I was giving out to my munster fan mate about the Jenkins signing, for obvious reasons, and said it was a hooker or TH Munster needed, everyone knows that. Canât be got he said. They obviously didnât look very fucking hard. Van Graan needs to kicked out on his hole.
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Plenty decent front row forwards playing in SA and NZ that Munster could sign for the price of Jenkins if they had wanted to. They clearly didnât see it as a priority for some reason
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Iâd feel even more sorry for the 20 people the IRFU are planning to make redundant. Youâre right that Leinster hardly need this signing, they donât break sweat in the Pro14 and have some great options already in that position for the 5 or 6 big games they play each year. This lad wonât have come half way across the world for any less than 250k, hard to justify it youâd imagine.
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Are they planning on moving Porter to lose head?
He started out as a loose head⌠So wouldnât be biggest surprise⌠But wouldnât like to see it personally
Yes they are.
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I hear Porter is going to loosie.
Well thatâs what I presumed when I heard the news. It would make sense of all parties as Healy/kilcoyne are both in their mid 30s. So the Irfu would like this.
Munster have two very good young tight heads coming through. God knows what has happened josh Wycherley after his performance in Claremont?
If Munster were going to sign a marquee player it should have been a hooker. It would be much easier to bed in a younger tight head then.
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Porter is only 25 and would surely have ample time to get it right before the next World Cup. Leinster would have an incredible front row of Porter, Kelleher and furlong who are all in their mid 20s.
It could also mean one of furlong or Porter is heading off but I canât see that myself.
Impressive signing by Leinster
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Hes a world class TH. He started the 20s world Cup final at LH. Ben Betts was TH
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Top class. Youâd feel sorry for the young lads behind him in leinster though surely wouldnât you?
Three grade 1 tight heads in the Leinster squad now. This lad is some upgrade on Bent
What went wrong for betts
Bent was a mad one that time.
Iâd say no one had ever seen him play and straight into the international team. A couple of games then he was quickly brushed under the carpet 
I believe he became passable for Leinster in later years?
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Munster would be my opinion. He wasnât offered an academy contract after that world Cup just a place in the sub academy. Basically playing as an academy player without pay. Leicester offered him a paid academy place on the basis he is English qualified. Leicester were/are way off the pace for years. Hes back woth Nottingham part time.
If you compare that WC team between provinces, James Ryan, porter and heenan are all irish internationals. Stockdale too. Whereas the munster players never played pro 14 bar shane daly
He was a decent squad player for leinster yeah
Daly an international too
Great news.
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Interesting one. Overloaded in numbers in back 3 now. If he gets back into the Irish squad then end up potentially with earls, Conway, daly and zebo all in international squad⌠So not adding any depth here really. Zebo better than most if not all of those and def better than Haley at FB
Daly might end up back at centre which would be good option
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