Ulster Squad 2018/19

[Deraless]

He was at the family day so must have at least been at pre-season. Saw him in his civvies at the home friendly and not since.

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[kingofthehill]

https://thefrontrowunion.com/2018/08/ulsters-new-boys/

Alan Bennie

Thought it was a trial and then he got injured.


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[BR]

Did someone not say that he came at the behest of D4 to see if it would work out. It seems it didn't.

Looks like we're not getting the other international 9 that was being considered either.

[Dave]

He had a squad profile pic in the UR website.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Thought it was a trial and then he got injured.

Presumably then after he got injured, we did sign him, but then because of the trial (in which he was found not guilty), his contract was terminated.

Tis the Ulster Way.

[Bart S]

Is it 5yrs for a project now?

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Yip.

Marcell said recently that the fact that Ulster stood by him will count when he considers his future. I'm hoping that is slightly ambiguous only because he doesn't want to put himself in the position of accepting a crap offer but will take a reasonable offer. He is still in recovery mode I'd guess but I thought he put himself about well yesterday.

I'm hoping come Christmas time that he has shown himself someone we desperately want to keep.

Are project players still being targetted by the IRFU since the ruling went up to 5 years? I know for those who were here before the ruling changed it has stayed at 3.

[UlsterNo9]

Did someone not say that he came at the behest of D4 to see if it would work out. It seems it didn't.

Looks like we're not getting the other international 9 that was being considered either.

Who was there other international 9 that was being considered?

Just on 9s, what is the alleged role Pienaar is returning to fulfil?

[Dave]

Just on 9s, what is the alleged role Pienaar is returning to fulfil?

Scrum half.

[Big-al]

Did someone not say that he came at the behest of D4 to see if it would work out. It seems it didn't.

Looks like we're not getting the other international 9 that was being considered either.

Who was there other international 9 that was being considered?

Just on 9s, what is the alleged role Pienaar is returning to fulfil?

Haven't a clue, but I remember reading an interview before he left that if he was to become a coach, he'd prefer to start as a youth/academy coach and work his way up the coaching ladder.

[Columbo]

How many NIQs do Ulster have?

Marcell
Deysel

Speight doesn’t count.

Project
Hond

Is that right? Seems to be very very light on World Class NIQ players.

Going forward.

Priority 1 - A NIQ loosehead or Dooley.
Priority 2 - A NIQ 2nd row.
Possibility- A NIQ tighthead to aid TOT (obviously if Moore stays fit and looks promising then keep as is)
Possibility - with the likes of Hume and Moore coming through and Luke Marshall coming back from injury I still feel we are a centre light.

Thoughts?

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Yes we currently have 2 NIQs + Speight, plus (theoretically) SVDM as a project. It was supposed to be down to 3+1, but towards the end of last season Bryn was back talking about 4+1 (Munster currently have 6 including Mathewson).

I think LH is a glaring weakness - I have a feeling Dooley re-signed with Leinster for a couple of years, I do wonder how he and Byrne can possibly be happy turning out for Leinster A for the forseeable future, but there you have it.. After that we badly need cover at 9 IMO

[Amiga500]

Haven't a clue, but I remember reading an interview before he left that if he was to become a coach, he'd prefer to start as a youth/academy coach and work his way up the coaching ladder.

Great players don't necessarily make great coaches.

We had quite a few average scrum halves go through the system when St. Ruan was here. If he was a great coach surely one of them would have been good enough to develop into something better than what beagle plateaued at!

[Amiga500]

I think LH is a glaring weakness - I have a feeling Dooley re-signed with Leinster for a couple of years, I do wonder how he and Byrne can possibly be happy turning out for Leinster A for the forseeable future, but there you have it.. After that we badly need cover at 9 IMO

That was my thinking.

They are probably competing for the most competitive prop spot in Europe!

[solidarity]

Haven't a clue, but I remember reading an interview before he left that if he was to become a coach, he'd prefer to start as a youth/academy coach and work his way up the coaching ladder.

Great players don't necessarily make great coaches.

We had quite a few average scrum halves go through the system when St. Ruan was here. If he was a great coach surely one of them would have been good enough to develop into something better than what beagle plateaued at!

I guess that great players do so much by instinct that they could find it very difficult to communicate it to lesser mortals.

[johnnymonaghan]

I heard a whisper that Ian Eagle is surplus to requirements in Leinster. He could certainly do a job for ulster in the 2nd row.

Also heard he's being linked heavily with the AP. If he's still under contract with Leinster maybe a move north could be engineered?

Especially in light of Pete Browne's retirement ....

[therealspratt]

I heard a whisper that Ian Eagle is surplus to requirements in Leinster. He could certainly do a job for ulster in the 2nd row.

Also heard he's being linked heavily with the AP. If he's still under contract with Leinster maybe a move north could be engineered?

Especially in light of Pete Browne's retirement ....

Ian Nagle would be surplus to requirements in almost any pro team, no thanks.