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<blockquote data-quote="Feicarsinn" data-source="post: 542275" data-attributes="member: 22777">Yep, agree with much of what has been said.Connacht are at an interesting juncture. While I don&#039;t believe they&#039;re anywhere near as self sustaining as the other provinces they&#039;ve been making progress under Elwood. In the backs they&#039;ve got a whole host of young, home grown talents coming through and they have a few decent forwards too.That&#039;s not to say they&#039;re not going to be taking seconds off other provinces again soon. Bringing back Jamie Hagan (despite Munster surely needing him more) would be a good more, giving them a lot of strength at TH. Apparently Cronin is on the move, so if they can show some serious intent in Europe this season they could launch a serious bid to lure him. Leinster have lots of young flankers that they should be targeting too, considering that the likes of McCarthy, Muldoon, etc. are starting to push on.A lot will depend on the new national coach&#039;s attitude to the province. If he&#039;s as blinkered as the last two they could struggle to pick up guys with eventual international aspirations, but if he&#039;s in any way open minded with regards to form they should be able to strengthen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Feicarsinn, post: 542275, member: 22777"] Yep, agree with much of what has been said. Connacht are at an interesting juncture. While I don't believe they're anywhere near as self sustaining as the other provinces they've been making progress under Elwood. In the backs they've got a whole host of young, home grown talents coming through and they have a few decent forwards too. That's not to say they're not going to be taking seconds off other provinces again soon. Bringing back Jamie Hagan (despite Munster surely needing him more) would be a good more, giving them a lot of strength at TH. Apparently Cronin is on the move, so if they can show some serious intent in Europe this season they could launch a serious bid to lure him. Leinster have lots of young flankers that they should be targeting too, considering that the likes of McCarthy, Muldoon, etc. are starting to push on. A lot will depend on the new national coach's attitude to the province. If he's as blinkered as the last two they could struggle to pick up guys with eventual international aspirations, but if he's in any way open minded with regards to form they should be able to strengthen. [/QUOTE]

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