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Lazy Couch potato wrote:

irishrugbyua wrote:

Liathroidigloine wrote:

irishrugbyua wrote:Players rumoured to be cut from Munster Academy:

Joey Conway(LH Prop/Castletroy) - Year 1
Rob O'Donovan(TH Prop/CBC) - Year 1
Vincent O'Brien(Hooker/CBC) - Year 2
John Foley(Backrow/St. Munchins) - Year 2
Conor Fitzgerald(Outhalf/ArdScoil) - Year 1
Daniel Hurley(Wing/Young Crescent) - Year 1
Jack Power(Fullback/Blackrock) - Year 1

Players rumoured to be bumped to dev contracts:

Fineen Whycherly(Lock/Roscrea) - Year 2
Calvin Nash(Wing/Crescent) - Year 2

Remaining academy players:

Sean O'Connor(Lock/Rockwell) - Year 2
Gavin Coombes(Backrow/Bandon GS) - Year 2
Shane Daly(Outside Back/PBC) - Year 2
Liam Coombes(Wing/CBC) - Year 1
Alan Tynan(Outhalf/Roscrea) - Year 1
Jack O'Sullivan(Backrow/PBC) - Year 1
Craig Casey(Scrumhalf/ArdScoil) - Year 1
Jack Stafford(Scrumhalf/Glenstal) - Year 1
Alex McHenry(Centre/CBC) - Year 1
James McCarthy(Wing/Welsh Exile) - Year 1
Kenan Kynox(TH Prop/South Africa) - Year 1
Matt More(Centre/South Africa) - Year 1

Ignoring the saffer lads you’d have high hopes for a good number of the remaining players to make it as pros. Coombes Casey and o Sullivan esp

ID2 wrote:

RB81 wrote:

Mumha Abu wrote:

Sissyfuss wrote:I see Ian Madigan now plays for the Bristol Bears!

The Bristol Bears!!

I remember Leinster and Munster tried similar. There was some bizarre lion in a cape logo for Leinster. Were Munster called the Deers? Ulster might have been the knights? It was absolutely bizarre.

Not a first for Bristol. They previously branded themselves the Shoguns. Mind you they were sponsored by Mitsubishi at the time. Don't think Munster ever went down that route in any official capacity. Leinster did call themselves the "Leinster Lions" for a couple of seasons. Think it was around the same time they had the cheerleaders before matches at Donnybrook.

Munster tried the Munster Stags - look at the current crest, it emanates from this experiment...
Connacht went with the Eagles and it stuck for their A Team. Ulster I thought were the Knights but the Braves sounds vaguely familiar

The other provinces should have kept them for the A teams, especially now they're competing in the B&I cup. Leinster Lions sounds a lot better than Leinster A, more marketable too

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Any word on Ulsters academy irua? In's/out's for next year?

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Any word on Ulsters academy irua? In's/out's for next year?

What about the main squad? Some rumours there could be a fair few players released. Hoping for Browne, Diack, Ah You and P.Marshall to be given the old heave-ho.

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:globus having another bored meltdown, good stuff

HighKingLeinster wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:globus having another bored meltdown, good stuff

what thread?

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Any word on Ulsters academy irua? In's/out's for next year?

What about the main squad? Some rumours there could be a fair few players released. Hoping for Browne, Diack, Ah You and P.Marshall to be given the old heave-ho.

There’s rumours like that every year. While it would be good, it’s not feasible considering half our squad arent good enough

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Any word on Ulsters academy irua? In's/out's for next year?

What about the main squad? Some rumours there could be a fair few players released. Hoping for Browne, Diack, Ah You and P.Marshall to be given the old heave-ho.

There’s rumours like that every year. While it would be good, it’s not feasible considering half our squad arent good enough

Would add Van der Merwe to that list as well.
It's hardly like they would be missed, 43 appearances this season between the 5 of them.

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Any word on Ulsters academy irua? In's/out's for next year?

What about the main squad? Some rumours there could be a fair few players released. Hoping for Browne, Diack, Ah You and P.Marshall to be given the old heave-ho.

There’s rumours like that every year. While it would be good, it’s not feasible considering half our squad arent good enough

Would add Van der Merwe to that list as well.
It's hardly like they would be missed, 43 appearances this season between the 5 of them.

Marshall would have got more had his son not been unwell, can't really fault him for that

Rumours floating about on UAFC Logan is gone, was decided during the trial, he would stay to see it out and then leave after that

Banana Man wrote:Andrew Browne leaving Connacht

Porterbelly1 wrote:

Banana Man wrote:Andrew Browne leaving Connacht

I wonder will he call it a day, been riddled with injuries of late.

Has had a bit of an injury plagued career unfortunately for him.

Was very very highly rated within Connacht.

iarmhiman wrote:Globby might be banned. Hasn't posted in at least 2 hours.

irishrugbyua wrote:rumour that mcgrath is out fwiw

danthefan wrote:

irishrugbyua wrote:rumour that mcgrath is out fwiw

Writing has been on the wall there. Between himself and Lowe that is a disaster.

