I'd be happy if we got Muldowney signed up again. There is a good few there who other sides will be looking at.

Westie85 wrote: The current season one dosent load up Pinky

Arra feck it. Twasn't published. Sorted now.

I see the indo are saying Ulster are keen on Ah You. Hope the lads are working hard behind the scene to keep the core of this team together.

Evil_g wrote:

• Rory Parata
• James Connolly
• Sean O'Brien

Rory Maloney is 3rd year Academy aswell and someone I'd wanna hold onto

The current season one dosent load up Pinky

RonanL wrote: Maybe someone can post the list of players whose contracts are up at the end of the season?

The squad list and contract end dates are all in the stats menu. Have been for years ...

Just so you're aware, there are a number of lads currently in Year 2 Academy that only agreed a two year contract as opposed to the standard 3 - Shane Delahunt being one of them.

Banm wrote: I think he'll stay. He has ties to the west and likes it here. If Leinster offload Boss maybe then he'd consider it

I hope you're right. We could have the second and third best Irish qualified scrum halves then.

You'd have to think that there's a good chance John Cooney will be heading East as well, but as he's a product of the Leinster Academy we'd have to feel less hard done by if he did.



I think he'll stay. He has ties to the west and likes it here. If Leinster offload Boss maybe then he'd consider it

Thanks for the list evil_g. There are a lot of names on that list that I'd be eager to sign up pretty quickly. Rodney, Craig, Robbie, Matt, and Tiernan would be at the top of my list.

I appreciate the point about not talking too much about who we might be able to live without. It's peoples livelihoods at the end of the day. Still, it's professional sport, so I think as long as nobody is one here bashing fellas, or getting person then we should be ok.

Finally, we seem to find ourselves on the defensive at this time of the year, as speculation about our best players being targeted by other teams mounts. So, who should we be looking to lure west? Madigan?!

You'd have to think that there's a good chance John Cooney will be heading East as well, but as he's a product of the Leinster Academy we'd have to feel less hard done by if he did.

Of the current senior squad I think the following are out of contract at the end of the Season (there might be a few mistakes in here):

• Rodney Ah You
• JP Cooney
• Dave Heffernan
• Jason Harris-Wright
• Aly Muldowney
• Danny Qualter
• Andrew Brown
• Jake Heenan
• George Naupu
• John Muldoon
• John Cooney
• Ian Porter
• Craig Ronaldson
• Robbie Henshaw
• Shane O'Leary
• Matt Healy
• Tiernan O'Halloran

I'm not certain, but I think the following are out of contract at the end of the season:

• AJ MacGinty
• Conor Finn
• Apirana Pewhairangi
• Fionn Carr

Notable year 3 academy members include:

• Rory Parata
• James Connolly
• Sean O'Brien

Could we maybe try to avoid offering opinions on who we could afford to let go?

Plenty of activity on the Robbie thread, but there's lots of other business to be done on the contract front. Maybe someone can post the list of players whose contracts are up at the end of the season?

Great news that Kieran has signed back up. I see in the independent this morning that Ulster are supposedly eyeing up Rodney

www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/who-is-st...layers-34235413.html