Iād have no idea. In the doc he never mentioned rugby. Said he was basketball mad whilst boarding there. Iāve always found it strange that the Dublin schools donāt dominate Leinster post-primary football at all. Must be a vast spread of players scattered throughout the city.
Yeah for football there is no one strong school. Schools dip in and out and also in a lot of dublin schools there are few male teachers now to drive gaa along. Colaiste Eoin are an outlier in hurling. You could prob make up a current team with ex pupils.
MDMAs old school Colaiste Eanna was pure basketball similar to Vincentās, star of the sea and North Mon.
Joe Quaid LG will be good, he lost one of his testicles in a munster quarter or semi final didnāt he? Used to run up to the terrace with his hand on his balls jumping around in front of Tipp supporters and they clapped and cheered him? (long time since I read Last Man Standing).
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Think Cian o Sullivan was blackrock and Fitzsimons was CBC monkstown ā¦Murchan and ger Brennan were Belvoā¦ colaiste eanna won a few A hurling championships.
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Jack mc Belvo too. Murch was a basketball prodigy in Belvo - was playing for ireland at the same time
Like you said about 5 schools played basketball so there was a fair chance you playing for Ireland ā¦in dublin eanna fintans Sutton Vincentās were the main onesā¦
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In reality schools make fuck all difference - these lads were on development squads and getting fast tracked there instead of ooh he can kick a rubby ball 20 yards. Schools was secondary to their development as a footballer
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Machine of an athlete, wouldāve been very good in any sport really.
With his speed and engine, Iād say he couldāve played soccer at a very high level.
Exactly ā¦Keaney and Shane durkim went to terenureā¦
Actually Think Niall Scully went to colaiste eanna tooā¦
As I said private schools in dublin donāt make any difference. They might have to play for a rubby team on a Saturday cos theyāre a great of athlete but their focus is dev squad. The whole private school thing is a misnomer now - college has equalised that. Itās only for thick cunts who canāt get in anywhere else
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The height mustnāt be as big a deal in Irish basketball
In the programme Thought Macauley barely mentioned blackrock, referred to it more as āboarding school āā¦he clearly hated the place
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Point guards are usually small I thinkā¦ spud Webb and the like ā¦
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Yep Murch controlled the play like John Stockton and iversen
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Theyād nearly all be 6 foot at least in the NBA all the same
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The Irish Steve Nash
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Watch the way Murch picks up the ball and buries into corner forward and then works his way back out head up looking for openings
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Spud webb was 5 foot 6 ā¦