Leinster Academy 2021-22

[Props Have Feelings Too]

Thank you.

[backrower8]

Isn't Ben Popplewell with Lansdowne RFC, or has he moved?

[mildlyinterested]

Isn't Ben Popplewell with Lansdowne RFC, or has he moved?

Not sure.

[mildlyinterested]

Sounds like Fionn O'Hara is headed to the AFL.

[Purist98]

Dylan Ryan is also u20

[mildlyinterested]

they lost 66-7.

[mildlyinterested]

Lucas Berti Newman signed with Bristol.

[the spoofer]

they lost 66-7.

Leinster lost to Connacht 66-7?

[mildlyinterested]

they lost 66-7.

Leinster lost to Connacht 66-7?

Sorry 67-7

https://www.connachtrugby.ie/report-con ... opment-xv/

[ronk]

they lost 66-7.

When it's a win is it we?

Connacht picked a strong squad, which makes sense for pre-season. Men v boys.

[mildlyinterested]

they lost 66-7.

When it's a win is it we?

Connacht picked a strong squad, which makes sense for pre-season. Men v boys.

it's a poor result irregardless of the strength of Connachts side.

lost three games in a row now, you'd have to wonder how strong an age group it is and how losing Noel Mc from the academy is having an effect.

Also maybe time to add a few older academy players to side to make it more competitive, not sure what they are learning from being so heavily beaten.

[ronk]

Sure. But a dev side thrown together coming up against more experienced senior and academy players hitting speed at the end of preseason is a formula for a blowout on a bad day.

A lot of these lads are used to playing on winning or at least competitive teams. Let's call it a reality check and hope they work harder and learn damage limitation mode.

[Ruckedtobits]

Sure. But a dev side thrown together coming up against more experienced senior and academy players hitting speed at the end of preseason is a formula for a blowout on a bad day.

A lot of these lads are used to playing on winning or at least competitive teams. Let's call it a reality check and hope they work harder and learn damage limitation mode.

Very hard to judge based solely on a match report but the statement that "Leinster ....who were competitive in the Forwards... in a game in which your opponents score a hat-full of tries is a pretty clear indication that our side were seriously inadequate defensively.

Although it was clearly predominantly a Leinster under-19/20 team, it is extremely unlike Leinster to field a team who concede so many tries.

The Connacht mid-field all have some senior experience and each has looked a good attacking prospect in the past. So maybe our focus should be on how good this Connacht group are, rather than how weak Leinster are with this particular group.

[mildlyinterested]

U20 names to watch:

LH Prop
Ben Popplewell (Wexford RFC/Lansdowne)
Oisín Michel (Cill Dara RFC/Lansdowne)
Dylan Lynch (Boyne RFC/Clontarf)
George Hadden (Gorey RFC/DUFC)(u19)

TH Prop
Rory McGuire (Blackrock College/UCD)
JJ Hession (St. Michaels/Lansdowne)

Hooker
Howard Noonan (Greystones RFC-Temple Carrig/Old Wesley)
Barry Gray (Carlow RFC/Clontarf)

Lock
Mark Morrissey (Blackrock College/UCD)
Conor O'Tighearnaigh (St Michael’s College)
Sean Walsh (Seapoint RFC/Lansdowne)
Ruairi Clarke (Cill Dara RFC/Lansdowne)

Lock-Blindside
Paul Deeny (Wexford RFC/Clontarf)
Fionn McWey (Portloaise RFC-Roscrea)
Diarmuid Mangan (Newbridge College/UCD)(u19)

Backrow
Donough Lawlor (Newbridge College)
Luke Callinan (Castleknock College)
Dylan Ryan (St Michael’s College/DUFC)
James Culhane (Blackrock College)

Scrumhalf
Conor Duggan (Castleknock College/MU Barnhall)
Oisin Devitt (ClongowesWood College)
Michael Moloney (Blackrock College)

Outhalf
Charlie Tector (Kilkenny College/Lansdowne)
Sam Prendergast (Newbridge College)(u19)

Outside Backs
Fionn Gibbons (Castleknock College/UCD)
Conor Gibney (Mullingar RFC)
Ben Brownlee (Blackrock College)
Daniel Hawkshaw (Belvedere College)
David Dooley (Tullamore RFC/MU Barnhall)(u19)

Back Three
Dylan O’Grady (Belvedere College)
Aitzol King (Balbriggan RFC-CUS/Clontarf)
Callum O’Reilly (St Michael’s College)
Scott Milne (Tullamore RFC)
Shane Mallon (Longford RFC-Roscrea/UCD)

[OneLungDavy]

U20 names to watch:

Prop
Jack Boyle (St. Michael's College/UCD)(Academy Y1)
Ben Popplewell (Wexford RFC/Blackrock College)
Rory McGuire (Blackrock College/UCD)
Oisín Michel (Cill Dara RFC/Lansdowne)
Dylan Lynch (Boyne RFC/Clontarf)
JJ Hession (St. Michaels/Lansdowne)

