Babbling 'brook

Diomedes wrote: ↑April 2nd, 2024, 3:01 pm

LeinsterLeader wrote: ↑April 1st, 2024, 4:00 pm What's Leinsters record for guys they've passed on for Academy places going elsewhere and getting full contracts? Any stand out misses?

Jager?

suppose AJ McGinty would count as well, though it wasn’t like there was much a clamour for him to get a place at the time.

Do we know what the final list of players who were offered Academy places is?

Blackrock won’t have many starters coming back but quite a sizeable group of players with cup match day squad experience 1. Magee / Guerin 2. M. O’Sullivan 3. Bishti 4. 5. G. Wall 6. B. Walsh 7. 8. M. Walsh 9. Lindner / Coffey 10. Clancy 11. Reddan 12. White 13. 14. J O’Sullivan 15. Always interesti...

Despite the result I was still very impressed with quite a few of the Michael’s pack, Coogan, Walsh etc.

JCT Semi-Final St Mary's College 20 - 5 St Michael's College An all Dublin 6 final, first time in 27 years! Underdogs won both semi's this year. Terenure and St Mary's have only met twice previously in a JCT Final. St Mary's won both in 1971 (after a replay) and 1997 Great to see someone other than...

Sounds like there was some serious window dressing on that final score!

28-24 to Terenure

Sounds like Terenure would be favoured today and Michaels tomorrow

Does seem a bit random that they had Doris spend a year (16/17) in the sub academy yet signed those players straight after school

Who was the last player who joined straight out of school?

Billy Dardis??

Have to say that by the time he finished school, I really thought he was a cert to play internationally

The42 just released to their members a 1hour pod with Andy Skehan and Ger Burke (PBC Cork).

Good listen although nothing too insightful

Always thought that it was incredibly harsh on the players from that year in Michael’s not letting them play because they didn’t want to distract from the Senior’s preparation.

Really think the final will be a 50/50 call.

Blackrock having quite a few players (6?) with experience in a final from last year could help.

Yep

Impressive scoreline.

Is there many of that Gonzaga squad back next year?

Given the level of depth, I would expect the other provinces to come sniffing around some of the front 5 players offering them academy places.

Suppose that happens every year but feels like there’s quite a lot of legit prospects at those positions

Mullan starting at TH for the Blackrock u20’s tomorrow

He would have been pretty handy to be able come of the bench last year to spell either Mullan or O’Riordan.

Not sure what the injury was that kept him out of the cup.

Not sure which one is the paper of note but it’s in the online version of the Indo and IT (albeit using the same chatbot writer that the leinster website uses)

The write up in the Examiner (Daire Walsh) actually describes a game of rugby rather than a stream random events with no context.