"The Other Provinces Need to Stand Up & Fight!" | Ronan O'Gara

"The Other Provinces Need to Stand Up & Fight!" | Ronan O'Gara | OTB Breakfast

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14 күн бұрын

Ronan O'Gara is asked about Leinster's ongoing dominance amongst the Irish provinces on Off The Ball Breakfast.
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@user-yq7tt3ii6h 14 күн бұрын

You could tell he wanted to say "The other provinces need to pull their own weight" but he stopped himself. Munster, Ulster and Connacht have already started to bring young players from the Leinster system into their academies and they've always had 5+ ex-Leinster players in their squads, so its up to them now to turn those rocks into diamonds.

@gavinobrien3654 14 күн бұрын

Who writes your headlines!?!? There was zero criticism of Leinster from O'Gara, instead his criticism was for the other 3 provinces needing to get their act together in their academies....

@jeramy576 13 күн бұрын

They're always trying to bait especially when Rog is involved

@cianmaher945 13 күн бұрын

Very hard to just tell Connacht to get there act together when we are the joint second least funded club in the urc

@keego_keego 12 күн бұрын

Spot on Gav

@paulennis2996 12 күн бұрын

Has the headline changed? I read the headline as (ROG responds to) Leinster Criticism: "The other Provinces need to stand up and fight".The quote being the headline and "Leinster Criticism" being the context, without which the headline makes no sense.

@Shane-zx4ps 13 күн бұрын

I’m a Leinster man through and through and I want to see the other provinces be on par with Leinster as we all know it would be a crap tournament without real competition a bit like the dubs over the last decade.

@fawltyoldboybasil.2178 13 күн бұрын

"...the INFLATION of one Province at the expense of the others..." - sounds more like an accusation of a deliberate action by the IRFU. Every Irish rugby fan can see that Leinster are in a very enviable position because of the demographics of population and assets (schools, clubs) that feed into their rugby program - that is NOT an artificial creation engineered by the IRFU or Leinster Rugby to favor the province. It is just the reality of the situation. That being said, it is now incumbent on the IRFU to correct this imbalance and provide more support (both financial and personnel) to the other 3 Provinces. Over to you David Humphries.

@paulennis2996 12 күн бұрын

That sounds like a very difficult challenge. I think the only thing the IRFU could be accused of is inaction. They came up with a fair and equitable system, designed mainly for the benefit of the national team. The only factor they didn't take into consideration were the natural advantages that Leinster have, but seemed to be irrelevant back in 2000 / 2001. As I understand, the IRFU are going to ask the provinces to contribute a percentage of the central contract which will either be redistributed or allow for addional central contracts.

@TropicalJungleIreland 14 күн бұрын

Sports is a numbers game. Leinster schools out number the other provinces. Bigger pool to play, train, develop etc....

@paulnash5500 12 күн бұрын

Leinster just got it right. It took years, and now others are whining.

@pauleire 10 күн бұрын

There's also the "numbers"coming from intergenerational wealth into the Leinster schools. IRFU don't have much to do with that in fairness, and other provinces simply don't and will never those "numbers" in any schools, private, or not.

@christiaantheron9080 13 күн бұрын

How does the expediture at LAR compare to Munster or Ulster?

@andrew097 13 күн бұрын

Munster academy's stagnated under previous coaches, who never really used them. Roundtree has started to pull players through. Munster has rejected Keatly, Healy Hanaran and Carbury. That some talent pool to fail.

@leooshea8089 13 күн бұрын

In the long-term, economic and demographic disparities between Dublin and the rest of the country will tend to translate to every other sector (culture, infrastructure, health, education, sport...). These are the effects of decades of political decisions (also made in Dublin) not the character defects of provincial populations who literally don't have it in their power to change that situation. As long as wealth, power and population is concentrated in Dublin so will the lion's share of players and trophies.

@brendanward9877 13 күн бұрын

Irrespective of your point and it may be true there is one simple fact, it is the capital city and it’s where a majority of people want to live, native and foreigners. I’m not being critical of anywhere outside of Dublin and I understand there are many have decided to move outside of Dublin also but it’s not particularly an Irish thing, it’s a global phenomenon. Young people in particular want to be somewhere lively. I also understand that most big tech companies want to base themselves her for lots of reasons. It is what it is.

@paulennis2996 12 күн бұрын

Dublin has continued to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the country, despite government policy rather than because of it. 30 years ago, there was decentralisation (remember that?), since then it has been Dublin property prices and over the last 5 years working from home. But people still want to live and work in Dublin. As I understand it, policy will incorage urban living over rural to ensure a more environmentally sustainable model of living. The state of our rugby clubs shouldn't come into that conversation.

@marco24520021991 13 күн бұрын

ROG still crying

@Dreyno 14 күн бұрын

The other provinces need to produce better players. That’s the beginning and end of it.

@Inconvenientx 13 күн бұрын

Find a few million quid to resource their schools the same as St Michael's, Blackrock, etc and they will. It's almost all state schools in Limerick and they aren't close to the level of investment of the Dublin elite schools. St Michael's has close to pro facilities and, according to John Barkley, €1m per annum for rugby.

@tomgreene1843 13 күн бұрын

Is it becoming a money game ...??

@DaSkonk 13 күн бұрын

It already has, long since. Becoming more like football every day in that regard, more's the pity.

@tomgreene1843 13 күн бұрын

@@DaSkonk I think you are correct ...just think of all the seats Barrett will sell for Leinster.

@Karma-qt4ji 13 күн бұрын

With the steady stream of foreign talent into the Irish national side over the last 2 decades, it has always been a money game. World Rugby, in their own words, introduced the 5 year eligibilty rule to combat this trend.

@andrew097 13 күн бұрын

The whinging from the Champions is pitiful.