Contract Situation

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Ross Kane has signed for Ealing Trailfinders
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That’s a decent move for him. Good luck Ross.

I see they’ve also signed Kevin O’Byrne from Munster and Lancaster Jnr.

Bill Johnston has been let go.
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https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/spor ... 02529.html

Any views? Good signing? I’m not sure.
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Needed a loosehead.
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He has played at a higher level than our current 3rd choice tight head. If he can challenge the first two then he is worth a punt for a year.

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A bit of a niche area but at 6’4” may help as a lifter at the lineout.
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I'm pleasantly surprised by that signing - it could have been a lot worse. He will certainly push Milasinovich from 3rd choice to 4th so that has to be a positive thing. I was expecting us to sign someone as a 4th choice so it's a good result in my view. I doubt he will put serious pressure on TOT though.
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Hawkeye wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 12:22 pm A bit of a niche area but at 6’4” may help as a lifter at the lineout.
Maybe he could take a few himself?!
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It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that TOT will miss a good few games with international commitments so a decent new option at TH was required.
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Are we going to see Tom O'Toole at loosehead a bit next season as he tries to make the WC squad?
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Still think the long term plan should be homegrown talent. Need to look beyond ‘traditional’ pipeline of schools. AIL, other sports.
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Re: the need for a loosehead. Is Schalk Van der Merwe still at Lurgan? :duck:
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Andy Warwick is in the form of his life. EOS was beginning to return to form. I want to see more of Callum Reid also. Saunderson looks to be a great prospect if he can develop his scrummaging. Since we didn't see much of McGrath anyway it could be just a case of business as usual. Obviously we will unlikely be permitted another niq prop. Perhaps a IQ or sloppy second from another province could be sought.
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Following today’s news that All Black, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, will soon call himself one of the Ulster men, the province can also announce that 24-year-old back, Angus Curtis, has signed for a further year, and completes the confirmed line-up for next season’s squad.
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1 cap with the all blacks and you're announced like that forever. So the squad is the squad now. New thread needed for the full squad list?
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