FLIP wrote:Mike Ross is playing again as player/scrum coach for Malahide. Got to feel a tad sorry for whoever comes up against him in the scrums!
I'm just glad he couldnt resist coaching
rather he was coaching young TH's in Leinster.. starting with Porter
Don't know how this ended up here but anyway, Rossie was at game last week with his son and was watched carefully. He does get called from time to lads by various former colleagues and never shys from giving advice if asked.
He's now a working man so stepping in on Fogs toes won't arise. Doing a Tuesday night session beside the sea is a different ballgame. Delighted to see him still involved in clubland.
FLIP wrote:Mike Ross is playing again as player/scrum coach for Malahide. Got to feel a tad sorry for whoever comes up against him in the scrums!
I'm just glad he couldnt resist coaching
rather he was coaching young TH's in Leinster.. starting with Porter
Yeah it's a good point, but never the less, it's good to see him working on his coaching now, with a view to perhaps graduating to one of the provinces over time. It's always good to see experienced players go into coaching after retirement. We don't produce nearly enough home grown coaches.
Also, that role is filled right now by Fogarty, who is doing a surprisingly good job. I'm not sure if that's down to the talent available of if he is just a very good technician (I always wonder how qualified a hooker could be at expert scrummaging).
jezzer wrote:He will never be the second coming of BOD, because the only thing their game shares is probably the appetite for work around the pitch. He'll hopefully be the first coming of Ringrose.
COYBIB wrote:
Yeah it's a good point, but never the less, it's good to see him working on his coaching now, with a view to perhaps graduating to one of the provinces over time. It's always good to see experienced players go into coaching after retirement. We don't produce nearly enough home grown coaches.
Also, that role is filled right now by Fogarty, who is doing a surprisingly good job. I'm not sure if that's down to the talent available of if he is just a very good technician (I always wonder how qualified a hooker could be at expert scrummaging).
He isn't going into coaching... huge difference between being a full time coach and what he is doing with Malahide.
On this evening's performances this thread should certainly tip the hat to three former Leinster Academy players - John Cooney (Ulster), Tadgh Beirne (Llanelli) and Ian McKinley (Treviso). Great performances for all three and Beirne, in particular will have done his prospects of wearing a green jersey at some point, no harm.
Ruckedtobits wrote:On this evening's performances this thread should certainly tip the hat to three former Leinster Academy players - John Cooney (Ulster), Tadgh Beirne (Llanelli) and Ian McKinley (Treviso). Great performances for all three and Beirne, in particular will have done his prospects of wearing a green jersey at some point, no harm.
Beirne was so destructive in defence all game, conceded a couple of penalties but did really well
Cooney does the basics really well, will be interesting to see how far he can go if he stays fit
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Ruckedtobits wrote:On this evening's performances this thread should certainly tip the hat to three former Leinster Academy players - John Cooney (Ulster), Tadgh Beirne (Llanelli) and Ian McKinley (Treviso). Great performances for all three and Beirne, in particular will have done his prospects of wearing a green jersey at some point, no harm.
Beirne was so destructive in defence all game, conceded a couple of penalties but did really well
Cooney does the basics really well, will be interesting to see how far he can go if he stays fit
When can we look to 'bring Beirne back' (BBB)?
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Ruckedtobits wrote:On this evening's performances this thread should certainly tip the hat to three former Leinster Academy players - John Cooney (Ulster), Tadgh Beirne (Llanelli) and Ian McKinley (Treviso). Great performances for all three and Beirne, in particular will have done his prospects of wearing a green jersey at some point, no harm.
Beirne was so destructive in defence all game, conceded a couple of penalties but did really well
Cooney does the basics really well, will be interesting to see how far he can go if he stays fit
When can we look to 'bring Beirne back' (BBB)?
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thats up to St Joe and Lucifora
if commentators are to be believed Beirne has been told he is coveted by powers that be and theyll want him back before he WQs
Scarlets have officially offered him an extension beyond this season
question is where does he (want to) go? we've had this chat before here but he walks into at the very least the matchday 23 of tother 3 provinces
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He has been playing in their second-string competition thus far, yet to make his debut in the AFL. Seemed to miss a lot of games last season with a hamstring problem. He's doing okay for somebody who never played the game before, but by no means tearing up trees.
The interview that Twist posted is revealing, especially with the way he references the attitudes in GAA [negative] and rugby [positive]. I never completely understood why he took up the AFL offer ahead of the Leinster offer – money, adventure, the attraction of being wanted by a team on the other side of the world?
My info is that he was just never that into rugby and would have stuck with GAA if it was professional. He wanted to be a professional athlete so plumped for the offer down under.
LeRouxIsPHat wrote:My info is that he was just never that into rugby and would have stuck with GAA if it was professional. He wanted to be a professional athlete so plumped for the offer down under.
That's certainly not the impression from lads who worked with him at underage level.
LeRouxIsPHat wrote:My info is that he was just never that into rugby and would have stuck with GAA if it was professional. He wanted to be a professional athlete so plumped for the offer down under.
That's certainly not the impression from lads who worked with him at underage level.
Also doesn't chime in with what he says in the interview:
'Nash's decision was complicated by his rugby potential.
"There would have been a bit of begrudgery alright, the old staunch GAA boys and stuff like that," he recalls. "But none of it was really hard in the end. My hardest part as it progressed further was telling rugby rather than GAA. They said: 'We'd love to have you, but if you go that way we won't begrudge you at all. We'll keep you on the books for a while.' That was a massive confidence from them. It was tempting, I remember coming back in January 2016 after a stint in Melbourne and I had contract offer, so that's when I told Leinster. It was very tough, I didn't take the decision lightly and it took me a few weeks. Hawthorn said to me, 'Take all the time you need'."'
