Leinster Academy 2021-22

[ormond lad]

Wasn't sure where to ask this, please redirect to another thread if appropriate.

When the Centre of Excellence in Donnybrook opened in 2019, it was said that four further facilities were planned for the Midlands, North-Midlands, South-East and the North-East. Does anyone have any news of developments on this front?

Covid likely to have stopped these for a while. Likely to be few years down the line before anything happens with them

[Ruckedtobits]

I'd guess Carlow and Dundalk will be next but have been stopped dead in the tracks by Covid. Money was coming from Leinster and the associated centre of education. Both have been financially hit by impact of Covid. Would be surprised if both are not in operation by 2022.

[Morf]

I'd guess Carlow and Dundalk will be next but have been stopped dead in the tracks by Covid. Money was coming from Leinster and the associated centre of education. Both have been financially hit by impact of Covid. Would be surprised if both are not in operation by 2022.

Carlow would likely be in conjunction with the IT and their new sports campus. I certainly heard it being mentioned and suggestions they're were being held up by politics and issues around locating sites.

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster players in recent irish u20 camps:

LH Prop
Temi Lasisi(Enniscorthy/Lansdowne)
Jack Boyle(St. Michaels/UCD)
Aaron Rowan(Athy-Blackrock/Blackrock)

TH Prop
Sam Illo(Wesley/Old Wesley)
Ben Griffin(Coolmine-Castleknock/DUFC)

Hooker
Lee Barron(St. Michaels/DUFC)
Ronan Loughnane(Birr RFC-CC Roscrea/UCD)

Lock
Alex Soroka(Belvedere/Clontarf)
Joe McCarthy(Blackrock/DUFC)
Mark Morrissey(Blackrock/UCD)

Backrow
Mark Boyle(Gorey RFC/Lansdowne)
Aaron Coleman(Belvedere/DUFC)

Scrumhalf
Ben Murphy(Pres Bray/Old Wesley)
Will Reilly(Portloaise RFC/MU Barnhall)

Outhalf
Tim Corkery(Kilkenny RFC/UCD)

Centre
Harry Colbert(Gonzaga/DUFC)
Marcus Kiely(Newbridge/Naas RFC)

Back Three
Donal Conroy (Newbridge/Naas RFC)
Matthew Grogan (Belvedere/Old Belvedere RFC)
Josh O’Connor (Wexford RFC/UCD RFC)

[erskinechilders]

Are Cosgrave & Osborne the main Leinster absentees? Anyone else missing?

[mildlyinterested]

Charlie Tector.

[Ruckedtobits]

Are Cosgrave & Osborne the main Leinster absentees? Anyone else missing?

Where has Levi Vaughan gone to in ratings?

[Purist98]

Rumour that there won't be any academy intakes this year due to lack of rugby so some players will remain in sub-academy

[erskinechilders]

Rumour that there won't be any academy intakes this year due to lack of rugby so some players will remain in sub-academy

Makes a little sense but also could explain the Karl Martin situation.

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster A (v Ireland U-20):
15. Rob Russell
14. Donal Conroy(U20)
13. Marcus Kiely(U20)
12. David Hawkshaw CAPTAIN
11. Josh O’Connor(U20)
10. Tim Corkery(U20)
9. Cormac Foley
1. Michael Milne
2. John McKee
3. Vakh Abdaladze
4. Mark Morrissey(U19)
5. Ryan Baird
6. Martin Moloney
7. Aaron Coleman(U20)
8. Mark Boyle(U20)
Replacements from:
Dan Sheehan
Marcus Hanan
Temi Lasisi(U20)
Greg McGrath
Ruairí Clarke(U19)
Will Reilly(U20)
Harry Colbert(U20)

