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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 1183711" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Short term thinking maybe? Owning the ground was obviously the primary factor but if they'd move to Cork they'd have developed infrastructure but also built a close relationship with a lot of feeder clubs and schools. A lot of Leinster players are involved in school team coaching, the knowledge is going first hand from the top down.</p><p></p><p>Having a hotspot for talent and supplementing it has worked incredibly well as can be seen by last weekends team with very few Michael's / Rock players but then the backups tend to have a strong representation from there. Moot point now but maybe a reflection of past approaches where development wasn't a priority. </p><p></p><p>It's also obviously a disadvantage that Leinster don't have with only one metropolitan area. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Once again, they're us. Initial European success with a golden age supplemented with imports and then built the best academy in the country to consolidate it after years of being serial underachievers. We did it first but with no cheating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 1183711, member: 45598"] Short term thinking maybe? Owning the ground was obviously the primary factor but if they'd move to Cork they'd have developed infrastructure but also built a close relationship with a lot of feeder clubs and schools. A lot of Leinster players are involved in school team coaching, the knowledge is going first hand from the top down. Having a hotspot for talent and supplementing it has worked incredibly well as can be seen by last weekends team with very few Michael’s / Rock players but then the backups tend to have a strong representation from there. Moot point now but maybe a reflection of past approaches where development wasn’t a priority. It’s also obviously a disadvantage that Leinster don’t have with only one metropolitan area. Once again, they’re us. Initial European success with a golden age supplemented with imports and then built the best academy in the country to consolidate it after years of being serial underachievers. We did it first but with no cheating. [/QUOTE]
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