Leinster Schools Team 2007

silly punt · Post by **silly punt** » July 18th, 2007, 8:32 am

the economist wrote:Foxey and the rest have retired, complete new setup for this season.

Tell us more, who are the new coaching team?

bunty85 · Post by **bunty85** » July 18th, 2007, 12:50 pm

Montane and they are hiring some good coaches elsewhere for a change. I think they're trying to make the setup far better and up to other schools standards but with PK as principal who knows how much money is being pumped in, maybe this year though they might do something they've threatened to do a few times.

Heres the Leinster Schools team for the first game:

The Leinster Schools team to face Wynberg Boys High School, Cape Town on Wednesday has been named.

The side will be captained by CBC Monkstown number eight Michael Noone.

The squad will play five matches in total - Wynberg Boys High School, Cape Town (Wednesday, 18th July), Western Province (Saturday, 21st July), Durban High School (Wednesday, 25th July), Natal Sharks Under-18 (Saturday, 28th July) and Natal Sharks Development XV (Wednesday, 1st August).

LEINSTER SCHOOLS:

15: Darren Hudson (St. Mary’s College)
14: Neil Hanratty (Gonzaga College)
13: Gary Foley (CBC Monkstown)
12: Ben Woods (Belvedere College SJ)
11: Ray Crotty (St. Mary’s College)
10: Noel Reid (St. Michael’s College)
9: Michael McLoughlin (Clongowes Wood College SJ)

1: Jack O’Connell (Clongowes Wood College SJ)
2: Risteard Byrne (Terenure College)
3: Martin Moore (Castleknock College)
4: Michael Cawley (Blackrock College)
5: Ben Marshall (St. Andrew’s College)
6: Dominic Ryan (Gonzaga College)
7: Peter Du Toit (The King’s Hospital)
8: Michael Noone (CBC Monkstown) CAPTAIN

REPLACEMENTS:

16: Ross Williamson (Terenure College)
17: David Joyce (C.C. Roscrea)
18: John Cooney (CBC Monkstown)
19: Michael Keating (Belvedere College SJ)
20: David McSharry (Templeogue College)
21: Nermin Lovic (Belvedere College SJ)
22: Tom Sexton (Belvedere College SJ)
23: Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College)
24: Shane Grannell (CBC Monkstown)
25: Richard Bent (St. Mary’s College)
26: Eoin Cremin (St. Andrew’s College)

Duff Paddy · Post by **Duff Paddy** » July 18th, 2007, 4:46 pm

Not a single Pres player, where did it all go wrong

Dave Cahill · Post by **Dave Cahill** » July 18th, 2007, 4:48 pm

Duff Paddy wrote:Not a single Pres player, where did it all go wrong

When they went to Pres?

Duff Paddy · Post by **Duff Paddy** » July 18th, 2007, 4:54 pm

cop on

future international · July 18th, 2007, 4:56 pm

when they moved to CBC

combatlogo · Post by **combatlogo** » July 18th, 2007, 5:00 pm

Duff Paddy wrote:Not a single Pres player, where did it all go wrong

Not having a pop, but Pres always stand out as a school which excelled (and won) at JCT and yet could never translate that into success at SCT level.

Leinsterman · Post by **Leinsterman** » July 18th, 2007, 5:09 pm

bunty85 wrote: but with PK as principal who knows how much money is being pumped in,

When Keating joined CBC he said that he would make "more sports available" to other students so they would have "a greater choice".
He seemed to change his tune after some dismal performances in the cups and in '91 CBC had over 100 first year students - 4 classes instead of 3. That team were hot hot hot favourites to win the JCT in 95 if I remember correctly when LM was coaach but they didn't win and bombed out in the semis - so long ago at this stage.
Don't think he took a front seat in training after that - he was certainly hot favourite to take a greater role with the SCT. Amazing considering that when he joined CBC in '87 - the 1st years had to teach him the laws!!!! Fantastic fitness coach though.

the economist · Post by **the economist** » July 18th, 2007, 8:19 pm

Nigel Osborne may be the backs coach & rumored Kelvin Leahy( played for Irl a few times. wing forward) forwards coach. The parents of the squad are trying to raise a lot of money. PK still does not know the rules. Monty has full control and realy wants to run the squad on a very pro. basis.

sheepshagger · Post by **sheepshagger** » July 18th, 2007, 8:51 pm

edit.

silly punt · Post by **silly punt** » July 19th, 2007, 7:57 am

the economist wrote:Nigel Osborne may be the backs coach & rumored Kelvin Leahy( played for Irl a few times. wing forward) forwards coach. The parents of the squad are trying to raise a lot of money. PK still does not know the rules. Monty has full control and realy wants to run the squad on a very pro. basis.

Very interesting, Kelvin Leahy played once for Ireland against the All Blacks in 1992 where he broke his ankle. He was a savage back row & would be a great forwards coach for CBC. He would also have great connections, which would be very helpful for specialised coaching.

As for PK, he certainly had no interest in rugby in the 2 years that I spent in his regime, it was in fact the opposite he was quite anti rugby. So it would make sense that it is the parents who are driving this not PK.

the economist · Post by **the economist** » July 19th, 2007, 4:17 pm

Leinster beat Wynberg 18 - 6

Paulie Walnuts · Post by **Paulie Walnuts** » July 21st, 2007, 8:24 pm

Leinster beat Western Province today - tight match apparently. (Anyone seen Tony?)

Fat Franker · Post by **Fat Franker** » July 21st, 2007, 8:34 pm

Leinster won 16-12, against a *HUGE* WP side. great performance. Well done to the boys.

bunty85 · Post by **bunty85** » July 22nd, 2007, 12:35 pm

thecoolfreak · Post by **thecoolfreak** » July 22nd, 2007, 8:15 pm

Fat Franker wrote:Leinster won 16-12, against a *HUGE* WP side. great performance. Well done to the boys.