Ireland U-20:
Chris Cosgrave (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Chay Mullins (Bristol Bears/IQ Rugby)
Jamie Osborne (Naas RFC/Leinster)
Ben Carson (Banbridge RFC/Ulster)(u19)
Shane Jennings (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
Cian Whooley (UCC RFC/Munster)
Ben Murphy (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster)
Jack Boyle (UCD RFC/Leinster)(u19)
Ronan Loughnane (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Sam Illo (Old Wesley RFC/Leinster)
Harry Sheridan (Dublin University FC/Ulster)
Joe McCarthy (Dublin University FC/Leinster)
Donnacha Byrne (Sligo RFC/Connacht)
Diarmuid McCormack (Dublin University FC/Connacht)
Daniel Okeke (Shannon RFC/Munster)

replacements
Eoin de Buitlear (Corinthians RFC/Connacht)
George Saunderson (Queen’s University Belfast/Ulster)
Oscar Egan (Queen’s University Belfast/Ulster)
Liam Bishop (Nottingham RFC/IQ Rugby)
Mark Donnelly (Garryowen RFC/Munster)
Jack Kelleher (UCC RFC/Munster)
Reuben Crothers (Ballynahinch RFC/Ulster)(u19)
Oisin McCormack (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
Alex Kendellen (UCC RFC/Munster)
James Humphreys (Queen’s University Belfast/Ulster)
Conor McKee (Queen’s University Belfast/Ulster)
Jamie Shanahan (Garryowen FC/Munster)
Conor Rankin (Malone RFC/Ulster)
Alan Flannery (Shannon RFC/Munster)
Cathal Forde (Corinthian RFC/Connacht)
Hubert Gilvarry (Sligo RFC/Connacht)
Aaron Leahy (Garryowen RFC/Munster)

notable absentees from a leinster pov:

Ben Griffin(TH Prop)
Lee Barron(hooker)
Alex Soroka(lock/backrow)

[LeRouxIsPHat]

Don Conroy probably the big draw in that side.

[Twist]

Don Conroy probably the big draw in that side.

Superb effort. Im sticking that one on the fridge

[Lock9541]

Can we watch the game online?

[Keith]

Can we watch the game online?

Ha! Good one.

[D4surfer]

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/gallery/le ... nge-match/

Pictures here but no scores or details.

On Sportsfile, there's a photo of Donal Conroy scoring Leinster A's second try. That's the only evidence of anything other than a lot of tackling.

[Purist98]

Finished 14-14, but yes coverage leaves a lot to be desired

[Dave Cahill]

Its almost as if one of the teams is about to take part in a major international tournament and doesn't want to expose themselves to analysis - selfish b$&%@#ds that they are.

[Keith]

Its almost as if one of the teams is about to take part in a major international tournament and doesn't want to expose themselves to analysis - selfish b$&%@#ds that they are.

I hate that people think this is a reason Leinster don't provide streams for anything.

[Dave Cahill]

Its almost as if one of the teams is about to take part in a major international tournament and doesn't want to expose themselves to analysis - selfish b$&%@#ds that they are.

I hate that people think this is a reason Leinster don't provide streams for anything.

It doesn't matter what people think, I know its the reason - as in a Leinster head coach telling me that I can't have footage of certain games for a Leinster Rugby production that wasn't going to be released for another six months by which time he wouldn't even be the head coach, for that exact reason. It's very f%~king hard to make a DVD about a treble when you have f%~k all footage of one third of the competitions let me tell you

[Keith]

Its almost as if one of the teams is about to take part in a major international tournament and doesn't want to expose themselves to analysis - selfish b$&%@#ds that they are.

I hate that people think this is a reason Leinster don't provide streams for anything.

It doesn't matter what people think, I know its the reason - as in a Leinster head coach telling me that I can't have footage of certain games for a Leinster Rugby production that wasn't going to be released for another six months by which time he wouldn't even be the head coach, for that exact reason. It's very f%~king hard to make a DVD about a treble when you have f%~k all footage of one third of the competitions let me tell you

I think the cats out of the bag, everyone knows Leinster has a good squad and academy. Time to step into 2010 and start providing streams like almost every other team on the planet.