Leinster Schools Rugby- Official Thread

Tim_Riggins · January 28, 2020, 8:37pm

Only the Sunday game was on tv. Quarter finals onwards on Premier.

Fat_Pox · January 28, 2020, 10:28pm

A bad week for the Spiritans/Holy Ghosts so far. The Jesuits really have the upper hand now.

Ashman · January 28, 2020, 10:38pm

The Vincentians did well too.

It has been a brilliant start to the cup . The consensus is that without Michael’s it would be vintage competition

ChairmanDan · January 28, 2020, 11:13pm

Indeed but come mid March, it’s likely to be the Holy Ghost representatives from Aylesbury Road on the top of the pile.

Ashman · January 28, 2020, 11:27pm

It is becoming like GGA - monied organizations dominating . The likes of Kerry footballers , Kilkenny hurlers & Blackrock College unable to compete

gaillimhmick · January 30, 2020, 6:37pm

67-0 ouch!

I read that the school rugby budget in Mick’s this year is €1.3m, of which €400k goes to the SCT. It would be too rich for Pat McDonagh anyway.

artfoley · January 30, 2020, 7:05pm

Id take being battered by that Michael’s team than losing to fucking gerards

Tim_Riggins · January 30, 2020, 7:10pm

That’s BS.

They’ve probably invested that much in pitches and and the gym in the last 10 years, which is not an insignificant amount of money at all (and a lot more than others), but not p.a. Their school fee income per year wouldn’t be €3.5m and they have to pay lots of teachers out of that.

Most of their coaches are teachers. They have a great system really. Other schools need to step up.

fenwaypark · January 30, 2020, 7:34pm

I was under the impression that the opposite was true.

Tim_Riggins · January 30, 2020, 9:04pm

Nope.

They just have a really good system. They certainly hire ex pupils and rugby heads as well to the teaching staff, but they are mostly teachers.

ChairmanDan · January 30, 2020, 10:06pm

A bad day for @artfoley and Prime Minister Varadkar.

Ashman · January 30, 2020, 10:13pm

Kilkenny College beat Wesley College .

There was a Pim lad playing for Kilkenny. I wonder is he related to former Old Wesley flanker Chris Pim ?? I

anon60384913 · January 30, 2020, 10:24pm

I’ve a feeling he’s related to the tattersalls ceo Alastair pimm.

fenwaypark · January 31, 2020, 5:23am

I was told the opposite. I will enquire again.

Tim_Riggins · January 31, 2020, 6:05am

The head coach is Emmet MacMahon who teaches in the school. He’s a past pupil, left 10 years ago.

fenwaypark · January 31, 2020, 6:31am

That’s one. I was told previously that very few teachers involved in rugby. Those involved have a rugby background. They only want people involved who know what they are doing. I know a lad who is close to director of rugby there. I will ask him.

Spidey · January 31, 2020, 7:14am

fenwaypark · January 31, 2020, 7:31am

Sean is teaching in Terenure College now.

Fagan_ODowd · January 31, 2020, 8:55am

Temple Carrig literally couldn’t keep it pucked out to the Leinster academy

Tim_Riggins · January 31, 2020, 9:51am

Kelvin Leahy is a teacher. He wanted to get a job in my old school and the powers that he didn’t want him in so he went there.

They do hire rugby focused teachers including past pupils. Brian O’Meara was the same. It isn’t significantly different to what other schools do though. They spend a lot of money, but to attribute it all to rugby would be wrong.