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<blockquote data-quote="snoopy snoopy dog dog" data-source="post: 476939" data-attributes="member: 13611"><p>For all the hype about Ian Nagle, he's older than both Courtney Lawes and Richie Gray. He also has less starts for Munster than those two have for England and Scotland respectively. He's a talent but he's heading the same way as Donnacha Ryan- sticking around at Munster far too long when he could be starting elsewhere. Ryan is 28 now and it's only this season that he's making a Heineken Cup breakthrough. How many caps would Ryan have now had he backed himself and moved from Munster 3 or 4 years ago? I'd hazard a guess that he would have been Paul O'Connell's second row partner in the World Cup last year.</p><p></p><p>I'd hate to lose Rhys Ruddock but it would be a great move for Irish rugby. Ruddock, Peter O'Mahoney, David Wallace, Niall Ronan, Denis Leamy and James Coughlan would be an excellent backrow rotation for the turnips while Leinster would still have Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip, Kevin McLaughlin, Shane Jennings, Dominic Ryan and Leo Auva'a with players like Jordi Murphy, Jordan Coghlan, Conor Gilsenan and Dan Leavy (about to tear it up in the senior cup) the next generation primed to break through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snoopy snoopy dog dog, post: 476939, member: 13611"] For all the hype about Ian Nagle, he's older than both Courtney Lawes and Richie Gray. He also has less starts for Munster than those two have for England and Scotland respectively. He's a talent but he's heading the same way as Donnacha Ryan- sticking around at Munster far too long when he could be starting elsewhere. Ryan is 28 now and it's only this season that he's making a Heineken Cup breakthrough. How many caps would Ryan have now had he backed himself and moved from Munster 3 or 4 years ago? I'd hazard a guess that he would have been Paul O'Connell's second row partner in the World Cup last year. I'd hate to lose Rhys Ruddock but it would be a great move for Irish rugby. Ruddock, Peter O'Mahoney, David Wallace, Niall Ronan, Denis Leamy and James Coughlan would be an excellent backrow rotation for the turnips while Leinster would still have Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip, Kevin McLaughlin, Shane Jennings, Dominic Ryan and Leo Auva'a with players like Jordi Murphy, Jordan Coghlan, Conor Gilsenan and Dan Leavy (about to tear it up in the senior cup) the next generation primed to break through. [/QUOTE]
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