Are we skipping a generation?

Interesting point raised on the RTE rugby pod there.

We’re almost seeing more of the 21/22/23 crop of u20’s coming through and challenging for caps than we’ve ever seen from u20’s players before and all while the generation ahead of them (Aherne et al) has really struggled to get into the squad and those that have haven’t yet displaced the generation ahead of them (Baird still from the Bench while POM plays, Casey still not first choice) may the plan be that all along. Slowly blood that crop of players along with one of irelands best generation of players and your 25/26/27 year olds the ones suffering for it.

Speculation of the highest order but a thought none the less.