The UAFC

Really poor tbh - for all that Bulls is a hard place to go and are a very good side, and played as well as I’ve seen them play this season to boot. But that was poor stuff - out-played tactically, dominated in the scrum, second best at the breakdown, and completely toothless attack (shocking how far...

Leinster 7 point favourites away to Bulls. They need a win, in fact they need to win the tournament, at a canter really, given the financial and other resources at their disposal. Stretching their trophy-less streak to what would it be, 4 years? would be a bit embarrassing by this stage..

Actually, having read the Humphreys interview, he makes exactly the same points about players sitting 3rd / 4th / 5th choice and what that tells the coaches about their ambition, so very much from the same hymn sheet.

Definitely the right decision for Conan, if I'd been advising him there's no way he should have countenanced a move away from Leinster - genuinely in the mix for first team, even with Doris around, and almost a lock-in for the 23. Players like Deegan & Penny are another matter entirely - enterin...

Kind of embarrassing how Ulster are trumpeting 6 guys in the 20s squad - I mean, be honest. It's 3. Which is dreadful. Hugh was hemming and hawing in the fan's forum about how to measure success at age grade, well to me it's pretty obvious, results in the inter-pros (which have been desperate for th...

Depth and quality in the front five is woefully inadequate, not replacing Kitshoff at all is just shocking. We went into last season with 3 THs, needed an emergency signing within 3 weeks and ended up promoting an academy player, you'll never guess what we've done this year when we don't have an ac...

I know this is duplicative, but given how long it took me to fiddle around with the colours before posting I'm posting the final update :lol: Loosehead: O'Sullivan - Warwick - Reid - Boal Hooker: Herring - Stewart - Andrew - McCormick - Walker - Solomon Tighthead: Moore - O'Toole - Wilson - Doak - B...

RuPi wrote:Carson and McKee are contracted for next season.

Academy intake is the 3 Leinster backs plus Bryn Ward (Back Row), Jonny Scott (Centre), Clark Logan (Scrum Half) and James McKillop (Back Row).

Awesome thanks - will update. Any of the current academy boys being released for next season?

The academy squad hasn't been announced, and I think a couple more signings to go, but as things stand this is the squad for next year - full/development contracts in blue, academy in red italics - and I've included the 3 Leinster u-20s rumoured to be joining the academy, with asterisks: Loosehead: ...

Just rewatched the last quarter - we made hard enough work of it, but some really impressive stuff. Check out defensive set from 66 mins, Leinster 5m scrum (poor lineout throw from Stewart…) 1 minute of superb defence with successive big shots from Stu, Timoney and Wilson have them back on the 22 wi...

Well tf for that… I’m going to watch it back to see for sure, but I think that was actually a cracking performance - absolutely cursed to be somehow trailing at ht, we were dominant and yes you can say again we lacked composure in the red zone with the held-ups etc, but I thought Lowry was robbed th...

The more I think of it, the more important the CEO choice is - and the more infuriating the colossal failure of the IRFU to recruit appropriate candidates for the role over the last decade is. And the more ironic the Irish / NI media narrative of Ulster as bumbling incompetents and IRFU as sage, smo...

Bayern wrote:Ruddock is retiring.

Oh really, and just as his Wales career was about to take off!

Rhys Ruddock’s contract believed to be up, not announced among their renewals, 32 now and nit getting a look in at all, but would be a considerable upgrade on Ewers.. Also in players released in positions of weakness for us, Wyn Jones and Dan Jones of Scarlets, neither of them in the international r...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7p7qKt6ATyk&pp=ygUMdWxzdGVyIHJ1Z2J5 18:50 in. Appears we did approach Cruden. Between this and a non commital answer from the new CEO in the interview with Trimble. I take 3 things from them: 1 - we are sniffing around for a 10 for next season 2 - painfully obvious...