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Jack Power (left) is joining from the Leinster academy.

Ex-Leinster and Welsh prospects join new crop in Munster academy

Jack Power and James McCarthy are joining the southern province for 2017/18.

MUNSTER HAVE ANNOUNCED their academy intake for next year with ex-Leinster fullback Jack Power and Welsh underage international James McCarthy among 11 new recruits for 2017/18.

Five of the Ireland squad from last monthโ€™s U20 World Championships are also included, while Power moves south following a year in the Leinster setup.

McCarthy, who scored two tries against Ireland for a Welsh Schools side in April, was previously part of the underage system at Newport Gwent Dragons and now enters the southern provinceโ€™s academy at the first year stage.

The fullback is joined on the roster by Liam Coombes (Garryowen), Joey Conway (UL Bohs), Conor Fitzgerald (Shannon), Jack Stafford (Shannon) and Alan Tynan (Young Munster) who all featured for Ireland at the JWC in Georgia.

Craig Casey (Ardscoil Rรญs), Daniel Hurley (Garryowen), Alex McHenry (Cork Con) and Jack Oโ€™Sullivan (PBC) make up the first year roster, with a total of 20 players set to be in the academy for this season.

Munster academy:

Year 3: Liam Oโ€™Connor (Prop/Cork Con), JP Phelan (Prop/Garryowen).

Year 2: Gavin Coombes (Backrow/Young Munster), Shane Daly (Centre/Cork Con), John Foley (Backrow/Shannon), Calvin Nash (Centre/Wing/Young Munster), Vincent Oโ€™Brien (Hooker/Cork Con), Sean Oโ€™Connor (Lock/Garryowen), Fineen Wycherley (Lock/Young Munster).

Year 1: Craig Casey (Scrumhalf/Ardscoil Rรญs), Joey Conway (Prop/UL Bohs), Liam Coombes (Back three/Garryowen), Conor Fitzgerald (Outhalf/Shannon), Daniel Hurley (Back three/Garryowen), James McCarthy (Fullback), Alex McHenry (Centre/Cork Con), Jack Oโ€™Sullivan (Back row/PBC), Jack Power (Fullback), Jack Stafford (Scrumhalf/Shannon), Alan Tynan (Outhalf/Young Munster).

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    Aug 5th 2011, 4:17 PM

    Well i think most people can understand that, i would back mickey harte to the hilt in any argument against RTE. I heard the skit and was shocked at the time, the guy that did it is just not funny.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 4:17 PM

    Rte are muppets.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 4:39 PM

    I agree with the 2 previous comments. John Murray has a smugness about him that reminds me of his predecessor on Radio 1 who has since gone on to โ€˜bigger and better thingsโ€™

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    Aug 5th 2011, 6:21 PM

    Murray is a muppet. His attempts at humour are pathetic. I switch off in the morning as soon as the news is over. Sadly there is a dearth of talent at RTE. Perhaps lowering salaries to appropriate levels might remove the smugness?

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    Aug 5th 2011, 8:19 PM

    John Murray (who makes nice bobs on the side when RTE buy shows; like the recent Charlie Bird excursion to the South Pole, which he was involved in producing), is woefully ill suited to what he is doing now. Heโ€™s as funny as a broken leg in a marathon. Like Mooney in the afternoon, his signature tune has me reaching for the next station within nanoseconds.

    He is a current affairs man, and thatโ€™s it. Des Cahill is a colour reporter, not a snorting ill prepared sports correspondent with stilted delivery and a jarring manner. Pat Kenny is a well briefed incisive and thorough interviewer, who happens to be devoid of spontaneous persona, so they gave him a talk show for eleven years, at the bones of three quarters of a million for each of those years. Tubridy is a vacuous, bubble dwelling non entity, who only came to life in recent times when Fianna Fail were mentioned, and now heโ€™s numero uno, and falling fast. Duffy was a vox pop guy, who was anointed by Gaybo, beyond his talents, and now makes the Lahvline his own personal soapbox, treating callers with sheer bad manners, abruptness, and sighing condescension.

    The late Gerry Ryan, who drove me cracked with his on air consumption of any passing foodstuffs, his constant plugs for Harry Crosbie and his other buddies (in exchange for freebies of course), and his arrogance, had, despite all those failings, more charm, and more personality than the whole flippinโ€™ lot put together.

    He was probably one of the only on air personalities in that institution, (with the exception of a fair chunk of the news team, Morning Ireland et al.) who wasnโ€™t promoted beyond their station, as it were.

    RTE is a living breathing example of the Peter Principle, with a healthy dash of nepotism.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 6:12 PM

    Rte should be shut down

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    Aug 5th 2011, 7:47 PM

    What a choice of songโ€ฆidiots. What planet are they on. John murrays show is scripted and produced, thereโ€™s more than him to blame. And who leaked the contents of the private and confidential letter received by Rte? The postman?! The cleaner?? Professor plum in the library with the candlestick??!

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    Aug 5th 2011, 8:50 PM

    All GAA players should boycott RTE this weekend and send the smug fcukers a clear message.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 9:03 PM

    Ryan, with respect Gerry Ryan most certainly was promoted outside of his own showโ€ฆsecrets, school around the corner, Ryan confidential, operation transformation and on and on. Rte seem to use the same handful of bores to do everything! But leaking a letter and handing a "satirical" script to John Murray of all people to read out??? What planet were they on. Did they think people would turn on the hugely respected Mickey Harte instead of them??? Eejits.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 9:28 PM

    Oh, I quite agree, Jaynie. I wouldnโ€™t be looking at him with rose tinted specs or anything :) I remember The School Around The Corner too!

    But my point remains that his bread and butter, the morning slot on 2fm, despite the faults I bored ye all with, had far more individuality attached than John Murrayโ€™s efforts.

    His producer would want to beโ€ฆI wonโ€™t say what, but as you allude to, there is a large and bloated degree of support behind the guy or gal on the mic, especially and almost exclusively wrt RTE, and itโ€™s ridiculous that none of them had the skill or the cop on to say, โ€œHang on a second!โ€

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    Aug 5th 2011, 10:13 PM

    Very insensitive, Iโ€™m a Dublin gaa supporter and itโ€™s true to say we are like one big family.its very upsetting what the Harte family and John went through.shame on ya RTE.if I wasnโ€™t going to the game tomorrow I wouldnโ€™t bother watching it on tv.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 11:09 PM

    โ€˜One big โ€˜familyโ€ โ€“ when the footballers play Croker is always full (or nearly so) , when the hurlers have a game never more than half full. Lots of โ€˜familyโ€™ members donโ€™t do their duty when the caman is involved.

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    Aug 5th 2011, 11:49 PM

    Mickey Harte has had a tragic year, and in the face of all that stress he still pushes forward his beloved Tyrone to greater heights. The sketch was insensitive for sure, and would understandably have annoyed Harte at this time. It isnโ€™t fair, however, to paint all of RTร‰ as โ€˜muppetsโ€™ โ€“ this is an organisation made up of many individuals โ€“ doing their best and, more often than not, doing a great job. The problem with comment sites like these, I find, is that the negative voice is quite often the only one that bothers with being heard. John Murray is a fine presenter, so is Mooney etcโ€ฆ Not perfect, but who is?

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    Aug 5th 2011, 10:09 PM

    Totally agree with you there, wouldnโ€™t exactly call him a natural! In such bad taste! Did not one person on the team sayโ€ฆhang on a minuteโ€ฆmaybe not the best choice of songโ€ฆoh and probably best not to skit about the private and confidential letter our boss leaked, sorry, I mean received

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