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Genuine question - several posters have hinted at or suggested loans etc How might that work? What players come under consideration? Does every province have a list of players who are available for loan? How does the 'home' province benefit? Likewise the 'away'. What is there to incentivise the pla...

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This is a lot of kerfuffle over a six month signing. Sounds like Barrett wanted a break and was willing to take less than he could get to have a short stint with us. It doesn't massively change much, it's not like he's the missing link.

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You have enjoyed plenty of imports, both Synman and Barrett are the first high profile ones for Leinster since Brad Thorn and Isa.

Fardy wasn't half bad.

And do you mean post retirement Isa? Because original Isa wasn't a big signing.

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all that's missing is one of those huge saffa locks Synman ain't exactly small. He looks very small if you are on the pitch and looking at him in the stands. That’s where he is on most match days isn’t he? :lol: :thumbup: We've already taken one sicknote SA lock from Munster and gotten plenty out o...

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Disingenuous to assert we have not made moves to address appalling lack of talent coming through. We have. I'll accept it was done far too late, but it is being done. However it is where they are coming though from, and both quantity and quality of the raw material provided which remains the crux o...

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But the opportunity I was talking about was setting up a conveyor belt via their youth structures with the luxury of a decent squad to introduce the players without rushing them. I know what opportunity you are talking about. The latter part was very similar and wasted I agree (as well as the off t...

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Munster didn't do enough I agree, and the lack of professionalism in certain things was incredibly evident for a long time. But they never had "this opportunity". You had a rake of central contracts and spare cash for top quality NIQs. Have you already forgotten the list of NIQs you signed? But the...

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Nooooooo Sats you are saying you are a bandwagon fan and only started supporting when we started winning No, I said I supported all the provinces before the league started. I'd have only ever gone to Leinster games, was a season ticket holder from the start and was primarily a Leinster fan but ther...

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Jeff the Bear wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:38 pm

As I pointed out on our thread, if the rumoured salary is correct, we're probably making a net saving once we lose Ngatai.

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I think this kind of signing isn’t an issue if there a redirection of some younger players to fill problem spots in other provinces. Even as a short term basis. Season long loan for tector up north? Osborne or Boyle head down south. Connacht haemorrhaging players. But every indication suggests this...

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Produce good players and they get CCs allowing you to sign good backups to cover while they are with Ireland. Beautiful in its simplicity Munster had this opportunity in the 00s but screwed up their youth development and never capitalised on it. Munster didn't do enough I agree, and the lack of pro...

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While there is no way the two announcements are correlated in that way, Leinster's 10 CCs are a big part of the reason you can spaff 200K on something you really don't need. Produce good players and they get CCs allowing you to sign good backups to cover while they are with Ireland. Beautiful in it...

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And even if you add a house and expenses, it's still only an extra 50k, guess.

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The thing is, if the 200k is accurate and presuming Ngatai is leaving then that's a net reduction in salary costs for our NIQ back. So, while it's a great and unnecessary addition, it's hardly flashing the cash.

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Akkerman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:04 pm all that's missing is one of those huge saffa locks

Synman ain't exactly small.

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Snyman at least makes sense, especially with Molony leaving.

200k for the business end of the season for Jordie also sounds like a bit of a bargain.

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Don't really get the Jordie signing.

I mean great to have but totally unnecessary.

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Would be weird alright. Although he's fairly like for like with Ngatai in that he's primarily a 12 who can cover across the backline but hard to see it sanctioned. It could stunt the growth of a player like Osborne who has a very high ceiling. Ireland do have options at 12 but they're all in their ...

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Tyler Bleyendaal a coach of interest for Leinster according to Jackman. Jordie Barrett also being linked with Leinster in latest 42 rugby weekly. Jordie Barrett would be such a weird signing, he'd be a guaranteed starter and you've Ireland internationals galore to pick from in his positions Would b...

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ticketless, just wondering whether any of the extra budget for covid ended up sticking.

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Think you're a bit blase about danger, have you scrummaged in the adult game? I'm not dismissing the danger. I'm just curious why you think Milne in particular would be any more at risk than any other 25 year old prop with decent enough experience? What I have seen so far of him scrummaging in the ...

