Not So Special Project Player XV
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Not So Special Project Player XV
Project players are and will be in the 6n getting blown out of proportion again, so highest profile team of non capped/never will be residency qualified players. Will update O.P as it goes
Obviously JGP is captain
Vermass
McCartney
Borlaise
Sykes
Gissing
Heenan
Fox-Matamua
Auv'a
McGrath (c)
Nikora
Poolman
Te'o
Van Der Heever
Ludik
TB
Not considered due to injury: Herbst
Half tempted to do a XV of non project players Ive see in the project XVs
Isa, Adeoloken, Shane O'Leary, Herring, McCarthy, Bent
Obviously JGP is captain
Vermass
McCartney
Borlaise
Sykes
Gissing
Heenan
Fox-Matamua
Auv'a
McGrath (c)
Nikora
Poolman
Te'o
Van Der Heever
Ludik
TB
Not considered due to injury: Herbst
Half tempted to do a XV of non project players Ive see in the project XVs
Isa, Adeoloken, Shane O'Leary, Herring, McCarthy, Bent
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Knoop ahead of Borlase
15. Was Warrick eligible?
15. Was Warrick eligible?
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Ben T’eo has 10 caps
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After he played hereOldschoolsocks wrote:Ben T’eo has 10 caps
Borlaise was more trumpeted IMOPeg Leg wrote:Knoop ahead of Borlase
15. Was Warrick eligible?
Warwick and Mafi got ruled out over 7s
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Couldn't include Adeoloken in that group as his family, AFAIK, came here as genuine economic migrants before he started playing rugby. Once he, and his family, were granted Irish citizenship, he's as Irish as anyone on this Forum.
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Yeah its crazy, balls.ie especially keep including him in the lists of overseas Irish players or whatever codology they try to useRuckedtobits wrote:Couldn't include Adeoloken in that group as his family, AFAIK, came here as genuine economic migrants before he started playing rugby. Once he, and his family, were granted Irish citizenship, he's as Irish as anyone on this Forum.
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He still has caps - just for someone elsesimonokeeffe wrote:After he played hereOldschoolsocks wrote:Ben T’eo has 10 caps
Borlaise was more trumpeted IMOPeg Leg wrote:Knoop ahead of Borlase
15. Was Warrick eligible?
Warwick and Mafi got ruled out over 7s
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Teo only did 2 years at Leinster and therefore never qualified for Ireland
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If the purpose is to find the worst project players, I don't think either Te'o or Payne should be there, they were good. McCartney too. The rest, fair enough. I'd say you could already include Schalk Van Der Merwe up at Ulster. And maybe Troy Nathan, he was rubbish.
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Was Auva'a a project player? I thought he was Irish.
Edit: Just checked, my mistake. Though as he started with Belvo, I don't know if he would count as a project.
Edit: Just checked, my mistake. Though as he started with Belvo, I don't know if he would count as a project.
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He was qualified to play for Ireland before he was awarded a Leinster contract. IIRC we were made wait and no exception was permitted.TheBear wrote:Was Auva'a a project player? I thought he was Irish.
Edit: Just checked, my mistake. Though as he started with Belvo, I don't know if he would count as a project.
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Yeah, qualified via his time in Belvo.
And Adeolokun is nuts on that list - might as well put in O'Gara or Heaslip or someone like that.
And Adeolokun is nuts on that list - might as well put in O'Gara or Heaslip or someone like that.
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let's hope sokky is updating the list in the OP as we speakfourthirtythree wrote:Yeah, qualified via his time in Belvo.
And Adeolokun is nuts on that list - might as well put in O'Gara or Heaslip or someone like that.
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He also needs to change his skipper....Oldschoolsocks wrote:let's hope sokky is updating the list in the OP as we speakfourthirtythree wrote:Yeah, qualified via his time in Belvo.
And Adeolokun is nuts on that list - might as well put in O'Gara or Heaslip or someone like that.
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I think that was his point. I've seen a Balls.ie project XV article that had Adeolukun, and one or two others that weren't project players, on their list.fourthirtythree wrote: And Adeolokun is nuts on that list - might as well put in O'Gara or Heaslip or someone like that.
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BingoLaighin Break wrote:I think that was his point. I've seen a Balls.ie project XV article that had Adeolukun, and one or two others that weren't project players, on their list.fourthirtythree wrote: And Adeolokun is nuts on that list - might as well put in O'Gara or Heaslip or someone like that.
Im going for project eligible as well as residency qualified players; Te'o was talked of a lot of potentially playing for Ireland via residency. Going for panic rather than quality
Auv'a filled a backrow gap
Thought Shaun Payne had an Irish grandparent but almost played for Wales on residency?
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Never had any interest in playing for Wales. Hansen sounded him out once but was given short shrift
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Cheers. Was I right about his IQness?Dave Cahill wrote:Never had any interest in playing for Wales. Hansen sounded him out once but was given short shrift
Welsh attitude to players qualifying, hypocritical as it was, has changed a tune with Parkes, Beirne, McNichol (know all 3 different cases)
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Yup, the guy actually came north to play for Ireland, but ended up in Wales as Irish rugby was still in 'ship 'em out' rather than 'bring 'em home' mode at the time.
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