Are you putting 2&2 together from this tweet?mildlyinterested wrote: ↑January 5th, 2021, 3:28 pm Rumoured now that Noel Mc will be staying with Leinster moving into a role with senior team.
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Are you putting 2&2 together from this tweet?mildlyinterested wrote: ↑January 5th, 2021, 3:28 pm Rumoured now that Noel Mc will be staying with Leinster moving into a role with senior team.
He looks like Leo's son there!
thats a surprise.. not the only big name to be cut from sub academy recently by the sound of things.EnergiaPark70 wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 8:28 pm Kiely no longer involved with Leinster Sub - Academy
Who are the others?mildlyinterested wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 8:30 pmthats a surprise.. not the only big name to be cut from sub academy recently by the sound of things.EnergiaPark70 wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 8:28 pm Kiely no longer involved with Leinster Sub - Academy
not gonna post any names at this time, but it's a backrow.Purist98 wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 10:40 pmWho are the others?mildlyinterested wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 8:30 pmthats a surprise.. not the only big name to be cut from sub academy recently by the sound of things.EnergiaPark70 wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 8:28 pm Kiely no longer involved with Leinster Sub - Academy
For the irish 20s squad?EnergiaPark70 wrote: ↑January 20th, 2021, 6:15 pm Certain rumours saying Connacht and Ulster coaching at Irish Under 20s led to bias in certain selections
The whole academy system is now being reviewed and it will be streamlined – significantly.
Peter Malone is no longer the director of the Munster Academy and Peter Smyth, the head of elite player development, is currently seconded to the Munster Academy. Nobody knows how long he'll be there or what the next step will be.
The plan currently being proposed is for a national academy based, say, in Athlone or even Blanchardstown. All the provincial academies would be discontinued and all the talent would be schooled in the national academy.
At the end of the season the talent would be farmed out.
If Munster need a prop or Ulster need a centre they are picked out of the national academy, irrespective of where they live or were brought up or whether they always dreamed of playing in blue, red etc.
Some of the provinces have had slim pickings from their academies in recent years – others (like Leinster) have been spectacularly successful in sustained excellence in the quality of players that they have produced.
Go through the Leinster team when it is announced on Friday and see how many in the squad are academy graduates.
This, in theory, is an efficient way of distributing talent throughout the four provinces – but it will do serious damage to Leinster who have already provided too much talent for everyone else.
This is all very, very unlikely.mildlyinterested wrote: ↑January 21st, 2021, 7:39 am Neil Francis on academy changes
The whole academy system is now being reviewed and it will be streamlined – significantly.
Peter Malone is no longer the director of the Munster Academy and Peter Smyth, the head of elite player development, is currently seconded to the Munster Academy. Nobody knows how long he'll be there or what the next step will be.
The plan currently being proposed is for a national academy based, say, in Athlone or even Blanchardstown. All the provincial academies would be discontinued and all the talent would be schooled in the national academy.
At the end of the season the talent would be farmed out.
If Munster need a prop or Ulster need a centre they are picked out of the national academy, irrespective of where they live or were brought up or whether they always dreamed of playing in blue, red etc.
Some of the provinces have had slim pickings from their academies in recent years – others (like Leinster) have been spectacularly successful in sustained excellence in the quality of players that they have produced.
Go through the Leinster team when it is announced on Friday and see how many in the squad are academy graduates.
This, in theory, is an efficient way of distributing talent throughout the four provinces – but it will do serious damage to Leinster who have already provided too much talent for everyone else.