New contracts for coaching ticket

[Dave Cahill]

Would've been touted as a potential Dessie Farrell successor and was part of Gavin's management team for the 5 in a row.

Indeed he has been very heavily touted as the successor to Farrell since the AI semi-final

[wixfjord]

Good read on Declan Darcy and his potential role in the setup.

https://www.the42.ie/declan-darcy-leins ... 6-Sep2022/

[sunshiner1]

by wixfjord


Good read on Declan Darcy and his potential role in the setup.

https://www.the42.ie/declan-darcy-leins ... 6-Sep2022/

Agreed. As someone who knows next to nothing about GAA I found it to be a great piece on a guy who will be a very important cog in the set-up.

[riocard911]

Good read on Declan Darcy and his potential role in the setup.

https://www.the42.ie/declan-darcy-leins ... 6-Sep2022/

Fascinating article and very informative for someone like me, who doesn't follow the GAA. Grma!

[cormac]

Think most of these had already been announced or deduced but here's the confirmation from Leinster.

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/new-additi ... room-team/

[Dave Cahill]

Is that Eoghan Hickey the Eoghan Hickey, former Leinster outhalf?

[LeinsterLeader]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/stuart-l ... it-a-snag/

"Reports, however, are that Racing’s bid to sign Lancaster are advancing well, with Midi Olympique suggesting that talks have made ‘considerable progress’ in recent weeks and the move is looking more likely than not."

[Ruckedtobits]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/stuart-l ... it-a-snag/

"Reports, however, are that Racing’s bid to sign Lancaster are advancing well, with Midi Olympique suggesting that talks have made ‘considerable progress’ in recent weeks and the move is looking more likely than not."

L'Equipe, previously covering this story, emphasised that their sources indicated that this is a 2023 'project' and probably post RWC2023. It remains to be seen how it would play out but Lancaster certainly wouldn't relish the front-line, media intense, role required of a Top 14 Head Coach - and the expectation that French is the 'lingua franca'.

[naraic]

Is that Eoghan Hickey the Eoghan Hickey, former Leinster outhalf?

I don't think a bsc in statistics, a msc in climate change, or an MBA would qualify someone as a nutritionist.

It's this guy.

https://www.bda.uk.com/senr-sport-and-e ... 19804.html

[mildlyinterested]

Lancaster is going to leave eventually, certainly wouldnt be a surprise if he did now.

Would one european cup in his time at the province be an under achievement?

[Dave Cahill]

Is that Eoghan Hickey the Eoghan Hickey, former Leinster outhalf?

I don't think a bsc in statistics, a msc in climate change, or an MBA would qualify someone as a nutritionist.

It's this guy.

https://www.bda.uk.com/senr-sport-and-e ... 19804.html

Thankee kindly

[blaker]

Lancaster is going to leave eventually, certainly wouldnt be a surprise if he did now.

Would one european cup in his time at the province be an under achievement?

GT reporting he’s off to Racing at the end of the year

Huge change in the system over 12 months - No harm in some respects but a lot at once

And underachievement - macro yes frankly, when you look at it though not much would have had to be different for him to have 3 cups

[backrower8]

Lancaster is going to leave eventually, certainly wouldnt be a surprise if he did now.

Would one european cup in his time at the province be an under achievement?

With that squad, in an era when Saracens and Toulon had passed their peaks and/or been punished and when Toulouse were a diminished version of their halcyon days, an emphatic YES.

ROG was putting it about in his own helpful way in Quinta do Lago over the Summer, that he didn't rate Stu because he had only won one Champs Cup with "that squad of players". I don't agree with 'not rating him', but he has underachieved with the assets available, relative to the opposition at hand.

[riocard911]

Scott Robertson as Lancaster's successor would be cool!!!

[Barry]

Scott Robertson as Lancaster's successor would be cool!!!

Time for Isa to return to his spiritual home?

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[Logorrhea]

Would one european cup in his time at the province be an under achievement?

Nope. We've been one of the best teams in Europe throughout. Have dominated our own league and have played excellent rugby throughout.
We have no right to expect HEC wins, just to be competitive, which we were.

[Oldschoolsocks]

Would one european cup in his time at the province be an under achievement?

Nope. We've been one of the best teams in Europe throughout. Have dominated our own league and have played excellent rugby throughout.
We have no right to expect HEC wins, just to be competitive, which we were.

This

[Leinsterimp]

Scott Robertson as Lancaster's successor would be cool!!!

Time for Isa to return to his spiritual home?

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He’d be good to have back in the setup. Any mention of Rob Kearney getting into coaching? Think he’d have a lot to offer

[ronk]

If you look at Lancaster's record turning around England and Leinster, then he's one of the greats. If you focus on what could have been except for losses at critical times then he underachieved.

In the same way if you look at what we won we the squad we had, it could be said that we should have had more. But he also played a big role in building that squad.

Some of those losses we got tactics wrong or didn't perform bit some just didn't go our way. And we had a lot of really bad luck with headwinds. We got Saracens coming back from Covid where it was the only big game of their entire season. We got drawn away to La Rochelle in the semi with a better record and had them in France for a final and we almost won it). We had to do it the hard way and we came up short, but never against a limited side. No one had it easy against us.

People will see him, how they want to see him. I'm grateful he came and would be happy if he stayed longer.

[Oldschoolsocks]

Would Bomber or even Leocaster be eligible for a legends T-Shirt?