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‪Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IX: The Last Jordi [****]

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    #2972
    Buer
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    Anyone who says they like getting friction burns on the side of their head and face from having it crammed between the arses of two fat front rowers is a damned liar.

    Nobody likes that.

    Possibly Venjur, actually.


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    #2973
    irishfan9
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    Back Three of Larmour, Lowe & Carbery. :D


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    #2974
    Stheno
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    Buer wrote: »
    Anyone who says they like getting friction burns on the side of their head and face from having it crammed between the arses of two fat front rowers is a damned liar.

    Nobody likes that.

    Possibly Venjur, actually.

    Surely awec, no?


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    #2975
    Buer
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Surely awec, no?
    His head and face between the arses of two? No.

    His head and face between the arsecheeks of one? A distinct possibility.


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    #2976
    Stheno
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    Buer wrote: »
    His head and face between the arses of two? No.

    His head and face between the arsecheeks of one? A distinct possibility.

    Ah good point


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    #2977
    irishfan9
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    42 caps for JGP already in his 2nd season with us.


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    #2978
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Surely awec, no?
    Buer wrote: »
    His head and face between the arses of two? No.

    His head and face between the arsecheeks of one? A distinct possibility.

    We'll never know - he's been banned for life from playing rugby after his pitch invasion when Glasgow won the pro12 in Belfast.

    Tjdj7Mg.jpg


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    #2979
    Larbre34
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    irishfan9 wrote: »
    competition?

    JGP is solid and in good form, but less of a game changing talent than McGrath. A Round 6 European game isnt the time for stirring competition for jerseys.


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    #2980
    irishbucsfan
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    Larbre34 wrote: »
    JGP is solid and in good form, but less of a game changing talent than McGrath. A Round 6 European game isnt the time for stirring competition for jerseys.

    With JGP there's the added issue of his eligibility. If we want to use Lowe and Fardy in the team throughout the 6 Nations then it's quite likely JGP will be waiting quite a while for more rugby.


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    #2981
    awec
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Surely awec, no?
    I may have the height but not the bulk to play in the row.


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    #2982
    irishfan9
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    With JGP there's the added issue of his eligibility. If we want to use Lowe and Fardy in the team throughout the 6 Nations then it's quite likely JGP will be waiting quite a while for more rugby.

    even more reason to give nick mc as much rugby as possible.


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    #2983
    pickarooney
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    Yes "the row" is the 2nd row. That's a very common term. Mostly a term of disgust. People do not like playing there, even those who say they do are lying to themselves.

    You pudgers can only dream of soaring through the sky, battling like falcons for supremacy in the line out, sticking your head between the rotund cheeks of the meatiest of props and doing the 'unseen work' that everyone sees and just isn't very impressed by.


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    #2984
    Stheno
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    You pudgers can only dream of soaring through the sky, battling like falcons for supremacy in the line out, sticking your head between the rotund cheeks of the meatiest of props and doing the 'unseen work' that everyone sees and just isn't very impressed by.

    Conor Murray was in the lineout against Leinster

    What would that make him, a rampaging nine?


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    #2985
    awec
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Conor Murray was in the lineout against Leinster

    What would that make him, a rampaging nine?
    Lost.


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    #2986
    Sangre
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    You pudgers can only dream of soaring through the sky, battling like falcons for supremacy in the line out, sticking your head between the rotund cheeks of the meatiest of props and doing the 'unseen work' that everyone sees and just isn't very impressed by.

    I think its called 'unseen work' because you can't 'unsee' it.


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    #2987
    FrannoFan
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    Winters wrote: »
    When I say 'Leinster developed' i am referring to the Leinster system (schools, clubs and academy) rather than just the academy itself. As Joey spent some of his youth in NZ I just wanted to clarify that.

    In Ireland since he was 11 and both his parents are from athy.
    His dad a coach for leinster in the development side of things.
    fair to say leinster developed.


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    #2988
    salmocab
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    FrannoFan wrote: »
    In Ireland since he was 11 and both his parents are from athy.
    His dad a coach for leinster in the development side of things.
    fair to say leinster developed.

    Is his dad not a New Zealander? Doesn’t change the point he’s very much Leinster developed


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    #2989
    Buer
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    salmocab wrote: »
    FrannoFan wrote: »
    In Ireland since he was 11 and both his parents are from athy.
    His dad a coach for leinster in the development side of things.
    fair to say leinster developed.

    Is his dad not a New Zealander? Doesn’t change the point he’s very much Leinster developed
    His father is Irish. Emigrated as a kid.


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    #2990
    Winters
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    He is very much Leinster developed but with the Kiwi twang some may not know it. I just wanted to clarify.


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    #2991
    irishbucsfan
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    Big Kildare head on him, sure


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    #2992
    salmocab
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    Buer wrote: »
    His father is Irish. Emigrated as a kid.

    Ah right, still wouldn’t have made any difference either way JC is Leinster


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    #2993
    Clegg
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    Leinster have a 20 year old former high school American footballer in the sub academy. He has Samoan heritage and they're attempting to convert him to tighthead prop.


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    #2994
    Neil3030
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    Clegg wrote: »
    Leinster have a a 20 year old former high school American footballer in the sub academy. He has Samoan heritage and they're attempting to convert him to tighthead prop.

    Great news - I'd love to see them get guys who played basketball and wrestled at a reasonably high level in high school or college - they'd have the perfect skillset.


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    #2995
    Stheno
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    Clegg wrote: »
    Leinster have a a 20 year old former high school American footballer in the sub academy. He has Samoan heritage and they're attempting to convert him to tighthead prop.

    Where did he come from?


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    #2996
    Neil3030
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Where did he come from?

    Article on him here:

    http://www.the42.ie/roman-salanoa-hawaii-leinster-rugby-3807005-Jan2018/


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    #2997
    Clegg
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Clegg wrote: »
    Leinster have a a 20 year old former high school American footballer in the sub academy. He has Samoan heritage and they're attempting to convert him to tighthead prop.

    Where did he come from?
    Tighthead prop Roman Salanoa, who has Samoan ancestry, is from the Hawaiian island of Oahu and earned All-State selection as a defensive linesman after helping his school, Kahuku High, to a state championship in 2015.

    This is from Murray Kinsella's article on it.

    http://www.the42.ie/roman-salanoa-hawaii-leinster-rugby-3807005-Jan2018/


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    #2998
    irishbucsfan
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    So now Leinster and Munster have both signed school-leavers from overseas into their academy/sub-academy. It's starting to become a pattern now.


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    #2999
    Stheno
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    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    So now Leinster and Munster have both signed school-leavers from overseas into their academy/sub-academy. It's starting to become a pattern now.

    I was thinking exactly the same, whatever about Munster it makes no sense to me that Leinster has done this


    What's the logic behind it?


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    #3000
    Squidgy Black
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    Stheno wrote: »
    I was thinking exactly the same, whatever about Munster it makes no sense to me that Leinster has done this


    What's the logic behind it?

    There would've been a push to get any NIQ players into the academy before the end of the year so that they'd be IQ under the 3 year rule as opposed to 5 years when the rule came into effect.


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    #3001
    Stheno
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    Squidgy Black wrote: »
    There would've been a push to get any NIQ players into the academy before the end of the year so that they'd be IQ under the 3 year rule as opposed to 5 years when the rule came into effect.

    Ok I get that but a former American footballer who is starting to get into Rugby?


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