salmson wrote: Our own queue at 8 - Mul, Masterson, McKeon, Dawai - is pretty spectacular too, so native province bias asides, I can't think why he'd come here. I can't understand how a bunch of these lads in Dubin haven't decamped to Ulster, who are short of decent backrows (and decent forwards in general).

Do you see those guys as natural 6s or 8s who are moved to 6 because Muldoon has 8 locked down?

salmson wrote: Anyone know if the Alex O'Meara who scored a hat trick for Pirates against the Eagles is the same one who played U-20s for us five years ago?

Late to this, but yes it was same Alex.
He's finished college ( Hartpury - who also have a club side that plays league below Championship) and Pirate's offered him a short initial contract which has been extended to a couple of seasons..Decent Wing/Fullback, not sure if he's top, top class though as they say in soccer...

There are a lot of difficulties with moving to the North as opposed to swapping around down south.

Currency fluctuations
Tax differences
Political/religious difficulties (though not as prevalent as it was)
Cultural differences - not huge but they are there.
Brexit implications - who knows what changes this will bring.

Our own queue at 8 - Mul, Masterson, McKeon, Dawai - is pretty spectacular too, so native province bias asides, I can't think why he'd come here. I can't understand how a bunch of these lads in Dubin haven't decamped to Ulster, who are short of decent backrows (and decent forwards in general).

wp_rathead wrote: Ireland U20 vs Italy U20, Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato, North Italy, 6.00pm (Irish time)

15. Colm Hogan (Dublin University / Munster)

14. Jordan Larmour (St.Mary’s College / Leinster)

13. Gavin Mullin (UCD RFC / Leinster)

12. Ciaran Frawley (UCD RFC / Leinster)

11. Calvin Nash (Young Munster / Munster)

10. Johnny McPhillips (Ballynahinch / Ulster)

9. Johnny Stewart (Queen’s University / Ulster)

1. Joey Conway (UL Bohemians / Munster)

2. Tadgh McElroy (Lansdowne FC / Leinster)

3. Charlie Connolly (Dublin University / Leinster)

4. Fineen Wycherley (Young Munster / Munster)

5. Oisin Dowling (Lansdowne FC / Leinster)

6. Cillian Gallagher (Captain) (Corinthians / Connacht)

7. Paul Boyle (Lansdowne FC / Leinster)

8. Caelan Doris (St.Mary’s College / Leinster)

Replacements:

Adam Moloney (Shannon RFC / Munster)
Rory Mulvihill (UCD RFC / Leinster)
Matthew Burke (Corinthians / Connacht)
Jack Regan (UCD RFC / Leinster)
Gavin Coombes (Young Munster / Munster)
Jack Lyons (Young Munster / Munster)
Conor Fitzgerald (Shannon RFC / Munster)
Tommy O’Brien (UCD RFC / Leinster)

Good day for Sligo RFC to have Gallagher captain the side in Kelly's absence
And for Ballinrobe RFC with Burke in squad
Doris is also a Mayo lad but seems to be destined for Leinster set up

I'd love to see us go after Doris, we could offer him gametime as 1 19 year old whereas he's going to join a massive logjam behind Heaslip, Murphy, Conan, Timmins, and Deegan at Leinster

Ireland U20 vs Italy U20, Stadio Enrico Chersoni, Prato, North Italy, 6.00pm (Irish time)

15. Colm Hogan (Dublin University / Munster)

14. Jordan Larmour (St.Mary’s College / Leinster)

13. Gavin Mullin (UCD RFC / Leinster)

12. Ciaran Frawley (UCD RFC / Leinster)

11. Calvin Nash (Young Munster / Munster)

10. Johnny McPhillips (Ballynahinch / Ulster)

9. Johnny Stewart (Queen’s University / Ulster)

1. Joey Conway (UL Bohemians / Munster)

2. Tadgh McElroy (Lansdowne FC / Leinster)

3. Charlie Connolly (Dublin University / Leinster)

4. Fineen Wycherley (Young Munster / Munster)

5. Oisin Dowling (Lansdowne FC / Leinster)

6. Cillian Gallagher (Captain) (Corinthians / Connacht)

7. Paul Boyle (Lansdowne FC / Leinster)

8. Caelan Doris (St.Mary’s College / Leinster)

Replacements:

