It said he will see out his contract with Leinster though

If he's mulling over a return and is unhappy at Leinster then I'm sure they'll try to bring the likes of Martin Moore and Tadgh Furlong through rather than Hagan. If that's the case he may be alot worse off coming back than he was leaving

True or on the other hand they might give him more gametime in an effort to keep him. Also you' d imagine if he came back to us this time it would be to stay. I think he is very disappointed with the signing of Michael Bent. Will be interesting to see what will happen over the next season. All it takes is one injury to Mike Ross ans alot could change for him just like it did for Ross when Stan Wright got injured.

ididnotkillmywife wrote: In the Sunday Times, it says Jamie Hagan is mulling over a return to Connacht. With him, Nathan White, Brett Wilkinson and Ronan Loughney, we'd have a fantastic group of frontline props.

It said he will see out his contract with Leinster though

If he's mulling over a return and is unhappy at Leinster then I'm sure they'll try to bring the likes of Martin Moore and Tadgh Furlong through rather than Hagan. If that's the case he may be alot worse off coming back than he was leaving

In the Sunday Times, it says Jamie Hagan is mulling over a return to Connacht. With him, Nathan White, Brett Wilkinson and Ronan Loughney, we'd have a fantastic group of frontline props.

Link won't seem to post but just saw that Eamonn Sheridan from Leinster is off to Rotherham for next season.

Diarmuid Higgins and Paul Griffin were the props were the Connacht u20's last season. I'm sure they'll be playing B & I Cup

a team like connacht can only afford to carry 6 fulltime props with maybe a couple in the acadamy. Finlay bealham may become a full acadamy player next season but they only have room for one signing (IQ) on a full time contract assuming Maguire leaves and that will be on the LH side most likely.

Also have Bealham on the books in some form, imagine he'll see a good deal of action at loose head with the 'Connacht Eagles' next season.

Another prop to cover both sides is essential really, we'll really be scrambling around to fill the 2 prop positions on the bench for B&I Cup games, even more so if there is an injury or two

HC weekend:
Senior Team
Wilkinson, White, Buckley, Loughney

Eagles Team
Bealham, Ah You, ?, ?

Rodney came on as loosehead in the last game of the saeson, so maybe he's going LH or ambipropsterous (nice one!) too. Still a prop sort minimum, even if there are young lads coming up too.

Where are we now with props?

Rogers and Stephens are confirmed as gone. Maguire as good as. White has come in.

So we're left with Wilkinson and Buckley as dedicated Looseheads, White and Rodney over the far side and Loughney as ambipropsterous. With the B&I Cup, that's nowhere near enough.

Competing with fellow Irish man Jamie Kilbane for the loosehead slot, Cahill has come out on top, starting all four of the recent promotion play-off games. The 24-year-old’s impressive form has resulted in him penning a contract extension with the Titans this week.

As I feared in the previous post, it's over for a month to try attracting Cahill... And no hope for Kilbane to move either, has also, re-sign with Titans

And now Darragh Hurley has been added to the list of retirements at Munster. Not that we were looking at him, but this now means Munster are in the market for 2 more props, which makes things more difficult for us

ummm, wrote: From the IT this morning, discussing Munsters NIE quota

There is space for a foreign player without international experience, who can be naturalised via residency, as <strong>Peter Borlase is returning to New Zealand.</strong>

It was never happening. As I mentioned before the rumour that he was coming to us was only ever coming from the intelligentsia on the Munsterfans site and their overinflated opinion that they are the font of all rugby knowledge.

They presume that their cast-offs are good enough for Connacht, and that all Munster have to do is glance at a Connacht player and they will sign for them... :lol:

From the IT this morning, discussing Munsters NIE quota

There is space for a foreign player without international experience, who can be naturalised via residency, as Peter Borlase is returning to New Zealand.

rossie wrote: royce burke-flynn is a TH and we are looking for a LH presumably so maybe Shane Cahill might be more what we are looking for. Also graduate of Leinster acadamy and playing with Rotherham.

RBF has played both sides, and Cahill isn't in the Rotherham departure list, so there's less chances

ummm, wrote: Very hard to argue for Connacht representation after Leinster & Ulster got to the HEC final and Munster finished 3rd in the Pro12, while we had an absolutely horrible 14 game losing streak.

Don't think any poster on here has unrealistic expectations regarding Connacht players. We have three solid candidates though that are the equals of their peers in other provinces. Macca & Wilko through excellence, and Ronnie Loughney primarily due to lack of serious competition at Tight Head. Mul has been outstanding this season as has Gavin, but there is much more competition in their positions. None of our younger player has been remotely consistent enough through the course of the season to warrant mention in Irish Squad debates....

Very hard to argue for Connacht representation after Leinster & Ulster got to the HEC final and Munster finished 3rd in the Pro12, while we had an absolutely horrible 14 game losing streak.