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Current
Brian O'Driscoll[34] - retires this season(Blackrock)
Gordon Darcy[33] - contract up this season(Clongowes)
Andrew Goodman[31] - contract up this season
Fergus McFadden[27] - contract until 2015(Clongowes)
Luke Fitzgerald[26] - contract until 2015(Blackrock)
Noel Reid[23] - contract up this season(St. Michaels)
Brendan Macken[22] - contract until 2015(Blackrock)

Academy
Colm O'Shea[22] - 3rd year academy(Clontarf/Belvedere)
Jordan Coghlan[21] - 3rd year academy(UCD/Clongowes)
Tom Daly[20] - 1st year academy(Lansdowne/Carlow)
Tom Farrell[20] - 1st year academy(Lansdowne/Castleknock)
Adam Byrne[19] - 1st year academy(UCD/Naas)

Elsewhere
James Downey[32] - 2014 Munster
Kyle Tonetti[26] - 2014 Connacht
Eamonn Sheridan[24] - 2015 London Irish
Dave McSharry[23] - 2015 Connacht
Rory Kavanagh[20] - Auch academy

Under-20
Gary Ringrose[u20] - UCD/Blackrock
Stephen O'Neill[u20] - Terenure/Terenure
Adam Byrne[u20] - UCD/Naas
Peter Robb - Old Belvo/Blackrock - missed interpros due to injury
Rory O'Loughlin - UCD/St. Michaels - missed interpros due to injury
Harrison Brewer - Terenure/Terenure - missed interpros due to injury

Former Academy and Irish u20
David Quinlan[36] - retired in 2007 due to injury, played for Leinster and Northampton.
Kieran Lewis[33] - retired in 2009
Eoin O'Malley[25] - retired due to injury
Gary Foley[24] - last seen playing AIL with Seapoint
Shane Gahan[24] - last seen playing AIL with Lansdowne
Alex Kelly[21] - playing AIl with UCD

Big changes ahead at this position. BOD is done after this season, no need to tell you to appreciate him while he is here.
Darcy won't be far behind him, sounds like he will get a year long deal for next season and possibly call it quits after the RWC.
Below that Goodman is missing the whole season due to injury.
This year Reid and Macken have been the primary "backups" at 12 and 13, both have looked improved and have all the physical talent you would look for.
McFadden and Fitzgerald have to be considered at centre, although both are currently strong players on the wing.
In the Academy, O'Shea is playing well since his return from long term injury and Coghlan's conversion from backrow seems to be going well.
Daly and Farrell both impressed last year for the u20s, both have had limited availability this year due to injury.
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