HighKingLeinster wrote:Ulster Asterisks has a nice ring to it

Jumper wrote:The Ulster Rugby Supporters Club that made the statement about the majority of fans wanting Jackson/Olding reinstated has less than 930 people in it. Considering the amount of media coverage they got, that number is shockingly low. Of that, only ~130 people want to protest.

Their statements really have to be taken with a pinch of salt considering their size. The whole thing is just so cringey.

irishrugbyua wrote:Players rumoured to be cut from Munster Academy:

Joey Conway(LH Prop/Castletroy) - Year 1
Rob O'Donovan(TH Prop/CBC) - Year 1
Vincent O'Brien(Hooker/CBC) - Year 2
John Foley(Backrow/St. Munchins) - Year 2
Conor Fitzgerald(Outhalf/ArdScoil) - Year 1
Daniel Hurley(Wing/Young Crescent) - Year 1
Jack Power(Fullback/Blackrock) - Year 1

Players rumoured to be bumped to dev contracts:

Fineen Whycherly(Lock/Roscrea) - Year 2
Calvin Nash(Wing/Crescent) - Year 2

Remaining academy players:

Sean O'Connor(Lock/Rockwell) - Year 2
Gavin Coombes(Backrow/Bandon GS) - Year 2
Shane Daly(Outside Back/PBC) - Year 2
Liam Coombes(Wing/CBC) - Year 1
Alan Tynan(Outhalf/Roscrea) - Year 1
Jack O'Sullivan(Backrow/PBC) - Year 1
Craig Casey(Scrumhalf/ArdScoil) - Year 1
Jack Stafford(Scrumhalf/Glenstal) - Year 1
Alex McHenry(Centre/CBC) - Year 1
James McCarthy(Wing/Welsh Exile) - Year 1
Kenan Kynox(TH Prop/South Africa) - Year 1
Matt More(Centre/South Africa) - Year 1

Jumper wrote:The Ulster Rugby Supporters Club that made the statement about the majority of fans wanting Jackson/Olding reinstated has less than 930 people in it. Considering the amount of media coverage they got, that number is shockingly low. Of that, only ~130 people want to protest.

Their statements really have to be taken with a pinch of salt considering their size. The whole thing is just so cringey.

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Dairymilk wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Any word on Ulsters academy irua? In's/out's for next year?

What about the main squad? Some rumours there could be a fair few players released. Hoping for Browne, Diack, Ah You and P.Marshall to be given the old heave-ho.

There’s rumours like that every year. While it would be good, it’s not feasible considering half our squad arent good enough

Would add Van der Merwe to that list as well.
It's hardly like they would be missed, 43 appearances this season between the 5 of them.

Marshall would have got more had his son not been unwell, can't really fault him for that

Rumours floating about on UAFC Logan is gone, was decided during the trial, he would stay to see it out and then leave after that

earl the beaver wrote:

Jumper wrote:The Ulster Rugby Supporters Club that made the statement about the majority of fans wanting Jackson/Olding reinstated has less than 930 people in it. Considering the amount of media coverage they got, that number is shockingly low. Of that, only ~130 people want to protest.

Their statements really have to be taken with a pinch of salt considering their size. The whole thing is just so cringey.

Whereas a protest by 50 people outside the ground got a lot of attention and a advert supported by just 139 people made headline news when it appeared in the Belfast Telegraph.

The Belfast Telegraph online vote had over 10k responses and over 60% wanted the players retained.

You farce. You really won't be happy until they're penniless and begging on the street will you.

danthefan wrote:

earl the beaver wrote:

Jumper wrote:The Ulster Rugby Supporters Club that made the statement about the majority of fans wanting Jackson/Olding reinstated has less than 930 people in it. Considering the amount of media coverage they got, that number is shockingly low. Of that, only ~130 people want to protest.

Their statements really have to be taken with a pinch of salt considering their size. The whole thing is just so cringey.

Whereas a protest by 50 people outside the ground got a lot of attention and a advert supported by just 139 people made headline news when it appeared in the Belfast Telegraph.

The Belfast Telegraph online vote had over 10k responses and over 60% wanted the players retained.

You farce. You really won't be happy until they're penniless and begging on the street will you.

The window licker is happy every time you reply to that f**king nonsense. Stop it.

unseenwork wrote:Ah I really do feel for Marshall now, hope he and the family are holding up.

danthefan wrote:

unseenwork wrote:Ah I really do feel for Marshall now, hope he and the family are holding up.

Paul? Did the worst happen?

Shit if so

Winnie wrote:

danthefan wrote:

unseenwork wrote:Ah I really do feel for Marshall now, hope he and the family are holding up.

Paul? Did the worst happen?

