Leinster Academy 2021-22
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https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/stor ... ob/?cs=171
Jacob Burnett, IQ'd 21 year old TH Prop joining leinster academy program on 4 month sponsorship.. sounds like a sub-academy position.. still interesting to see, seems like IRFU want to get a close up look at him.
Jacob Burnett, IQ'd 21 year old TH Prop joining leinster academy program on 4 month sponsorship.. sounds like a sub-academy position.. still interesting to see, seems like IRFU want to get a close up look at him.
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Looks like a powerful unit and seems to have the right attitude, so good luck to him!!!mildlyinterested wrote: ↑November 23rd, 2021, 8:16 pm https://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/stor ... ob/?cs=171
Jacob Burnett, IQ'd 21 year old TH Prop joining leinster academy program on 4 month sponsorship.. sounds like a sub-academy position.. still interesting to see, seems like IRFU want to get a close up look at him.
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Stoked?
Has he been to Yabbie Creek too?
Has he been to Yabbie Creek too?
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Stoked is now going t be my word for the holiday season
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Just threw a bit of wood on the fire, its stoked!Oldschoolsocks wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 8:27 am Stoked is now going t be my word for the holiday season
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That's a bit of a strange one, bringing over a TH on a 4 month deal given the financial situation the IRFU are in. Clearly he has been watched for a while and they see something.
According to his stats he's 6'0 and 18 stone so clearly has the physique. Has thighs like Marty Moore too.
Shute Shield is presumably the same level as AIL and seems like he has a few games there.
Does a 'sponsorship' include more than an academy/sub-academy deal I wonder?
According to his stats he's 6'0 and 18 stone so clearly has the physique. Has thighs like Marty Moore too.
Shute Shield is presumably the same level as AIL and seems like he has a few games there.
Does a 'sponsorship' include more than an academy/sub-academy deal I wonder?
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Well theres no way taking in an inexperienced young prop with islander heritage and putting him in the sub/academy to see if he's up to it can backfire on us.
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This smells of Nucifora.Dave Cahill wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 10:58 am Well theres no way taking in an inexperienced young prop with islander heritage and putting him in the sub/academy to see if he's up to it can backfire on us.
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i'm sure if he is any good he will end up elsewhere..
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Totally tubular dudeOldschoolsocks wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 8:27 am Stoked is now going t be my word for the holiday season
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a kissing cousin to totes amazeballsRoboProp wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 11:12 amTotally tubular dudeOldschoolsocks wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 8:27 am Stoked is now going t be my word for the holiday season
Re: Leinster Academy 2021-22
Not quite yet, giving him to Munster who then proceed to kill his development and break him would smell of Nucifora.the spoofer wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 11:02 amThis smells of Nucifora.Dave Cahill wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 10:58 am Well theres no way taking in an inexperienced young prop with islander heritage and putting him in the sub/academy to see if he's up to it can backfire on us.
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Munster already have 2 imported project tighthead kids. He probably wasn't interested and it was too much grief for too much of a stretch for them. He's not even South African.
He's Australian, so if there was any major buzz around him he'd already be in their system. Good luck to the lad, maybe he'll push on with our S&C training. He needs to work his socks off though. He could just as easily coast and get homesick.
He's Australian, so if there was any major buzz around him he'd already be in their system. Good luck to the lad, maybe he'll push on with our S&C training. He needs to work his socks off though. He could just as easily coast and get homesick.
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Leinster might have the starting irish u20 TH prop this season and have a tighthead prop with the irish u19 and irish u18 squads.. so it's unlikely he is coming in to help leinster out, not to mention Leinster have Tom Clarkson in the senior squad who is still just 21.
Players i'm talking about:
Rory McGuire(U20/Blackrock/UCD)
Paddy McCarthy(U19/Blackrock)
Andrew Sparrow(U18/St. Marys)
Ben Howard(U18/St. Michaels)
Adam Deay(U18/Tullow RFC)
Players i'm talking about:
Rory McGuire(U20/Blackrock/UCD)
Paddy McCarthy(U19/Blackrock)
Andrew Sparrow(U18/St. Marys)
Ben Howard(U18/St. Michaels)
Adam Deay(U18/Tullow RFC)
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I thought it was 'The Abbey Creek' until today!
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It might make sense if this guy is a proper raw power athlete like Salanoa and they're taking a chance on him alongside a 'safer' bet like Clarkson. No idea if that's the case but his physique, RL background and Tongan heritage makes it more likely.mildlyinterested wrote: ↑November 24th, 2021, 2:02 pm Leinster might have the starting irish u20 TH prop this season and have a tighthead prop with the irish u19 and irish u18 squads.. so it's unlikely he is coming in to help leinster out, not to mention Leinster have Tom Clarkson in the senior squad who is still just 21.
Players i'm talking about:
Rory McGuire(U20/Blackrock/UCD)
Paddy McCarthy(U19/Blackrock)
Andrew Sparrow(U18/St. Marys)
Ben Howard(U18/St. Michaels)
Adam Deay(U18/Tullow RFC)
The fact he's IQ is a bonus.
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