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8 years 2 months ago - 8 years 2 months ago #59747
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Cherry-picking abroad! was created by connachta
January : time to sign some new faces for next season.
Keane new-zealander gems of course but also wisely-chosen IQs!
I excluded those who seem to have "disappeared" from google-search-year-result (Mark Best, Willie Ryan ...)
And i've made the (long tideous) work to separate those who seem out of contract (for now), and those who are bound overseas (or already back in Ireland) beyond this summer.
In red those I'd want to see signing in one province (let's say Connacht
)... Because there're promising and/or there's an opportunity to make them move on low money (relegation or huge competion in their club), compared to their decent level.
LH Prop
Sean McCarthy 27
Leinster, Jersey, now Bedford
Jack O’Connell 27
Ex-Leinster, now Bristol
Hooker
George McGuigan 24
Newcasle, now Leicester
Jason Harris Wright 29
Leinster, Connacht, Bristol (twice)
Jonny Murphy 26
Ulster, Rotherham
TH Prop
Oliver Jager 23
Crussaders until July
Dave Ryan 31
Agen
Ben Betts 22
Leicester
Rory Burke 24
Munster, Nottingham
Craig Trenier 24
Ulster, Richmond
2nd Row
Mark Flanagan 28
Leinster, France, Munster (loan), Saracens
Danny Qualter 26
Connacht, Nottingham
Dan Tuohy 33
Bristol, Leicester (loan)
Back-Row
Conor Gilsenan 26
Leinster, Connacht (short-term), London Irish
Shane Buckley, 26
Munster, now Nottingham
Dom. Ryan 27
Leicester
Danny Kenny 29
L.Scottish
Jordan Coghlan, 25
Nottingham
Lorcan Dow, 22
Ex-Ulster, now Richmond
Kelvin Browne, 21
(played in Aurillac, back in AIL)
Scrum-half
Michael Heaney 27
Ulster, now Doncaster
Peter Stringer 40 (and doesn’t want to retire !)
Munster, Bath, Sale, Worcester, released
Charlie Mulchrone 28
Quins, Worcester, now Rotherham
Flyhalf
Caolan Ryan 26
Rotherham
Gearoid Lyons 23
Munster, Nottingham
Sean O'Hagan 22 (played 12 mostly)
Connacht, Ulster, Richmond
Darren Hudson 27
Bristol FB, now plays 10 in AIL (MU Barnhall)
Brett Connon 21
Newcastle
Declan Cusack 30
Spain, Doncaster
Centre
Brendan Macken 26
Wasps
Piers O’Conor 23
Wasps, now Ealing
Eamonn Sheridan 28
London Irish, then Oyonnax, now Carcasonne
Wing
Steven McMahon, 23
Munster now Carcasonne (played 13 and 15 too)
Charlie Ingall (utility back) 29
Newcstle, Wasps, Sale, London Scottish
Rory Parata, 23
Connacht, N-Z, now Zebre
Conor Gaston 27
Aurillac
Alex O’Meara 25
Cornish Pirates
FB
Ciaran Gaffney 22
Connacht, now Zebre
Declan Cusack 29
Munster, now Doncaster
IQ but Not available (signed over summer 2018)
Ryan (the Racing one), Dougall, Butler, Foley, Zebo, F.Mulchrone, Whitten, Steenson, Tovey, Joyce, McAllister, Annett, J.Sexton, F. Mulchrone, Scanlon, Lydon, J.Hagan, J.Madigan
Ex IQ
Paddy Ryan (now USA), Ian McKinley (now Italy)
Keane new-zealander gems of course but also wisely-chosen IQs!
I excluded those who seem to have "disappeared" from google-search-year-result (Mark Best, Willie Ryan ...)
And i've made the (long tideous) work to separate those who seem out of contract (for now), and those who are bound overseas (or already back in Ireland) beyond this summer.
In red those I'd want to see signing in one province (let's say Connacht
LH Prop
Sean McCarthy 27
Leinster, Jersey, now Bedford
Jack O’Connell 27
Ex-Leinster, now Bristol
Hooker
George McGuigan 24
Newcasle, now Leicester
Jason Harris Wright 29
Leinster, Connacht, Bristol (twice)
Jonny Murphy 26
Ulster, Rotherham
TH Prop
Oliver Jager 23
Crussaders until July
Dave Ryan 31
Agen
Ben Betts 22
Leicester
Rory Burke 24
Munster, Nottingham
Craig Trenier 24
Ulster, Richmond
2nd Row
Mark Flanagan 28
Leinster, France, Munster (loan), Saracens
Danny Qualter 26
Connacht, Nottingham
Dan Tuohy 33
Bristol, Leicester (loan)
Back-Row
Conor Gilsenan 26
Leinster, Connacht (short-term), London Irish
Shane Buckley, 26
Munster, now Nottingham
Dom. Ryan 27
Leicester
Danny Kenny 29
L.Scottish
Jordan Coghlan, 25
Nottingham
Lorcan Dow, 22
Ex-Ulster, now Richmond
Kelvin Browne, 21
(played in Aurillac, back in AIL)
Scrum-half
Michael Heaney 27
Ulster, now Doncaster
Peter Stringer 40 (and doesn’t want to retire !)
Munster, Bath, Sale, Worcester, released
Charlie Mulchrone 28
Quins, Worcester, now Rotherham
Flyhalf
Caolan Ryan 26
Rotherham
Gearoid Lyons 23
Munster, Nottingham
Sean O'Hagan 22 (played 12 mostly)
Connacht, Ulster, Richmond
Darren Hudson 27
Bristol FB, now plays 10 in AIL (MU Barnhall)
Brett Connon 21
Newcastle
Declan Cusack 30
Spain, Doncaster
Centre
Brendan Macken 26
Wasps
Piers O’Conor 23
Wasps, now Ealing
Eamonn Sheridan 28
London Irish, then Oyonnax, now Carcasonne
Wing
Steven McMahon, 23
Munster now Carcasonne (played 13 and 15 too)
Charlie Ingall (utility back) 29
Newcstle, Wasps, Sale, London Scottish
Rory Parata, 23
Connacht, N-Z, now Zebre
Conor Gaston 27
Aurillac
Alex O’Meara 25
Cornish Pirates
FB
Ciaran Gaffney 22
Connacht, now Zebre
Declan Cusack 29
Munster, now Doncaster
IQ but Not available (signed over summer 2018)
Ryan (the Racing one), Dougall, Butler, Foley, Zebo, F.Mulchrone, Whitten, Steenson, Tovey, Joyce, McAllister, Annett, J.Sexton, F. Mulchrone, Scanlon, Lydon, J.Hagan, J.Madigan
Ex IQ
Paddy Ryan (now USA), Ian McKinley (now Italy)
Last edit: 8 years 2 months ago by connachta.
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