Carty wasnāt in the international fold so they didnāt need approval from Nucifora. Connacht generally only need sign-off on NIQās and interprovincial moves so they donāt outbid another province. Renewals only count for lads in international consideration.
He was told where he stood in the pecking order at the time. If heād stayed heād be second behind Crowley at best, heād probably have left for the huge contract in Scotland for that anyway.
If they capped him he couldnāt play for Scotland.
Three players now that would be Irish qualified in Kleyn, Healy and potentially frish will be lost by not capping them.
Those players will all be either replaced by inferior players or niq players.
That weakens Munster and in turn weakens Ireland.
Ireland rightly or wrongly pick from four teams only. Having those four teams in flying order is imperative for the national team to thrive.
Theyāve made a complete balls of the whole thing. No fly halves at Connacht and Ulster. Munster with billy burns as back up and Leinster with the next four best out halves after Crowley.
And then they plucked the best players from the ladies team and put them in the 15s team and now theyāll miss vital prep time for the Olympics.
How times has rugby been in the World Cup? 3 times? Itās hardly a major achievement for Ireland to qualify.
Heās a high end spoofer that realised quickly if he didnāt upset Leinster heād last away in his job.
Nucifora should have been in front of the firing squad for offering van graan another deal.
Likewise Farrell for the sexton decision but all these things get glossed over like itās a corporate gig. Theyāve graphs and pie charts which show they are doing well and thatās all that matters.
I disagree entirely with all of that. Ireland cals should be properly earned. You also show some amount of disrespect for Healy as a player and a person to cap him just to block his move elsewhere.
Totally agree on the poor planning on outhalf placement around the country.
Also fully agree on leaving sexton in that NZ game, inexplicable. Sexton also gets no stick for missing the kick in that game that left Ireland needing a try. Thatās the Irish rugby media for you though.