London Irish

Hookers

Sala Fainga
David Paice
Tom Woolenscroft

Props

Gordon Reid
Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi
Ben Franks
Ollie Hoskins
Tadgh Furlong

Second Row

Sebastien de Chaves
Will Lloyd
Brodie Retallick
Josh McNally
Franco van der Merwe

Back Row

Blair Cowan
Ofisa Treviranus
Jack Conan
Mike Coman
Jack Clifford
Luke Wallace
Max Northcote-Green

Scrum Half

Scott Steele
Ben Meehan
TJ Perenara

Fly Half

James Marshall
Aaron Cruden
James Grayson

Centre

Johnny Williams
Fergus Mulchrone
Ciaran Hearn
Tom Fowlie

Wing

Marland Yarde
Ben Ransom

Full Back

Tommy Bell
Jordie Barrett

Academy

Hooker - Asafo Aumua - 05/05/1997
Lock - Sam Collingridge DOB Unknown
Back Row - Isaac Curtis-Harris 13/10/1997
Back Row - Jack Cooke 18/02/1998
Back Row - Josh Basham DOB Unknown
Scrum Half - Rory Brand 10/04/1998
Fly Half - Jacob Atkins 05/12/1997
Fly Half -Theo Brophy-Clews 19/03/1997
Centre - Matt Williams 16/03/1998
Centre - Ollie Lawrence DOB Unknown
Wing - Ollie Hassell-Collins DOB Unknown
Wing - Ben Loader Eng U18s
Wing - Joe Cokanasiga 15/11/1997
Wing/FB - Jordan Larmour 10/06/1997
Full Back - Tom Parton 02/02/1998

There's nodoby I could do for Itoje yet in your squad mate. Maybe revisit after foreigns

I did suspect

Hi mate,

interested in: Theo, Williams, Cokanasiga, Lewington.

hi mate.

interested in lewington.

I am indeed. from the current squad, if all fit and available, my lineup would be

Reid Paice Franks
De Chaves Van Der Merwe
Coman Trev Cowan
Meehan Marshall
Lewington Williams Fowlie Cokanasiga
Bell

Hobbs is out for the season but looks a really good youngster. Faaingaa hasn't played a lot but looked lively when he has. Petrus has been pretty average. Paulo is a unit and looks quite handy. Not seen Saulo yet but has potential, was quality for Fiji back in 2015 World cup.

Coman is class. not sure he will get that highly rated yet as has been injured but he is a tackling machine. cowan is a decent 7. rest of the backrow not so great. Scott steele is a decent back up 9. Marshall at 10 is good and can play well 15 well, he was at 15 for chiefs when they won the super rugby 2 years ago. hearn and mclean are pretty poor. Elrington also looks a good young prop. from the academy, Curtis-harris, loader, atkins, parton all have v. bright futures.

Squad is over the over the limit mate, I've got you at 47. Can you get down to 40 by Sunday

what for Franco VDM mate?

Were you still interested in Townsend?

Not sure, would be Lewington that interests me the most from you mate.

I'm pretty light a centre mate and can't see any of yours being used to broker something.

Neither I particularly want to sell, in same boat as you where talented EQ I do have, I want a ransom for

I'd probably say equivalent EQ is Lewington, possibly Clark a little higher.

I'd also be interested in Furlong and Retalilck obviously.

Or maybe cash?

I'd be in for Lewington as well mate

Can't see what the ? Can be

Struggling mate tbh. You have a problem as your players are either the best in the world or not great. There's very few players in between from the ones I know and that's not too many!

Getting a player like Rhodes (who's a very good AP performer) in a deal makes it hard. I'd only really be interested in your top talent but obviously that's nowhere near an even deal.

To really change your squad up you'll either need to keep building, or, trade a world class player for a number of good AP players. I feel that you'll eventually need to do the latter.

Apologies for the hypothesis, quiet day at work!

I don't agree with that.

