This is a Top Quatorze chat Neill. Take the horsey chat elsewhere 
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Lads ,
As a sporting spectacle.
It,
Was,
Fucking,
Dung.
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Jackman really hates Munster . I remember him saying the players threw Foley under the bus . It was horrible shit from this prick.
Apparently Rg Synman only resigned after Van Graan was confirmed to be leaving, Jenkings is off to leinster and DDA is off to Japan. Doesnāt sound great for him.
I heard rumours of Kidney and Rowntree being appointed but Iām not sure itās true. Rowntree wants to stay though.
Off the top of my head coaches who seem to be doing ok with strong Munster links are flannery, Jones, o gara, poc, Mickey prendergast, Jason Holland and Denis Leamy.
Iād definitely be getting onto Rog anyway. Heād have a fair idea of whatās what in New Zealand and could maybe recommend somebody.
Supposedly money the hurdle to getting kidney off the London Irish books and on to the Munster books as Director of Rugby
Rowntree has signed an extension
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Any view on Jenkins going to Leinster the same week its announced the Leinster A capt (also a 2nd row) is off to Exeter?
I thought the forum would be buzzing with discussion abiut it considering how badly the Jenkins signing for Munster went down last year
I wouldnāt be totally being him involved at the top. The private investor is apparently tricky to deal with too.
Iād want an innovate coach working under him. With Healy, Crowley and pa Campbell in the backs the future is bright.
Itās a pity Healy at ten and Crowley twelve isnāt being looked at.
Carberry for me is best off at fifteen but you also have Campbell in the mix along with zebo and Hayley.
Talk is prendy as assistant to Rowntree/backs coach but full ticket not being announced until kidney squared off
How highly rated is Prendergast?
Reasonably well rated Iād assume based on his trajectory
Different situation as Leinster donāt already have two SA second rows I suppose? Also, wasnāt he supposed to be a back row for Munster wink wink? Leinster stocks in the position not as strong as Munster too maybe.
Itās still shit in general that Leinster are letting seemingly letting a decent young Irish player go and signing this guy instead. Irfu shouldnāt be sanctioning that.
Are Leinster trying to find someone that can stand up to the way that big La Rochelle second row bullied them last year?
More broadly, can munster or any Irish province approach the irfu to help them do a bit of horse trading? Like, could they have requested alalatoa for Jenkins? Maybe suggest theyād let Healy go to ulster if the irfu helped them get Sheehan, that kind of thing?
Thatās where the Irish sides have fell down at the business end of the European Cup in recent seasons- not having a few big brutes from the Southern hemisphere to make the āhard yardsā ala Skelton.
Yeah Jack Dunne tearing it up with trinity too
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Was it not more that James Ryan wasnāt able to stop him?
Thereās a fella with con who came back from Munster had a fine game last weekend too. Probably too short to make 2nd row next level up
That Thomas ahern is some specimen.
Theres a lot of fellas knocking around who can step up to that level. Being too short is still a terrible excuse if a fella is over 6ā3. There wouldnāt be any second rows under that in the AIL anyway
You can see the difference a pair of out and out 6ā5 second rowers make at that level when up against 6ā2 backrow come second rowers.
Big part of clontarfs success
Line outs at that level is all about winning the speed on the ground. To defend have a good reader of the opposition.