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Anyone attend the open training last night in Donnybrook?

Zero updates or content from Leinster as usual, but looking at the sportsfile/inpho photos it seems Tector, Larmour, Paddy McCarthy & Hugh Cooney were back training, which is good news for SA trip. Didn't see Baird but he had been back training also I believe.

Lots of pictures of Josh Neill too, who looks physically up to the level and could see a bit of game time.

TOB, Carbery and Boyle were also there albeit not togged out.

Stephen Smyth is another guy that Leinster seem to like to use in PR and get lots of images of. Not sure how much you can tell from that, but given he's also captained the A side you'd imagine he's very highly rated.

Hopefully our Leinster marketing team will see fit to bless us poor supporters with even a 30 second video from the event, albeit I wouldn't hold my breath. (Meanwhile Connacht are doing a whole YouTube series about their pre-season.)

They’re certainly taking their time to announce so here is a guess.

Given that no other provinces have announced any Leinster players in their intakes I highly doubt an u19 player will be signed.

There is rumour that it’s an intake of 7, being 6 forwards and 1 back. Here’s my prediction

Max Doyle

Sami Bishti

Rian Handley

Donnacha McGuire

Dylan McNeice

Ben Blaney

Charlie Molony

Leinster u19 squad

LH Prop
Aiden McGovern (Boyne RFC)
Philip Murphy (New Ross RFC)
Tom Quigley (St.Marys)
Ryan Grant (Belvedere)

Hooker
Juwon Adeoye (Boyne RFC)
Seamus Whelan (Balbriggin RFC)
Brion Donagh (Newbridge)
Dan McKenna (Terenure)

TH Prop
Tadhg Halpenny (Dundalk RFC)
Jack Power (MU Barnhall RFC)
Rory O’Brien (Terenure)

Lock
Cian McCarron (Blackrock)
James Gissing (Belvedere)
Eoin Farrell (St.Marys)
Alan Higgins (Skerries RFC)

Backrow
Cillian O’Donovan (Newbridge)
Culan Kehoe (Roscrea)
Eoghan Brady (St.Marys)
Thibault Campbell (Wesley)
Harry O’Neill (Castleknock)
Patrick Agnew (Blackrock)

Scrumhalf
Jack Fogarty (St.Marys)
Charlie Dowse (Belvedere College)
Joshua O’Keefe (Newbridge RFC)

Outhalf
Michael Kenny (Newbridge)
Harrison McMahon (St.Michaels)
Harry Dunne (St.Gerard’s)

Centre
David Barr (Belvedere)
Niall Fallon (Terenure)
Tom Martin (Newbridge)
David Li (CUS)

Wing
Chris Maguire (St.Marys)
Franklin Onwuzulumba (Clondalkin RFC)
Robert Brennan (Pres Bray)
Tadg Young (Suttonians RFC)

Fullback
Max Roche (St.Michaels)
Johnny Martin (Newbridge)

Leinster u18 schools team to play Munster u18 schools 2pm Wednesday 12th August, Virgin Media Park

1. Hugo Ivers McCormack (Clongowes Wood)
2. Ronan O’Neill (CC Roscrea)
3. Eoghan Rowlands (Blackrock)
4. Hugh Keaney (Clongowes Wood)(Captain)
5. Phillip Kenny (Clongowes Wood)
6. Ronan McCann (Belvedere)
7. George Eggers (Blackrock)
8. Lucas Hill (Blackrock)
9. Tommy Smyth (Terenure)
10. Matthew McKenna (St.Michaels)
11. Matias Quaglia (Kilkenny)
12. Adam Smyth (St.Marys) - u17
13. Sam Dunne (St.Michaels)
14. Hugo Doyle (St.Andrews) - u17
15. Myles Carroll (St.Michaels) - u17

Replacements

16. Rowan Balamash (Terenure)
17. Borja Salto Galadon (Gonzaga)
18. Paddy White (Newbridge)
19. Sam Kennedy (St.Michaels)
20. Saul Brewster (Newbridge)
21. Victor Chauviré (Clongowes Wood)
22. Naoise Nolan (Gonzaga)
23. Bruce Ryan (Belvedere)

Side to play Ulster u18 on Sunday

1. Joe Costello(Naas)
2. Dennis Phelan(Portlaoise)
3. Excel Ekenhonreohkian(Portlaoise)
4. Ciaran Dunne(Portlaoise)
5. Joe Codd(Wexford)
6. Aidan Tamming(Naas) (Captain)
7. Jed Conroy(Suttonians) - u17
8. Jimmy Shorten(Navan) - u17
9. Conor Martin(Navan)
10. Scott O’Shea(Kilkenny)
11. Rocco Quigley(Enniscorthy) - u17
12. Byron O’Hara(Terenure)
13. Harry Ward(Naas)
14. Michaol Redmond(Tullow)
15. Leon Regan(Boyne)
16. CJ Jones(Malahide)
17. Eoghan Saunders(Terenure)
18. Olly Quinn(Wicklow) - u17
19. Cian MacDonald(Suttonians) - u17
20. Tadhg Tuckey(Balbriggan)
21. Iarlo Sheohan(Birr) - u17
22. Enda Waldron(Marys)
23. Sirio Scalabrino Noone(Suttonians)

Unfortunately original captain and outside centre Alan Marnell(Seapoint) misses out on first game.