You're going to end up with 5/6 World class players. If you lost one top class for 3 good AP players, you've already got the makings of very good squad. It's why the lower clubs are the highest to manage at the start, you need to make good calls from the off.

It's always easier to adjust budgets later than give too much at the start. I don't think they're that far off tbh and we'll see exactly where after the AI's when sides will settle down a bit.

Not really positions I need, but in theory....

Furlong for Koch + Skelton + Clark (for example as a starting bid)

Retallick (prob more) for Kruis + Clark + ?

Best thing really for you is a bidding war and you negotiate from there. If a manager really wants a player you'll get much better deals than what I would initially offer, if you get my point.

I recall some crazy deals that Chris would do to get his hands on players where he'd throw in 4 or 5 very good players for 1 top player, because of a bidding contest.

struggling who I would take from your backrow. I'd consider Cowan but think Harrison is quite a bit better so not sure what else to do.

similar story with Wood.

Gibson I would consider as he isn't first choice for me, the other 2 are.

Thompson/Young/Jones - any available?

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Sorry, missed this earlier. Yep, all potentially available.

Really like the look of Coman but his stock may fall if playing in Championship next year. What do you see?

Gibson and collins would start wouldnt they? We can add in more if need be

Barrett?

Testing the water...

Furlong

Koch + Skelton + Clark

I could add in another player if need be, ie Tuala

Any thoughts on the above mate

Coman for Thompson?

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Sorry I missed your original message. Could do something like that, although it'd leave me short for a backup 8...

How about something like:

Franks + Coman + Bassett
=
Cooper-Wooley + Armitage + Lewington

?

Could do a deal with Reid in it?

Hello mate, possibly, but I am only really interested in your better players. Big Joe is an option, but other than that, that's it really.

Not really, I consider him similar to Woodburn and Short.

Could we knock out something for Brodie with Tigers?

Just an enquiry, does Teo interest ypu

Cane for Clifford is ok. Care not for sale

Could be interested in Cane, as well as Jordie

Same here for TJ, Cane and Jordie....Sarries and Tigers (Tigers not in TJ)

Keeping Jordie, but make offers for the others ..

Looking for starting EQ quality

List on pages who you like.

Good lists! Realistically from Tigers:

BamBam wrote: Barrow, Kitchener, Evans, Shields, Williams

And from Saracens:

BamBam wrote:Isiekwe, Clark, Wray, Rhodes, Wiggles, Spencer, Tompkins, Earle, Earl, Malins, Crossdale

Is that a serious offer?

Tongue in cheek comment

I wouldn't have either top 3 tbh mate so couldn't get anywhere near those offers.

Perenara and Coman

=

Haskell + Robson

enq

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I rate Robson (in terms of importance to me) higher than TJ at the mo as he's on fire, EQ and not away on internationals! So would have to say no.

I am interested in Cane though. Could offer Young as a replacement and also interested in Franks, Furlong and Lewington. Anything there? Perhaps

Franks + Cane + Lewington
=
Cooper-Wooley + Thompson + Young + Wade

?

I could include him in something...

Isiekwe + Clark + Wiggles

Cane + TJ

Drop TJ and Wiggles?

That's a double loss of EQ I can't take. Could offer cash on top of the deal, or add in Yarde for Lewington, Buchanan for Paice?

OK, could stretch to Yarde for Nalaga and Clifford for Cane?

Isiekwe + Clark

Cane

Any good?

Franks + Cane + Coman + Lewington

=

Mullan + Thompson + Young/Jones + Daly

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Wouldn't really want to lose Mullan for Franks as again, lose EQ and Mullan obviously has more years left. Would Mulipola/Cooper-Wooley suffice?

If not, may need to drop that bit.

No chance of Daly, sorry. So perhaps:

Cane + Coman + Lewington
=
Thompson + Jones + Bassett/Wade

Just as an enquiry

I don't think I can lose 3 EQ for Cane mate

Yarde and Clifford for Cane and Nalaga?