Replying To devrandom:  "The question was never open.

How could you begrudge a lad for taking an opportunity within the lifetime time of the opportunity ? All you can do is wish him look, no more than when Ian Burke went off to do his MBA."

Replying To eoinog:  "The longer the debate goes on the better MC Hugh becomes. It would be a massive lack of confidence by the mgt if they suddenly decided to stick a lad between the sticks who has no history of ever playing there just because he can kick out the ball and if he wasn't able to nail a spot in the forwards a few years ago he won't start doing it at the end of May. The pace, speed and intensity is just frightening with the top teams now."