Academy 2018/2019

[the spoofer]

I’m not sure if it’s finalised but Leinster are supposedly building a center of excellence in each of the five regions. This will help in producing players from the youth stream.

[mildlyinterested]

I’m not sure if it’s finalised but Leinster are supposedly building a center of excellence in each of the five regions. This will help in producing players from the youth stream.

good to hear, in the south east they had something very like that already n Carlow IT.

[artaneboy]

I’m not sure if it’s finalised but Leinster are supposedly building a center of excellence in each of the five regions. This will help in producing players from the youth stream.

Where are those five centres?


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[the spoofer]

I’m not sure if it’s finalised but Leinster are supposedly building a center of excellence in each of the five regions. This will help in producing players from the youth stream.

Where are those five centres?


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Metro, North east, south east, north midlands and midlands

[artaneboy]

I’m not sure if it’s finalised but Leinster are supposedly building a center of excellence in each of the five regions. This will help in producing players from the youth stream.

Where are those five centres?


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Metro, North east, south east, north midlands and midlands

Yeah, I know that. It’s the towns where the centres are to be based that I was asking on.


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[Justtoby]

The first of these is being built at a cost of €1.3m at the Old Wesley end of Energia Park, with a large gymnasium, changing-rooms, offices and meeting rooms, to be used by Leinster’s underage teams and sub academy.

They are looking to build others in Dundalk, Carlow, Athlone or Maynooth, and Naas, so that future versions of Sean O’Brien, Tadhg Furlong, Tom Daly, Peter Dooley and co, won’t have to travel to Dublin for training.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.3731756

[Jonny tight lips]

The first of these is being built at a cost of €1.3m at the Old Wesley end of Energia Park, with a large gymnasium, changing-rooms, offices and meeting rooms, to be used by Leinster’s underage teams and sub academy.

They are looking to build others in Dundalk, Carlow, Athlone or Maynooth, and Naas, so that future versions of Sean O’Brien, Tadhg Furlong, Tom Daly, Peter Dooley and co, won’t have to travel to Dublin for training.

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/ ... -1.3731756

Particularly with Athy so close to limerick apparently

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster Academy Update

Prop
Jack Aungier(Year 2/Suttonians RFC/Terenure) - started at 3 for Terenure.
Michael Milne(Year 1/CC Roscrea-Birr RFC/UCD) - didnt play this weekend.

Guiseppe Coyne(U20/Blackrock/DUFC) - started at 1 for DUFC, 1 try.
Niall McEniff(U20/St. Marys/St. Marys) - bench for St. Marys.
Harry Noonan(U19/Greystones RFC/Old Wesley) - started at 1 for Old Wesley.

Hooker
Ronan Kelleher(Year 2/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - started at 2 for Lansdowne.
Dan Sheehan(Year 1/Clongowes/DUFC) - started at 2 for DUFC.

Declan Adamson(U20/Clontarf/Clontarf) - started at 2 for Clontarf, 1 try.
Sean Molony(U20/Blackrock/UCD) - bench for UCD.
Bobby Sheehan(U19/Clongowes/UCD) - started at 2 for UCD, 1 try
John McKee(U19/Campbell/Old Belvedere) - bench for Old Belvedere.

Lock
Jack Dunne(Year 1/St. Michaels/DUFC) - started at 5 for DUFC, 1 try.
Ryan Baird(Year 1/St. Michaels/DUFC) - bench for DUFC, 1 try.

Brian Deeny(U19/Wexford/Clontarf) - bench for Clontarf.

Backrow
Oisin Dowling(Year 2/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - started at 4 for Lansdowne.
Scott Penny(Year 1/St. Michaels/UCD) - didnt play this weekend.

Cian Prendergast(u19/Newbridge/UCD) - started at 6 for UCD.

Scrumhalf
Hugh O'Sullivan(Year 2/Belvedere/Clontarf) - bench for senior team.
Patrick Patterson(Year 1/Blackrock/UCD) - didn't play this weekend.

Cormac Foley(U20/St. Gerards/St. Marys) - bench for St. Marys.