Hooker
Howard Noonan (Greystones RFC-Temple Carrig/Old Wesley)
Barry Gray (Carlow RFC/Clontarf)

Lock
Mark Morrissey (Blackrock College/UCD)
Conor O'Tighearnaigh (St Michael’s College)
Sean Walsh (Seapoint RFC/Lansdowne)
Ruairi Clarke (Cill Dara RFC/Lansdowne)
Alan Spicer

Lock-Blindside
Paul Deeny (Wexford RFC/Clontarf)
Fionn McWey (Portloaise RFC-Roscrea)
Diarmuid Mangan (Newbridge College/UCD)(u19)

Backrow
Donough Lawlor (Newbridge College)
Luke Callinan (Castleknock College)
Dylan Ryan (St Michael’s College/DUFC)
James Culhane (Blackrock College)

Scrumhalf
Conor Duggan (Castleknock College/MU Barnhall)
Oisin Devitt (ClongowesWood College)
Michael Moloney (Blackrock College)

Outhalf
Charlie Tector (Kilkenny College/Lansdowne)
Sam Prendergast (Newbridge College)(u19)

Outside Backs
Fionn Gibbons (Castleknock College/UCD)
Conor Gibney (Mullingar RFC)
Ben Brownlee (Blackrock College)
Daniel Hawkshaw (Belvedere College)
David Dooley (Tullamore RFC/MU Barnhall)(u19)

Back Three
Dylan O’Grady (Belvedere College)
Aitzol King (Balbriggan RFC-CUS/Clontarf)
Callum O’Reilly (St Michael’s College)
Scott Milne (Tullamore RFC)
Shane Mallon (Longford RFC-Roscrea/UCD)

Fixed it

[mildlyinterested]

Prop
Marcus Hanan(21/Clane RFC/Old Belvedere)
Temi Lasisi(19/Enniscorthy RFC/Lansdowne)
Jack Boyle(18/St. Michaels/UCD)

Hooker
John McKee(21/Campbell/Old Belvedere)
Lee Barron(20/St. Michaels/DUFC)

Lock
Charlie Ryan(22/Blackrock/UCD)
Brian Deeny(21/Wexford RFC/Clontarf)
Joe McCarthy(20/Blackrock/DUFC)

Backrow
Martin Moloney(21/Athy RFC/Clontarf)
Sean O'Brien(21/Blackrock/UCD)
Mark Hernan(21/St. Michaels/Lansdowne)
Alex Soroka(20/Belvedere/Clontarf)

Scrumhalf
Cormac Foley(21/St. Gerards/Lansdowne)
Ben Murphy(20/Pres Bray/Old Wesley)

Centre
Liam Turner(22/Blackrock/DUFC)
Jamie Osborne(19/Naas RFC/Naas)

Back Three
Rob Russell(22/St. Michaels/DUFC)
Andrew Smith(21/St. Michaels/Clontarf)
Niall Comerford(21/Blackrock/UCD)
Max O'Reilly(21/St. Gerards/DUFC)
Chris Cosgrave(20/St. Michaels/UCD)

Updated Martin Moloneys club to Clontarf.

[mildlyinterested]

Ireland Men’s Sevens Squad (Canada Sevens, Edmonton):

Niall Comerford (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Jordan Conroy (Buccaneers)
Chris Cosgrave (UCD RFC/Leinster)
Seán Cribbin (Suttonians)
Billy Dardis (Terenure College)
Shane Jennings (Buccaneers RFC/Connacht)
Sean Kearns (Irish Sevens)
Steven Kilgallen (UCD RFC)
Bryan Mollen (Blackrock College)(Captain)
Ben Moxham (Ballymena/Ulster)
Aaron O’Sullivan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Conor Phillips (Young Munster/Munster)
Liam Turner (Dublin University/Leinster)

O'Sullivan still listed as a Leinster player..

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster are hiring someone to replace Denis Leamy: https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/domestic-r ... rtunities/

he has replaced Hugh Hogan as a senior coach for contact skills.

[mildlyinterested]

Unsurprisingly Jackman sounded off on Berti Newman and how the leinster academy is working at the moment on the42 rugby weekly podcast, starts at 43mins in: https://twitter.com/GavanCasey/status/1 ... 73634?s=20

Lots of valid points there about how the system works at the moment and how big a loss Newman is.

[the spoofer]

Unsurprisingly Jackman sounded off on Berti Newman and how the leinster academy is working at the moment on the42 rugby weekly podcast, starts at 43mins in: https://twitter.com/GavanCasey/status/1 ... 73634?s=20

Lots of valid points there about how the system works at the moment and how big a loss Newman is.

What age is he?