Adam Moloney (Shannon RFC / Munster)
Rory Mulvihill (UCD RFC / Leinster)
Matthew Burke (Corinthians / Connacht)
Jack Regan (UCD RFC / Leinster)
Gavin Coombes (Young Munster / Munster)
Jack Lyons (Young Munster / Munster)
Conor Fitzgerald (Shannon RFC / Munster)
Tommy O’Brien (UCD RFC / Leinster)

Good day for Sligo RFC to have Gallagher captain the side in Kelly's absence
And for Ballinrobe RFC with Burke in squad
Doris is also a Mayo lad but seems to be destined for Leinster set up

Anyone know if the Alex O'Meara who scored a hat trick for Pirates against the Eagles is the same one who played U-20s for us five years ago?

Pirates 50 Eagles 24 TBP for our young team.

Pirates 31 Eagles 5 half time. Try bonus point to Pirates already. Looks like a winless season for the Eagles

Pirates 17 Eagles 0 after half an hour

For diehard fans like I am, Cornish Pirates vs Eagles live on BBC Radio Cornwall 2 PM

Highlights from the Eagles Game, tough day at the office for all. One good point to be taken from it is Kerins seems to have a great snappy pass on him you need to go to the last to minutes to see this

Shelflife wrote: Why is the eagles game being played at the same time as the first team ?

Makes no sense to me at all !

Possibly to assist with LI travel arrangements / costs..?

CONNACHT EAGLES (v London Irish):
Josh Rowland (Buccaneers); Matthew Byrne (Galwegians), Ciaran Gaffney (Galwegians), Kieran Joyce (Malone), Adam Leavy (Galwegians); Luke Carty (Buccaneers), Conor McKeon (Buccaneers); Jack Dinneen (Galwegians), Shane O'Hehir (Sligo), Dominic Robertson-McCoy (Galwegians), Cillian Gallagher (Sligo), Daniel Qualter (Buccaneers) (capt), Rory Moloney (Buccaneers), Josh Pim (Galwegians), Marc Kelly (Galwegians).

Replacements: Conor Kyne (Galwegians), Saba Meunargia (Buccaneers), Cian Romaine (Buccaneers), Sean Masterson (Corinthians), Stephen Kerins (Corinthians), Morgan Codyre (Galwegians), Joe Murphy (Corinthians).

Decent enough squad, bench a bit weak. Against a hard nosed Championship side, a big ask...

Irish have made a raft of changes since their last Championship game against Bedford Blues, only seven of the matchday squad are included, and only two of those (in Bold) started.

14 Ben Ransom; 1 Harry Elrington; 3 Ollie Hoskins; 5 Jerry Sexton; 18 Will Lloyd; 19 Luke Narraway; 22 Johnny Williams

Still atough outing for a scratch squad, but if these guys want to make it in the pro game then they have to start stepping up in these fixtures...

Why is the eagles game being played at the same time as the first team ?

Makes no sense to me at all !

salmson wrote: Thought this was a nice looking Eagles team (Gaffney at 13 notably) with 6 players capped for the seniors and two other senior players who have yet to make their full debut.

www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-eagles-tea...-irish/#ConnachtNews

Then I saw the LI team and thought this could get uglier than Katie Hopkins' twitter feed.

www.london-irish.com/news/team-news-brop...handed-debut/bp1167/

Didn't know Jack Dinneen could prop, is that something he's always been able to do or out of necessity?

Thought this was a nice looking Eagles team (Gaffney at 13 notably) with 6 players capped for the seniors and two other senior players who have yet to make their full debut.

www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-eagles-tea...-irish/#ConnachtNews

Then I saw the LI team and thought this could get uglier than Katie Hopkins' twitter feed.

www.london-irish.com/news/team-news-brop...handed-debut/bp1167/