Will Stoddard

He's younger than Bundy Ackie and Gibson Barg though, so I don't see why.

I think he was younger than Murray or O'Mahony.

He's younger than all these guys that would have been on Central Context.

Probably a slightly different job though.

I know, but it's just like if his age, it would be such a factor.

There's two guys in identical positions as being project players in Bundy, Aki and Gibson-Prak, who are also on central contracts.

Yeah, there's definitely a presentation you could make where you're like, say his age profile, you know, he's turning 34 in the summer, he'll be 35 when the World Cup starts in 2027.

His injury profile, he missed, this season he missed three pool games in the Champions Cup with calf and neck injuries and he missed three knockout games with a groin injury from the Six Nations.

Last season he missed all four.

pool games with a calf injury.

So of the Leinster's 15 Champions Cup games in the last two seasons, he's missed 10 of them.

So he's been injured for two thirds of Leinster's last two Champions Cup campaigns, which from a Leinster perspective, as we said, you can see why they're like, so you want me to foot the bill for his entire deal, even though he's regularly injured on club duty and he's going to be 34 in the summer?

No, thank you.

I don't really want to do that when we have other options.

But as you guys have said, from an Ireland perspective,

I think the point of difference point that you make, Luke, I agree with.

He's different to the other wingers Ireland have.

Is there a world where come next year and the World Cup that he's no longer a starter or he's no longer as good as he is now, potentially, but there's also a world where he's playing really well.

He started against Italy in the Six Nations, his last proper start before he got injured, and he looked really, really good.

In the last two minutes of the game, remember he made a big break up the field after an intercept and almost got the bonus point dry off the back of it.