for Munster to go after kids not quite good enough to make the Leinster academy, but it's even worse PR when they go 'full Top 14' and poach 18 year olds from South African schools' competitions. So taking the likes of Clarke is definitely the lesser of two evils for them. And in some cases it will work out to the benefit of the national team down the line.
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Or ya know, try a bit of national loyalty on for size.mildlyinterested wrote:Nucifora struggled to get older players to give that up their provincial loyalty so is now targeting younger players in the aim to severe provincial ties for the sake of 'player movement'
anyway this is just a rumour at this point and even if true it's only 1 player..
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sure if you want a weaker leinster.Peg Leg wrote:Or ya know, try a bit of national loyalty on for size.mildlyinterested wrote:Nucifora struggled to get older players to give that up their provincial loyalty so is now targeting younger players in the aim to severe provincial ties for the sake of 'player movement'
anyway this is just a rumour at this point and even if true it's only 1 player..
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No, no, not me. I was merely offering some nicer packaging for Mr. Nucifora's objective.mildlyinterested wrote:sure if you want a weaker leinster.Peg Leg wrote:Or ya know, try a bit of national loyalty on for size.mildlyinterested wrote:Nucifora struggled to get older players to give that up their provincial loyalty so is now targeting younger players in the aim to severe provincial ties for the sake of 'player movement'
anyway this is just a rumour at this point and even if true it's only 1 player..
"Severe" [Sic] seemed a tad harsh.
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+1neiliog93 wrote:It's bad PR for Munster to go after kids not quite good enough to make the Leinster academy, but it's even worse PR when they go 'full Top 14' and poach 18 year olds from South African schools' competitions. So taking the likes of Clarke is definitely the lesser of two evils for them. And in some cases it will work out to the benefit of the national team down the line.
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"Losing" Tadgh McElroy and Eoghan Clarke is a blow depth wise especially as hooker is among the weaker areas in the system:
Leinster had 1 underage international hooker below u20 level:
Mark Nicholson(Wicklow RFC)
Notable players at u20 level next season:
Richie Bergin(UCD/St. Marys)
Declan Adamson(Clontarf)
Sean Molony(Blackrock)
Notable players at u18 level next season:
Ethan Baxter(St. Gerards)
Leinster had 1 underage international hooker below u20 level:
Mark Nicholson(Wicklow RFC)
Notable players at u20 level next season:
Richie Bergin(UCD/St. Marys)
Declan Adamson(Clontarf)
Sean Molony(Blackrock)
Notable players at u18 level next season:
Ethan Baxter(St. Gerards)
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Leinster Hookers
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James Tracy(27)
Bryan Byrne(25)
Academy
Ronan Kelleher(20/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - Academy Yr 2
Dan Sheehan(19/Clongowes/DUFC) - Academy Yr 1
U20 level
Declan Adamson(Clontarf)
Sean Molony(Blackrock)
Richie Bergin(St. Marys/UCD)
U19 level
John McKee(Campbell/Old Belvedere)
Ethan Baxter(St. Gerards/Old Belvedere)
Bobby Sheehan(Clongowes/UCD)
Mark Nicholson(Wicklow)
U18 level
Lee Barron(St. Michaels)
Callum Dowling(Clongowes)
Finn Tierney(Wanderers)
Jack Hanley(Barnhall)
Elsewhere
Shane Delahunt(24/Kilkenny/Connacht)
Tadgh McElroy(21/Dundalk/Bedford)
Eoghan Clarke(20/CBC Monkstown/Munster)
Sean Cronin(32)
James Tracy(27)
Bryan Byrne(25)
Academy
Ronan Kelleher(20/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - Academy Yr 2
Dan Sheehan(19/Clongowes/DUFC) - Academy Yr 1
U20 level
Declan Adamson(Clontarf)
Sean Molony(Blackrock)
Richie Bergin(St. Marys/UCD)
U19 level
John McKee(Campbell/Old Belvedere)
Ethan Baxter(St. Gerards/Old Belvedere)
Bobby Sheehan(Clongowes/UCD)
Mark Nicholson(Wicklow)
U18 level
Lee Barron(St. Michaels)
Callum Dowling(Clongowes)
Finn Tierney(Wanderers)
Jack Hanley(Barnhall)
Elsewhere
Shane Delahunt(24/Kilkenny/Connacht)
Tadgh McElroy(21/Dundalk/Bedford)
Eoghan Clarke(20/CBC Monkstown/Munster)