The Rugby Thread (Part 2)

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@glasagusban

I find this laughable when people come out with it. They can’t properly resource Connacht not get players to move between provinces. How are they going to get players who are down the pecking order to move to London and how would they pay them enough. There aren’t that many players either. It’s pie in the sky stuff.

Not all players want to move within Ireland. They were begging carbery to go to Ulster.

There is dozens of players within Ireland who don’t get enough game time. They don’t play games during the international breaks anymore either so less game time for fringe players.

[peddlerscross]

I’d say London would be a far more attractive proposition than Galway/Belfast for some young lads looking to make a breakthrough.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@peddlerscross

I’d say London would be a far more attractive proposition than Galway/Belfast for some young lads looking to make a breakthrough.

Yep and Leinster don’t want to be losing players to the other provinces.

[Biff_Egan]

Looks like Paddy Jackson needs a new club. Back to Ulster and bolter for the World Cup

[glasagusban]

They don’t even find Connacht enough, how are they going to fund a fourth club? Would they pay them higher salaries than in Ireland to make up for moving and cost of living in London? It doesn’t make any sense. The guys not getting any games should be playing loads of AIL games.

[gilgamboa]

@Biff_Egan

Looks like Paddy Jackson needs a new club. Back to Ulster and bolter for the World Cup

V interesting to see where he ends up. ROG probably too shrewd to dirty his bib with the IRFU but he’d be a grand signing for any of the top French sides.

Iv as much of a chance of going to the RwC myself however

[gilgamboa]

@glasagusban

The guys not getting any games should be playing loads of AIL games.

Definitely. They do now a lot more than before

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@glasagusban

They don’t even find Connacht enough, how are they going to fund a fourth club? Would they pay them higher salaries than in Ireland to make up for moving and cost of living in London? It doesn’t make any sense. The guys not getting any games should be playing loads of AIL games.

Your ability to not even try understand anything is amazing.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@Biff_Egan

Looks like Paddy Jackson needs a new club. Back to Ulster and bolter for the World Cup

I see he’s getting blamed for the club folding. You’d imagine he’d get a contract out in France.

[glasagusban]

A friend of mine that does S&C with an ail club says Munster are very bad for letting players play ail games and reckons it’s holding the players development back a lot.

[glasagusban]

Yeah I just don’t see it being a runner at all. How would it work? Would the irfu be running the club altogether or just paying certain players salaries in the club? They couldn’t afford to fund a club and paying salaries of players for a club in an English division makes no sense.

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

@glasagusban

A friend of mine that does S&C with an ail club says Munster are very bad for letting players play ail games and reckons it’s holding the players development back a lot.

Letting pro rugby players back to play against amateurs isn’t ideal.

[glasagusban]

Academy lads or whatever you’d call them for the most part.

[LionelRitchie]

@BruidheanChaorthainn

Always thought the irfu should have tried to get involved with them. Surplus of players in Ireland and might be easier to get players to go to London for a season or two.

Ireland hold first talks over London Irish phoenix club

[Tim_Riggins]

This will wind up some in the women’s rugby set.

[LionelRitchie]

Can’t see the LI move working in practice and think we’ve enough to focus on here without adding a team abroad to juggle.

Personally, I’d prefer see the provinces enter a respective team in the AIL.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

They suggested that a few years ago but it was never a goer as they wanted to close off promotion/relegation from the top 2 divisions and reduce it to 8 team leagues. No way the clubs would agree to that

[BruidheanChaorthainn]

Matt Hardy

[LionelRitchie]

Paddy Jackson signs for Lyon.

[Heyyoubehindthebushes]

Lyon will be cancelled in Ireland