Outhalf
Ciaran Frawley(Year 2/Skerries RFC/UCD) - didn't play this weekend.
Harry Byrne(Year 1/St. Michaels/Lansdowne) - didn't play this weekend.
David Hawkshaw(Year 1/Belvedere/Clontarf) - didn't play this weekend.

Centre
Conor O'Brien(Year 3/Mullingar RFC/Clontarf) - didnt play this weekend.
Jimmy O'Brien(Year 3/Newbridge/UCD) - didnt play this weekend.
Gavin Mullin(Year 2/Blackrock/UCD) - started at 13 for UCD.
Tommy O'Brien(Year 2/Blackrock/UCD) - didnt play this weekend.

Back Three
Hugo Keenan(Year 3/Blackrock/UCD) - injured.
Jack Kelly(Year 3/St. Michaels/DUFC) - started at 15 for DUFC.
Michaels Silvester(Year 1/Clongowes/DUFC) - injured.
Aaron O'Sullivan(Year 1/Exile/UCD) - injured.

Hugo Conway(U20/St. Marys/St. Marys) - bench for St. Marys, 1 try.

[mildlyinterested]

Date of Birth for Academy players:

Conor O'Brien(Year 3) - 06/02/1996
Hugo Keenan(Year 3) - 18/06/1996
Jimmy O'Brien(Year 3) - 27/11/1996
Oisin Dowling(Year 2) - 23/06/1997
Jack Kelly(Year 3) - 26/10/1997
Gavin Mullin(Year 2) - 29/11/1997
Ciaran Frawley(Year 2) - 04/12/1997
Ronan Kelleher(Year 2) - 24/01/1998
Hugh O'Sullivan(Year 2) - 24/02/1998
Tommy O'Brien(Year 2) - 28/05/1998
Michael Silvester(Year 1) - 04/06/1998
Dan Sheehan(Year 1) - 17/09/1998
Jack Aungier(Year 2) - 20/11/1998
Jack Dunne(Year 1) - 21/11/1998
Paddy Patterson(Year 1) - 30/11/1998
Michael Milne(Year 1) - 05/02/1999
Harry Byrne(Year 1) - 22/04/1999
David Hawkshaw(Year 1) - 03/07/1999
Ryan Baird(Year 1) - 26/07/1999
Scott Penny(Year 1) - 22/09/1999
Aaron O'Sullivan(Year 1) - 15/12/1999

[mildlyinterested]

Jack Dunne turned 20, two months ago, serious physical potential there:

[ChurchtownRFC]

Jack Dunne turned 20, two months ago, serious physical potential there:

How big is he?

[ronk]

5 games before the QF.

A reasonable run of games to see more academy players. Who's next up Kelleher?

[mildlyinterested]

Yeah it's somewhat surprising he hasn't played already given there are only 3 senior hookers on the books.

Senior caps for Academy players this season:

Conor O'Brien - 5 starts, 3 sub appearances
Hugh O'Sullivan - 7 sub appearances
Ciaran Frawley - 2 starts, 4 sub appearances
Hugo Keenan - 3 starts
Scott Penny - 3 starts
Jimmy O'Brien - 1 start, 2 sub appearances
Oisin Dowling - 1 sub appearance
Jack Kelly - 1 sub appearance
Paddy Patterson - 1 sub appearance

[mildlyinterested]

good stuff from Conor O'Brien

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingn ... 99180.html

[Jonny tight lips]

Yeah it's somewhat surprising he hasn't played already given there are only 3 senior hookers on the books.

Senior caps for Academy players this season:

Conor O'Brien - 5 starts, 3 sub appearances
Hugh O'Sullivan - 7 sub appearances
Ciaran Frawley - 2 starts, 4 sub appearances
Hugo Keenan - 3 starts
Scott Penny - 3 starts
Jimmy O'Brien - 1 start, 2 sub appearances
Oisin Dowling - 1 sub appearance
Jack Kelly - 1 sub appearance
Paddy Patterson - 1 sub appearance

Hopefully we see something from Ronan Kelleher, heard great things and with Cronin 33 and the two boys behind him being average it’s the one poisition I think we’re light. You would imagine COB, HOS and Ciaran Frawley will be offered senior contracts for next season and taking his injury into account a development contract for Keenan. Jack Kelly and JOB have a bit to do over the next 4 months but thankfully with the conference settles they should have plenty of opertunities.

