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Published 18:23 30 Mar 2017 BST
Updated 18:25 30 Mar 2017 BST
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"Why was he not given an Irish contract? Why was there nothing on the table? Was this decision made six months ago? It would be pretty foolish for the IRFU to make a decision on somebody's contract before a Six Nations when a guy can easily change their mind and put a contract in front of them."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/846686807949524992 Ferris also brought up the whole issue of Jamie Heaslip being on a rather lucrative contract, despite being a lot more battle-worn than Ryan. In his eyes, there is no debate that the Munster man is the fresher of the two and has more to offer.
"A point was made on (SportsJOE) Live that Jamie Heaslip's only four days younger than Donnacha Ryan, yet Jamie Heaslip has a pretty hefty national contract that is paying good wages. Donnacha Ryan's made out to be this old guy who's now moving to France for the last couple of years of his career and everything else, but Kev's completely right, he doesn't have a lot of miles on the clock, he has so much more to offer." "The IRFU might have made the decision six months ago that maybe going forward Donnacha Ryan isn't part of the plan, but when he has a Six Nations like he did, why didn't they change their mind and put something in front of him? I'd say that's frustrating. Donnacha Ryan, I'm sure, is a bit pee'd off that nothing was put in front of him, but you have to look after number one."To listen to the whole Donnacha Ryan discussion, you can do so from about the 33-minute mark below.
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