Leinster and IRFU on different wavelengths over Joey Carbery question

Leo Cullen has already confirmed Leinster’s interest in Joey Carbery. It looks a done deal and the suspicion is that Leinster will be pleased enough to get the better of the union

DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS: Joey Carbery playing in Belfast or Limerick would be infinitely better in the eyes of the IRFU. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

There are 18 out-halves listed on the books of the IRFU’s four provinces right now. Most of those are doing a job in the various senior squads. A third are still learning their trade in academy workshops.

That’s a wide spread of talent, experience and potential in this post-Johnny Sexton world, and the recent speculation over Joey Carbery’s impending return to Ireland next season only highlights the extent to which it is such an open and fluid field.