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<blockquote data-quote="Groundhog" data-source="post: 636477" data-attributes="member: 50079"><p>Yeah high schools. There are a few schools that produce a huge number of pros just down to tradition and resources. Our school for instance has produced 4 or 5 B&I Lions and 40 odd internationals. Other schools are bigger while in Munster guys like Munchins have produced a huge volume of players. As I say all players are attached to clubs. If you ever look at an Irish teamsheet it will have each players Province and Club. I believe the provincial union allocates clubs to foreign signings. It can do a lot for a club to have a big name attached even for signing jerseys and hanging around the club.</p><p>The AIL ranges from J1 (serious prospects and semi pros with the odd appearance from guys on long term injury. For instance Stephen Ferris eased into a few club games before it was deemed he was recovered sufficiently for a full intensity Ulster game) to J5 which is largely social. In my club we have a guy who's about 50 playing at scrum half for the J5's and the majority of the team is overweight. The thing is however that certain schools also have clubs unattached but linked to them for past pupils to play for. However if you look at a school like Blackrock, easily the countries top rugby school, their club (Blackrock RFC) is awful so a guy wanting to maximise his chances would instead play for a top club like Lansdowne or his college side like U.C.D. Sorry if I'm making this ununnecessarily complicated</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Groundhog, post: 636477, member: 50079"] Yeah high schools. There are a few schools that produce a huge number of pros just down to tradition and resources. Our school for instance has produced 4 or 5 B&I Lions and 40 odd internationals. Other schools are bigger while in Munster guys like Munchins have produced a huge volume of players. As I say all players are attached to clubs. If you ever look at an Irish teamsheet it will have each players Province and Club. I believe the provincial union allocates clubs to foreign signings. It can do a lot for a club to have a big name attached even for signing jerseys and hanging around the club. The AIL ranges from J1 (serious prospects and semi pros with the odd appearance from guys on long term injury. For instance Stephen Ferris eased into a few club games before it was deemed he was recovered sufficiently for a full intensity Ulster game) to J5 which is largely social. In my club we have a guy who's about 50 playing at scrum half for the J5's and the majority of the team is overweight. The thing is however that certain schools also have clubs unattached but linked to them for past pupils to play for. However if you look at a school like Blackrock, easily the countries top rugby school, their club (Blackrock RFC) is awful so a guy wanting to maximise his chances would instead play for a top club like Lansdowne or his college side like U.C.D. Sorry if I'm making this ununnecessarily complicated [/QUOTE]
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