Hopefully his rugby playing ability is better than his Star Wars Trivia

sea_point wrote: Connacht Rugby are pleased to announce the signing of Joe Maksymiw from Leicester Tigers!
The Irish qualified lock will join up with the squad ahead of the new season.

➡️ www.connachtrugby.ie/lock-joe-maksymiw-s...ht-ahead-of-201819-s

Very much a prospect signing rather than a finished article, only 22 and in Tigers Development Squad with not a huge body of first team rugby behind him.
6'7 & 18st, right dimensions for a lock. Suspect contract value was major consideration..

Connacht Rugby are pleased to announce the signing of Joe Maksymiw from Leicester Tigers!
The Irish qualified lock will join up with the squad ahead of the new season.

➡️ www.connachtrugby.ie/lock-joe-maksymiw-s...ht-ahead-of-201819-s

IQ and all

www.connachtrugby.ie/lock-joe-maksymiw-s...ad-of-201819-season/

salmson wrote:

Mark Mostyn wrote: Anyone else wondering how the non-EU player restrictions might affect us next year? By my reckoning, the following players may be considered non-European:

Tom McCartney
Jarrad Butler
David Horowitz
Bundee Aki
Kyle Godwin

I'd imagine Bundee has a Samoan passport and is therefore ok, not sure about the others though. Also might the non-EU restrictions be part of the reason we saw so little of guys like Fox, Deegan, and Ili this year?

Restrictions don't apply to Pacific islanders and those with passports as you say, but there are a host of other ways round this such as having a European born grandparent or having worked in Europe for 36 months or more. So we know Tom and Bundee and kosher with this rule, and therefore we only need one of the other three to have an exemption to avoid selection issues entirely.

Edit: Butler was born in Wellington so the odds against him having not one European nor Islander grandparent must be fairly large.

Kyle Godwin was born in Zimbabwe and I believe is of British decent. Also as far as I know all African Nations are signed up to the Cotonou agreement so he should be fine.

salmson wrote:

Mark Mostyn wrote: Anyone else wondering how the non-EU player restrictions might affect us next year? By my reckoning, the following players may be considered non-European:

Tom McCartney
Jarrad Butler
David Horowitz
Bundee Aki
Kyle Godwin

I'd imagine Bundee has a Samoan passport and is therefore ok, not sure about the others though. Also might the non-EU restrictions be part of the reason we saw so little of guys like Fox, Deegan, and Ili this year?

Restrictions don't apply to Pacific islanders and those with passports as you say, but there are a host of other ways round this such as having a European born grandparent or having worked in Europe for 36 months or more. So we know Tom and Bundee and kosher with this rule, and therefore we only need one of the other three to have an exemption to avoid selection issues entirely.

Edit: Butler was born in Wellington so the odds against him having not one European nor Islander grandparent must be fairly large.

Didn't know about that, thanks. I'm sure it's been considered after all the talk about Leinster's issues this year.

Mark Mostyn wrote: Anyone else wondering how the non-EU player restrictions might affect us next year? By my reckoning, the following players may be considered non-European:

Tom McCartney
Jarrad Butler
David Horowitz
Bundee Aki
Kyle Godwin

I'd imagine Bundee has a Samoan passport and is therefore ok, not sure about the others though. Also might the non-EU restrictions be part of the reason we saw so little of guys like Fox, Deegan, and Ili this year?

Restrictions don't apply to Pacific islanders and those with passports as you say, but there are a host of other ways round this such as having a European born grandparent or having worked in Europe for 36 months or more. So we know Tom and Bundee and kosher with this rule, and therefore we only need one of the other three to have an exemption to avoid selection issues entirely.

Edit: Butler was born in Wellington so the odds against him having not one European nor Islander grandparent must be fairly large.

Anyone else wondering how the non-EU player restrictions might affect us next year? By my reckoning, the following players may be considered non-European:

Tom McCartney
Jarrad Butler
David Horowitz
Bundee Aki
Kyle Godwin

I'd imagine Bundee has a Samoan passport and is therefore ok, not sure about the others though. Also might the non-EU restrictions be part of the reason we saw so little of guys like Fox, Deegan, and Ili this year?

sligsup wrote:

connachta wrote:

sligsup wrote: Rumor that Jonny Murphy former ulster hooker currently with Rotherham signing. Source #2meninajacuzzi

Confirmed on Titans Forum since April the 28th, so should be true.
27 years-old, good to add a wee bit of experience in a still-not-that-old-pack, with Browne/Muldoon leaving

Nice research connachta

I didn't stop there, as usual I watched the player on the available Rotherham (poor) games on youtube
2 starting 1 off the bench

My comments

1) sadly he won't improve the darts from the lineout...
2) decent tackler
3) carries/handling are ok but goes to ground too fast
4) good ruck cleaner
5) not lazy to position himself in defence and dummy runs in attack.

sea_point wrote:

Accidentally Onside wrote: Myler gone to London Irish so that rumour was well off.

Noticeable that all of the IRFU provinces seem a bit light on new recruits for next year.

IRFU probably saving some cash for squad strengthening in RWC season...

Spending loads getting rid of KK !

Accidentally Onside wrote: Myler gone to London Irish so that rumour was well off.

Noticeable that all of the IRFU provinces seem a bit light on new recruits for next year.

IRFU probably saving some cash for squad strengthening in RWC season...

Myler gone to London Irish so that rumour was well off.

Noticeable that all of the IRFU provinces seem a bit light on new recruits for next year.

Oops, thought he was still sub academy for some reason.

Bazzo wrote: Nothing to the Conor Fitzgerald rumour then? No Luke Carty either?

Think Fitzgerald is still coming might get a dev deal. Luke Carty has been in the academy for nearly a year now.

Nothing to the Conor Fitzgerald rumour then? No Luke Carty either?

Rumoured Academy intake for 2018 -2019

Michael Milne(TH Prop/Roscrea)
Dylan Tierney(Hooker/Corinthians
Niall Murray(Lock/Buccaneers)
Colm Reilly(Scrumhalf/Ballinasloe)
Conor Dean(Outhalf/St. Marys/Blackrock)
Mark Balaski(Back Three/Castlebar)