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<blockquote data-quote="munstermuffin" data-source="post: 295325">&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Dec 24 2009, 04:42 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=428833" target="_blank">&lt;{POST_SNAPBACK}&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;From next season, I think each Irish team in the Magners League will need 6 good backrow forwards. The IRFU player management programme will be in full swing meaning that internationals look likely to miss the first 4 or 5 games of the season. Add to that the possibility of 4 extra league games (through Italian teams entering the league) and talented younger players could easily find themselves playing in 10 or so games for their provinces next season. That may sway some players to stay longer, particularly in the backrow where Heaslip, O&#039;Brien and Jennings could miss a chunk of the season. It could be a huge opportulity for flankers Dominic Ryan and Rhys Ruddock to make a big impression on Joe Schmidt, the new head coach. Likewise Andrew Conway, Brendan Macken, Ian McKinley and Paul O&#039;Donohoe will have an opportunity to impress. Unfortunately I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a mass of talent coming through from 1-5.&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE &lt;/div&gt;They&#039;re obviously mammy&#039;s boys. I&#039;m fairly sure Rhys was born in Ireland not that it means much. If place of birth was key to who you played for, Jamie Heaslip would be an Israeli international and Ronan O&#039;Gara would be a cheerleader for some baseball team....... Munstermuffin, Leinster are blessed at the moment with an extremely good crop of young players covering a massive population base. I&#039;m sure Munster will soon see similar talent coming through when the effect of two Heineken Cup ***les translates itself into a batch of 17 or 18 year olds who took up the sport precisely because they identified with a successful team. As I see it, players like Keith Earls, Tommy O&#039;Donnell, Felix Jones, Sean Cronin, Darragh Hurley, Denis Leamy, Tomas O&#039;Leary, Ian Dowling, Denis Hurley and Donnacha Ryan can easily spearhead another excellent Munster team when the older heads retire. Of those close to retirement (ie 33+), only John Hayes and David Wallace don&#039;t have adequate cover behind them.[/b]</blockquote>Hope your right snoop as I was talkin to a guy in the know today and he was saying all internationals will be lucky to play 2-3 ML games next year due to World Cup so hopefully we&#039;ll have an academy suitable to support us. But when you put it that way Munster do have a good spine for future but still doubt if Cronin will end up back here although I hope he will. But my worry is if IRFU go OTT and stop playing time we&#039;ll see a repeat of WC &#039;07 and that will be drastic.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="munstermuffin, post: 295325"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snoopy snoopy dog dog @ Dec 24 2009, 04:42 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=428833']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> From next season, I think each Irish team in the Magners League will need 6 good backrow forwards. The IRFU player management programme will be in full swing meaning that internationals look likely to miss the first 4 or 5 games of the season. Add to that the possibility of 4 extra league games (through Italian teams entering the league) and talented younger players could easily find themselves playing in 10 or so games for their provinces next season. That may sway some players to stay longer, particularly in the backrow where Heaslip, O'Brien and Jennings could miss a chunk of the season. It could be a huge opportulity for flankers Dominic Ryan and Rhys Ruddock to make a big impression on Joe Schmidt, the new head coach. Likewise Andrew Conway, Brendan Macken, Ian McKinley and Paul O'Donohoe will have an opportunity to impress. Unfortunately I don't think there's a mass of talent coming through from 1-5. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> They're obviously mammy's boys. I'm fairly sure Rhys was born in Ireland not that it means much. If place of birth was key to who you played for, Jamie Heaslip would be an Israeli international and Ronan O'Gara would be a cheerleader for some baseball team....... [b]Munstermuffin[/b], Leinster are blessed at the moment with an extremely good crop of young players covering a massive population base. I'm sure Munster will soon see similar talent coming through when the effect of two Heineken Cup ***les translates itself into a batch of 17 or 18 year olds who took up the sport precisely because they identified with a successful team. As I see it, players like Keith Earls, Tommy O'Donnell, Felix Jones, Sean Cronin, Darragh Hurley, Denis Leamy, Tomas O'Leary, Ian Dowling, Denis Hurley and Donnacha Ryan can easily spearhead another excellent Munster team when the older heads retire. Of those close to retirement (ie 33+), only John Hayes and David Wallace don't have adequate cover behind them. [/b][/quote] Hope your right snoop as I was talkin to a guy in the know today and he was saying all internationals will be lucky to play 2-3 ML games next year due to World Cup so hopefully we'll have an academy suitable to support us. But when you put it that way Munster do have a good spine for future but still doubt if Cronin will end up back here although I hope he will. But my worry is if IRFU go OTT and stop playing time we'll see a repeat of WC '07 and that will be drastic. [/QUOTE]

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