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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? tony BY DES BERRY ryan THEN - Tony played once for Leinster against Scarlets in 2015. NOW - He lives with his fiance Laura in Stillorgan, working as a Business Sales Executive for Fannin Ltd. 62 | www.leinsterrugby.ie
The hardest thing to deal with was the skill and speed at which training was done, learning it all on the fly. Saturday, February 21st, 2015. Leinster forwards coach Leo Cullen came along to have a look at Clontarf props Royce Burke- Flynn and Iain Hirst play against Terenure at Castle Avenue in the All-Ireland League. He stayed to ask one question: ‘who is your number eight?’ Cullen was scouting the AIL for players that could step in when the bulk of the first-team squad would be preparing for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Ryan had been beavering away in the South-East area team, had made the Leinster Youths and had been on the Leinster U19s squad. This was the apprenticeship to joining his home club Enniscorthy’s first team for two years, being central to the Provincial Towns Cup win in 2012. “Leo came to look at the two other lads, not me. I didn’t know anything about it. It was probably better that way. It escalated from there,” says Tony. “He wanted to know if I would be interested in coming in for pre-season that summer. It was ideal for me as I was just finishing my four-year degree in Analytical Science at DCU. “I was shocked that he wanted me to come in. I didn’t even know Leinster looked at the AIL for players. “I went in for an initial meeting with Leo. He brought me around the complex. He was introducing me to guys like Dominic Ryan, Isa Nacewa. “I was a Leinster supporter. All of a sudden, I am going to be in training with these guys. I just remember feeling, ‘what am I doing in here?’” Four months later, Enniscorthy’s Tony Ryan reported for pre-season at Leinster Rugby, harbouring a lot of questions that needed answers. “For some reason, you feel like an imposter. They don’t see you like that. They just see another lad coming in. “But, you are thinking ‘will I be up to the mark physically? How will my skills hold up?’ I was very nervous.” However, the Clontarf contingent was strong, Mick McGrath, Burke-Flynn, Hirst, Bryan Byrne, Mick Kearney, providing familiar faces to ease the nerves. “It was like the first day of any job. You don’t know where to go, what to do. Everyone had a locker with their name on it. I didn’t have a locker or even a seat. “All the Ireland internationals weren’t there, so I was sitting wherever lads weren’t sitting. I had no kit, no gear. I was just there on a two-month contract and could have been gone in eight weeks.” www.leinsterrugby.ie | 63
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