The first dawns of January used to be the preserve of the football transfer with Sky Sports hiring a further 300 reporters in advance of deadline day, no longer my friends as Rugby contracts start to run out, the column inches about the future of some the biggest stars, continue to grow.
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To add to the continued narrative of taking Heaslip and SOB to France is the curious tale of Keith Earls possibly headed to London Irish, the exiles keen to add to their ever growing Irish contingent it seems. It's a story nonetheless and something we will see much more of, the likelihood of having Ryle Nugent standing on a stepladder outside Thomond Park surrounded by angry Munster fans draws ever closer.