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The reason the forward pass was bring discussed was because of an accusation that Dickson favoured us. I don't think he got much wrong to be honest but as I said before, there were a fair few 50/50s that another ref might have gone the other way with. If only we could have transferred a few of them...

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lorcanoworms wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:29 pm Think you're a bit blase about danger, have you scrummaged in the adult game?

I'm not dismissing the danger. I'm just curious why you think Milne in particular would be any more at risk than any other 25 year old prop with decent enough experience?

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Milne needs games so he'll go either way.

Tbf, Healy could probably do with a bit of gametime too.

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Strongly disagree on danger, why take a chance having lost a few finals? Should be ready for next year, after all he won't get it much easier in SA. No real fate in Robin McBryde though. You seem to think Milne is a rookie? Clermont had a younger prop starting at lh and he could have got hurt in on...

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To my very trained eye it could have been dangerous for him, not suggesting I played at a high level. If it was a close game he wouldn't have come on or if he did Leinster would have lost. The guy is not so inexperienced that he was in physical danger. Just seemed to me that the LAR TH was refusing...

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3 of those were Milne, shouldn't have been there. They really do give away a lot of penalty's when the oppo are going nowhere. Milne has to be tested and he'll have learned plenty. To my very untrained eye, he wasn't being helped by the officials in setting. He was being penalised for taking down s...

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There was definitely some ledger-balancing and favoring of the losing side in the final 10-15. There were a couple calls in the first half when the game was still a contest I felt we were lucky. But overall, we put 40 on them and only conceded off daft penalties ourselves, so you can’t really quibb...

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I was at a seminar a number of months ago in RCSI where this guy made the case that if every year there isn't a new record big health budget, then we're up shit creek. With the aging population, increased complexity of care, increased comorbidities etc, it's going to cost more to simply maintain th...

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As a nation, we're still getting healthier thankfully, at least. Life expectancy hasn't missed a beat, about to hit 83 from 80 in 2010 and around 77 in 2000.

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Just looked at the Connors incident and it wasn't obvious at all. It's just around 21 mins if anyone wants to look. The initial picture shows a 2 on 1 but if he'd passed just after getting the ball then Lowe was covered. So what Connors saw was a need to commit the defender but by the time he had a ...

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http://media.balls.ie/uploads/2013/05/diack.gif :lol: What in the actual fcuk was he thinking??? In his defence I've seen a lot of players do weird shit in a moment of madness near the line.... Didn't Leinster butcher an overlap and 100% try by cutting back inside to contact instead of passing to a...

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Was there a big jump for covid?

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Northampton are clearly a dangerous prospect. Their attack is frightening and Courtney Lawes (bad luck for England) is in the form of his life. Also in a potential final with Toulouse, Leinster have adapted their game to deal specifically with the threat of La Rochelle. Would the new way of playing...

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The reason the forward pass was bring discussed was because of an accusation that Dickson favoured us. I don't think he got much wrong to be honest but as I said before, there were a fair few 50/50s that another ref might have gone the other way with. If only we could have transferred a few of them ...

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Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:37 am
CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:35 am
Mr. Very Popular wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:28 am

The new and improved Dave Kearney?
Or the less good Earlsie?
Not sure where you're going with this. Or why.
Jaysus your spiky

Not submitted with a spiky tone. Just a confused one.

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Northampton are clearly a dangerous prospect. Their attack is frightening and Courtney Lawes (bad luck for England) is in the form of his life. Also in a potential final with Toulouse, Leinster have adapted their game to deal specifically with the threat of La Rochelle. Would the new way of playing...

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Larmour was excellent I thought, especially defensively. great to see. He has been really really good the last while. Delighted for him. His rucking is really strong. Gets right under people and clears out really effectively. The new and improved Dave Kearney? Or the less good Earlsie? Not sure whe...

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Didn’t think Larmour had this in his locker: https://x.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1779804666903056652 Larmour's passing and offloading has exponentially improved in the last few weeks. He looks like a man on a mission after getting some time in the Irish camp. Certainly not as clearcut that JOB wil...

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“manipulating someone into questioning their own perception of reality “ So yeah , the bolded bit is the very definition of gaslighting, a common personality trait for a narcissist. Your posts are all there for everyone to see. Pretty hard to gaslight someone when there's a written record. If we're...

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