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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 884398" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>I dug this article out from 2005. There are parallels with the signings of Matt More and Keynan Knox.</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>In 2004 Munster identified where they had a talent deficiency and went to New Zealand for a low risk attempt at solving it. Jeremy Manning became a very useful squad player. </p><p></p><p>The world didn't cave in when Munster signed Manning and Kingsbeer. The province still looked to promote talent from within their underage ranks. Niall Scannell, Damien Varley, Mike Sherry, Sean Cronin, Stephen Archer, Dave Kilcoyne, James Cronin, John Ryan, Mike Ross, Billy Holland, Dave Foley, Donnacha Ryan, Tommy O'Donnell, Peter O'Mahony, Conor Murray, Eoin Reddan, Rory Scannell, Darren Sweetnam, Keith Earls, Simon Zebo and others went on to be, in some cases, multi-cap internationals and weren't disheartened by the province going abroad to search for additional talent.</p><p></p><p>Maybe More and Knox didn't come to Munster in order to play for Ireland. Maybe they saw a golden opportunity to play the sport the love for a major team, get to travel and have their education paid for them. Best of luck to both players. There's some total nonsense being spouted elsewhere condemning Munster for these additions to their academy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 884398, member: 13611"] I dug this article out from 2005. There are parallels with the signings of Matt More and Keynan Knox. . In 2004 Munster identified where they had a talent deficiency and went to New Zealand for a low risk attempt at solving it. Jeremy Manning became a very useful squad player. The world didn't cave in when Munster signed Manning and Kingsbeer. The province still looked to promote talent from within their underage ranks. Niall Scannell, Damien Varley, Mike Sherry, Sean Cronin, Stephen Archer, Dave Kilcoyne, James Cronin, John Ryan, Mike Ross, Billy Holland, Dave Foley, Donnacha Ryan, Tommy O'Donnell, Peter O'Mahony, Conor Murray, Eoin Reddan, Rory Scannell, Darren Sweetnam, Keith Earls, Simon Zebo and others went on to be, in some cases, multi-cap internationals and weren't disheartened by the province going abroad to search for additional talent. Maybe More and Knox didn't come to Munster in order to play for Ireland. Maybe they saw a golden opportunity to play the sport the love for a major team, get to travel and have their education paid for them. Best of luck to both players. There's some total nonsense being spouted elsewhere condemning Munster for these additions to their academy. [/QUOTE]
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