mildlyinterested wrote: ↑July 20th, 2022, 11:33 am
McDonald is joining Ulster.
Not sure why they would be signing a rookie scrum half: thought Doak looked to have lots of potential last season, and I've always been a fan of Cooney.
They need a loosehead prop and a flanker.
Cooney may well be off next summer, signed this guy on 1 year deal to see if he is any good etc.
Yeah, an Ulster friend of mine said that and it makes sense.
He clearly isn’t in Ireland’s plans, so he may as well make some money in France.
I really never understood why he never got a fair shot, but even more so now: he seems perfectly suited to this Ireland style of heads-up decision-making rugby.
Must have really taken a stinky poo in Johnny’s cornflakes at some point.
johng wrote: ↑July 20th, 2022, 9:45 am
I keep forgetting about this. But now that he has got this sweet freedom it's what a fool believes that it will keep you running and he will be taking it to the streets at a province near you.
Whether for his native province or he has to catch a long train running we don't know. But I gotta try.
Quite the Yacht Rock connoisseur you are, John. I too have a soft spot for all those bands you referenced, having grown up with them in my teens.Even saw the Doobies on the '82 Farewell Tour with Michael McDonald and Tom Johnston at the Meadowlands in NJ. Great gig. For bringing back the memories I give you the following:
Not a fan of that term (which I believe was only invented about 15 years ago) or a lot of the music that goes under it. Pretty much most of it after 1980 was muck. Or at least not as good.
Loved Mickey Mac and the Dobies though. And of course the much misunderstood Dan.
johng wrote: ↑July 20th, 2022, 9:45 am
I keep forgetting about this. But now that he has got this sweet freedom it's what a fool believes that it will keep you running and he will be taking it to the streets at a province near you.
Whether for his native province or he has to catch a long train running we don't know. But I gotta try.
Quite the Yacht Rock connoisseur you are, John. I too have a soft spot for all those bands you referenced, having grown up with them in my teens.Even saw the Doobies on the '82 Farewell Tour with Michael McDonald and Tom Johnston at the Meadowlands in NJ. Great gig. For bringing back the memories I give you the following:
Not a fan of that term (which I believe was only invented about 15 years ago) or a lot of the music that goes under it. Pretty much most of it after 1980 was muck. Or at least not as good.
Loved Mickey Mac and the Dobies though. And of course the much misunderstood Dan.
I hate the term too, as I regard it as exclusively applicable to the godawful Jimmy Buffett. Pity Jeff Skunk Baxter turned into a Reaganite Star Wars nut. He played geetar with the Dans and the Bros for a while.
Whatever about this specific rumour, it does feel inevitable we will lose someone from Deegan, Penny and Connors.
We have a stack of relatively young talent in that area, Deegan and Connor’s injury profiles aren’t great so wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is being moved on.
Serb wrote: ↑December 5th, 2022, 8:36 am
Whatever about this specific rumour, it does feel inevitable we will lose someone from Deegan, Penny and Connors.
We have a stack of relatively young talent in that area, Deegan and Connor’s injury profiles aren’t great so wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is being moved on.
Of those, Connors has shown he can perform to the highest level. But possibly also has the worst injury profile. And is purely a specialist 7.
He was excellent 2020-21 though, so would be a real shame to lose him.
Penny and Deegan cover more positions, and are less injured.
Serb wrote: ↑December 5th, 2022, 8:36 am
Whatever about this specific rumour, it does feel inevitable we will lose someone from Deegan, Penny and Connors.
We have a stack of relatively young talent in that area, Deegan and Connor’s injury profiles aren’t great so wouldn’t be surprised if one of them is being moved on.
Penny has already said recently, that he thinks Leinster is the best place for him to develop. Which of course it is. Max is just about to overtake Conan, so it would be a massive shame to lose him.
This rumour comes every year. Seems a bit tired this time around.
There isn't really a strong case for any of them moving. Deegan is riding high and plays a game so suited to Leinster. Ulster and Munster have very popular 8s (& different) already in situ.
There are a lot of 7s around at other provinces so Penny doesn't have much upside to trying to move.
Connors has been injured anyway. It's not like he's not getting picked.
Baird playing more at 6 has tightened things slightly. But that would be affecting Soroka to me.
Leavy retiring and Josh Murphy leaving was enough, I think.
Obviously we've seen Doris at 8 a fair bit, but has played most of his Leinster rugby at 6 over the past 1.5 seasons. Looking at that list, losing Connors would actually leave us very light at openside, assuming I'm correct in thinking none of the current academy lads play there.
Serb wrote: ↑December 5th, 2022, 2:38 pm
What exactly is the depth chart here (including academy)? I think it's something like this (as far as I remember both Culhane and O'Brien play #8 ):
Obviously we've seen Doris at 8 a fair bit, but has played most of his Leinster rugby at 6 over the past 1.5 seasons. Looking at that list, losing Connors would actually leave us very light at openside, assuming I'm correct in thinking none of the current academy lads play there.
Moloney/SOB have both played 7 and could do so at senior level.
mildlyinterested wrote: ↑December 5th, 2022, 5:12 pm
Jackman saying he had heard that Leinster are looking at replacing Lancaster with a defence coach and giving Goodman more responsibility.
Seemed to suggest defence coach he heard had already worked with Goodman and was in high demand.
Could be the way to go. I know it's early doors yet and that the proof of the pudding won't come till the business end of the season, but from what I can tell thus far Goodman would seem to be a more than adequate replacement for Felipe.
mildlyinterested wrote: ↑December 5th, 2022, 5:12 pm
Jackman saying he had heard that Leinster are looking at replacing Lancaster with a defence coach and giving Goodman more responsibility.
Seemed to suggest defence coach he heard had already worked with Goodman and was in high demand.
Mark Jones (ex Welsh winger) was coaching defence at the Crusaders at the same time as Goodman before taking a job at Worcester during covid. Presumably he has some connection to McBryde also and maybe Jackman got word through his Welsh connections. Pure speculation on my part!
