Last seen: Oct 24, 2026
Yes I agree and the fact that a centre/fullback is picked ahead of Jacob must be extremely frustrating for him. I can’t make any sense of that particu…
Uninspiring to say the least. Hopefully we get the two French teams at home as last season but even those games weren’t a great draw. This is where mi…
Nobody really knows but it seems that there are no 100% central contracts any more, or at least there won’t be after any existing ones come to their e…
With 10 players in the Ireland touring squad and presumably not (or partially) available to play, the first couple of games of the season are going to…
Zac and Bryn Ward added to the squad replacing Tommy O’Brien and Caelan Doris.
Academy 2026-27 entrants
Just thinking back to this: Mullins, Knox and Bello would be additions who weren’t known publicly when Richie said this. So we seem to be at 10 coming…
It would start to be a bit worrying if he is another (after Reuben Crothers and Willem De Klerk) who decide pro rugby is not for them. But anyway bac…
The only thing that might still be pending is any more (beyond Ward) promotions from the academy. I think Richie mentioned Henry Walker in this conte…
Bello also now. I hope he doesn’t find out I called him Gallo in another thread 🤦
There’s very little info about this, compared to the deluge of chat about lads from Blackrock or St. Michaels etc. (maybe those who live in NI hear mo…
And still nothing official about the various rumoured additions (Gallo, Mullins, Knox)
Odd timing on this announcement. All the others who are leaving were known a while ago. Another sign that being well regarded at U-20 level doesn’t gu…
That’s an odd one. Adding him and Gallo (neither confirmed of course), both being tight-heads, looks a bit unbalanced. Our real weakness is LH and t…