[mildlyinterested]

listening to the egg chasers podcast and one of the lads on it said he was told by someone in leinster that Harry Byrne was a generational talent coming through the academy and that he was the one to watch out for when Sexton called it a day.

Which I found surprising.

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster U20 side based on Ireland u20 squad:

1. Michael Milne
2. John McKee
3. Thomas Clarkson
4. Ryan Baird
5. Charlie Ryan
6. Martin Moloney
7. Scott Penny
8. Ronan Watters
9. Cormac Foley
10. Harry Byrne
11. Liam Turner
12. David Hawkshaw
13. David Ryan
14. Aaron O'Sullivan
15. Rob Russell

With D Ryan the only player not making the Ireland u20 6 nations squad.

[LeinsterLeader]

good stuff from Conor O'Brien

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingn ... 99180.html

Yep he's going to be a big player next season.....

.....but probably for Munster!


I'm only half joking!

[Lar]

Date of Birth for Academy players:

Conor O'Brien(Year 3) - 06/02/1996
Hugo Keenan(Year 3) - 18/06/1996
Jimmy O'Brien(Year 3) - 27/11/1996
Oisin Dowling(Year 2) - 23/06/1997
Jack Kelly(Year 3) - 26/10/1997
Gavin Mullin(Year 2) - 29/11/1997
Ciaran Frawley(Year 2) - 04/12/1997
Ronan Kelleher(Year 2) - 24/01/1998
Hugh O'Sullivan(Year 2) - 24/02/1998
Tommy O'Brien(Year 2) - 28/05/1998
Michael Silvester(Year 1) - 04/06/1998
Dan Sheehan(Year 1) - 17/09/1998
Jack Aungier(Year 2) - 20/11/1998
Jack Dunne(Year 1) - 21/11/1998
Paddy Patterson(Year 1) - 30/11/1998
Michael Milne(Year 1) - 05/02/1999
Harry Byrne(Year 1) - 22/04/1999
David Hawkshaw(Year 1) - 03/07/1999
Ryan Baird(Year 1) - 26/07/1999
Scott Penny(Year 1) - 22/09/1999
Aaron O'Sullivan(Year 1) - 15/12/1999

Feck it - only a short matter of time before a player born this millennium plays for Leinster. That makes me one seriously old git.

[D4surfer]

Date of Birth for Academy players:

Conor O'Brien(Year 3) - 06/02/1996
Hugo Keenan(Year 3) - 18/06/1996
Jimmy O'Brien(Year 3) - 27/11/1996
Oisin Dowling(Year 2) - 23/06/1997
Jack Kelly(Year 3) - 26/10/1997
Gavin Mullin(Year 2) - 29/11/1997
Ciaran Frawley(Year 2) - 04/12/1997
Ronan Kelleher(Year 2) - 24/01/1998
Hugh O'Sullivan(Year 2) - 24/02/1998
Tommy O'Brien(Year 2) - 28/05/1998
Michael Silvester(Year 1) - 04/06/1998
Dan Sheehan(Year 1) - 17/09/1998
Jack Aungier(Year 2) - 20/11/1998
Jack Dunne(Year 1) - 21/11/1998
Paddy Patterson(Year 1) - 30/11/1998
Michael Milne(Year 1) - 05/02/1999
Harry Byrne(Year 1) - 22/04/1999
David Hawkshaw(Year 1) - 03/07/1999
Ryan Baird(Year 1) - 26/07/1999
Scott Penny(Year 1) - 22/09/1999
Aaron O'Sullivan(Year 1) - 15/12/1999

Feck it - only a short matter of time before a player born this millennium plays for Leinster. That makes me one seriously old git.

If Aaron O'Sullivan's ma had held on for another couple of weeks he could have been the first. I have clothes older than some of these lads.