Shit if so

I’m hoping it’s just eeyore being eeyore
You know what he’s like

earl the beaver wrote:

ID2 wrote:

RB81 wrote:

Mumha Abu wrote: Not a first for Bristol. They previously branded themselves the Shoguns. Mind you they were sponsored by Mitsubishi at the time. Don't think Munster ever went down that route in any official capacity. Leinster did call themselves the "Leinster Lions" for a couple of seasons. Think it was around the same time they had the cheerleaders before matches at Donnybrook.

Munster tried the Munster Stags - look at the current crest, it emanates from this experiment...
Connacht went with the Eagles and it stuck for their A Team. Ulster I thought were the Knights but the Braves sounds vaguely familiar

The other provinces should have kept them for the A teams, especially now they're competing in the B&I cup. Leinster Lions sounds a lot better than Leinster A, more marketable too

Get utterly fúcked.

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Winnie wrote:

danthefan wrote:

unseenwork wrote:Ah I really do feel for Marshall now, hope he and the family are holding up.

Paul? Did the worst happen?

Shit if so

I’m hoping it’s just eeyore being eeyore
You know what he’s like

Pretty sure his son was diagnosed with cancer some time towards the start of the season or maybe even before

Winnie wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Winnie wrote:

danthefan wrote:

unseenwork wrote:Ah I really do feel for Marshall now, hope he and the family are holding up.

Paul? Did the worst happen?

Shit if so

I’m hoping it’s just eeyore being eeyore
You know what he’s like

Pretty sure his son was diagnosed with cancer some time towards the start of the season or maybe even before

Yeah but hopefully he is on the road to recovery rather than what our community prophet of doom has to say
There has been very little news about the wee lad so hopefully no news is good news

Winnie wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

Winnie wrote:

danthefan wrote:

unseenwork wrote:Ah I really do feel for Marshall now, hope he and the family are holding up.

Paul? Did the worst happen?

Shit if so

I’m hoping it’s just eeyore being eeyore
You know what he’s like

Pretty sure his son was diagnosed with cancer some time towards the start of the season or maybe even before

Yeah but hopefully he is on the road to recovery rather than what our community prophet of doom has to say
There has been very little news about the wee lad so hopefully no news is good news

EverReady wrote:

Diego wrote:

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:globus having another bored meltdown, good stuff

I genuinely think he's mentally unwell. He didn't used to be like this.

That is why I steer clear of trading insults and would advise others to as well

PornDog wrote:

earl the beaver wrote:

ID2 wrote:

RB81 wrote:

Mumha Abu wrote: Not a first for Bristol. They previously branded themselves the Shoguns. Mind you they were sponsored by Mitsubishi at the time. Don't think Munster ever went down that route in any official capacity. Leinster did call themselves the "Leinster Lions" for a couple of seasons. Think it was around the same time they had the cheerleaders before matches at Donnybrook.

Munster tried the Munster Stags - look at the current crest, it emanates from this experiment...
Connacht went with the Eagles and it stuck for their A Team. Ulster I thought were the Knights but the Braves sounds vaguely familiar

The other provinces should have kept them for the A teams, especially now they're competing in the B&I cup. Leinster Lions sounds a lot better than Leinster A, more marketable too

Get utterly fúcked.

I approve of both the sentiment and ferocity of Earl's post

And I think the Leinster mascot's "official" name is Liam - Liam the Lion. I mean, I work in marketing, and I just couldn't conceive of being that big of a wanker. Maybe that's why I'm poor!

unseenwork wrote:I'm sorry if I seemed negative.

feckwanker wrote:I think the games this weekend are hard to call:

I'd expect Leinster to have dispatched the Scarlets after their very impressive performance against Sarries the other week but something in me thinks that there could be an upset here. Leinster cannot afford to be complacent. Without Lowe and McGrath they will lose some go forward and I'd expect the Scarlets pack to try and pull JGP into the ruck at every opportunity and slow him down (even more so then he usually is). If Leinster get an early score though, it could be a long way back for the Scarlets.

Munster on the other hand, I am quietly confident of. They will need to close down Nakawrawa and Thomas early on but they seem to be able to pull off impressive comebacks, much to what BOD was alluding to earlier this week. Having Earls back however could be huge and may swing it in their favour.

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

feckwanker wrote:I think the games this weekend are hard to call:

I'd expect Leinster to have dispatched the Scarlets after their very impressive performance against Sarries the other week but something in me thinks that there could be an upset here. Leinster cannot afford to be complacent. Without Lowe and McGrath they will lose some go forward and I'd expect the Scarlets pack to try and pull JGP into the ruck at every opportunity and slow him down (even more so then he usually is). If Leinster get an early score though, it could be a long way back for the Scarlets.

Munster on the other hand, I am quietly confident of. They will need to close down Nakawrawa and Thomas early on but they seem to be able to pull off impressive comebacks, much to what BOD was alluding to earlier this week. Having Earls back however could be huge and may swing it in their favour.

If Munster can keep Racing at a fairly low score for the first 25/30 I think we’ll grind out a win, we just seem to be in the habit of starting a bit slowly and then just choking the life out of the opposition while taking most of our scoring chances.