A lot of SA teams are like that. They're massive guys but their rugby playing ability is not great. They have poor enough skills and just try to bash the ball up the middle

silly punt · Post by **silly punt** » July 27th, 2007, 3:45 pm

Durban High School 12 v 57 Leinster Schools

After the big win in Newlands on Saturday against Western Province, there was a fear that the Leinster Schools players may take their eye off the ball against High School opposition.

Durban High are one of the top schools in South Africa with an outstanding winning tradition.

The fears were put to rest early on in this third tour game. From a line out in the 3rd minute the forwards impressively walked the home pack back 20 metres for a push over try.

This was followed in the 9th minute when from a short penalty the ball was moved quickly to inside centre David McSharry to carve through the home defence to draw the cover and put his centre partner Ross Williamson in for a well taken try.

In the 13th minute Leinster counter attacked wide on their left wing, the ball was quickly recycled and moved the full width of the pitch for right wing Neil Hanratty to run in from half way for an excellent team try.

19-0 up in 13 minutes Leinster relaxed slightly and Durban HS showed that they too could attack and their out half found a huge gap in the Leinster defence to put his wing away for a try.

Leinster then regained their composure to score three opportunistic tries before half time. The first was in the 28th minute when from a loose line out tap back resulted in openside flanker Richard Bent swooping on to the loose ball and showed an amazing turn of speed to pull clear of the defence to run in from 40 metres out.

This was quickly followed by another turnover by Durban HS and they were cruelly punished when Neil Hanratty was put away from just outside his 22, he easily outran the home cover defence for his second try.

To put the 40 pts on the scoreboard by half time the Leinster scrum put in a huge effort to pressure the home pack into losing control of the ball, scrum half John Cooney was the next player to stride in from 60 meters out in the 33rd minute as he pounced on to another loose ball.

In the second half Leinster were playing into quite a strong wind, they dominated possession but struggled to make their superiority into more points. They score three tries in the second half as the coaches made mass changes in the second half. The first try was in the 19th minute when the backs combined to put full back Mike Keating in for a superb try.

The second try was probably the best of the game when the backs executed another move that put Neil Hanratty clear through the Durban HS centres. He in turn moved the ball on to Noel Reid who put fellow substitute Ray Crotty over for a great try.

In the dying minutes Dominic Ryan capped an impressive display with a try after he dived on a loose ball over the Durban HS line to complete the scoring in the 33rd minute.

This was a more complete display by the Leinster team. All the 26 man touring squad have made massive contributions to the three game winning streak.

This Saturday at 1.30pm (12.30pm, Irish time), Leinster face the formidable Natal Sharks Under-18’s in Kings Park, Durban. This game is effectively the second test of the tour against quality South African opposition. The game will be the curtain raiser to the Natal Sharks v Blue Bulls Currie Cup game.

LEINSTER SCHOOLS:

15: Micheal Keating
14: Neil Hanratty
13: Ross Williamson
12: Dave McSharry (Ben Woods)
11: Darren Hudson (Ray Crotty)
10: David Joyce (Neil Reid)
9: John Cooney (Michael McLaughlin)

1: Jack McGrath (Nermin Lovic)
2: Thomas Sexton (Risteard Byrne)
3: Martin Moore (Jack O’Connell)
4: Micheal Cawley
5: Shane Grannell (Ben Marshall)
6: Dominic Ryan
7: Richard Bent (Peter Du Toit)
8: Eoin Cremin

Great tour so far 3 out of 3.

Duff Paddy · Post by **Duff Paddy** » July 28th, 2007, 2:34 pm

Leinster schools in rude health, just read this on planet rugby

Another glorious victory for the Lion cubs over the best kids South Africa have to offer - Leinster DEMOLISHED the Natal Sharks by 55 points to zero, in front of a 70,000 capacity crowd in Durbam. The future is bright, the future is Blue!

The team:
15. Michael Keating (Belvedere College SJ)
14. Neil Hanratty (Gonzaga College SJ)
13. Gary Foley (C.B.C. Monkstown)
12. David McSharry (Templeogue College)
11. Ray Crotty (St. Mary’s College)
10. David Joyce (Cistercian College Roscrea)
9. Michael McLoughlin (Clongowes Wood College SJ)

1. Nermin Lovic (Belvedere College SJ)
2. Tom Sexton (Belvedere College SJ)
3. Jack O’Connell (Clongowes Wood College SJ)
4. Ben Marshall (St. Andrew’s College)
5. Shane Grannell (C.B.C. Monkstown)
6. Eoin Cremin (St. Andrew’s College)
7. Richard Bent (St. Mary’s College)
8. Michael Noone (C.B.C. Monkstown) CAPTAIN

REPLACEMENTS:

16. Risteard Byrne (Terenure College)
17. Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College)
18. Martin Moore (Castleknock College)
19. Dominic Ryan (Gonzaga College SJ)
20. John Cooney (Gonzaga College SJ)
21. Noel Reid (St. Michael’s College)
22. Michael Cawley (Blackrock College)
23. Peter du Toit (The King’s Hospital)
24. Darren Hudson (St. Mary’s College)
25. Ross Williamson (Terenure College)
26. Ben Woods (Belvedere College SJ)

Sea_point · Post by **Sea_point** » July 29th, 2007, 3:06 am

Don't get too carried away, the top 50 schools players in SA are in camp with SA schools at the minute. Leinster are playing weakened schools and provincial sides at the minute. The results are what they should expect to be getting.....

Duff Paddy · Post by **Duff Paddy** » July 29th, 2007, 9:36 pm

The Leinster team isn't at full strength either