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Episode Notes Ciarán Kennedy is joined by Garry Doyle as they look back on a historic victory for Ireland against The All Blacks in New Zealand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a bonus members pod ahead of Saturday’s second Test, Garry Doyle sits down with Sunday Times sportswriter Peter O’Reilly to reflect on 20 years of covering the Irish rugby team on tour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Toolan is back in Sydney but joins Murray Kinsella to discuss Ireland's chances of turning the All Blacks series around, how Eddie Jones' England suffered Down Under, and what went wrong for Wales in Test 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's pod, Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey are joined firstly by outgoing Kobelco Steelers head coach Dave Dillon. Taking a break from packing his bags ahead of his move home to New Zealand after six years in Japan, the former Chiefs player development/talent identification manager gives listeners the Kiwi perspective on his country's resounding win over Ireland at Eden Park...

Garry Doyle joins Murray Kinsella on the line from Eden Park after Ireland's 42-19 defeat to New Zealand in the first Test of the series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The one where The Gang all meet up for the first time (since the thing). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPECIAL EVENT - Join us for a preview night of Ireland's New Zealand tour this Wednesday in Dublin: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-blacks-v-ireland-tour-preview-night-with-the42-tickets-359417987877 Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey assess the overnight developments in New Zealand where a number of Covid cases in the All Blacks coaching setup have led to former Ireland boss Joe Sch...

On today's pod, Eoin Toolan and Gavan Casey are joined by Crusaders assistant coach and former All Black Tamati Ellison, who has escaped the celebrations and made it home to Wellington after the Canterbury outfit secured their 13th Super Rugby title. The former utility back gives an insight into how he prepared the Crusaders defence to choke the life out of the table-topping and favoured Blues in...

On today's show, Bernard Jackman and Ciarán Kennedy join Gavan Casey for a suitably stacked chat following an enthralling weekend of rugby showpieces. 'Berch' was on commentary duty for the Stormers' URC final success over the Bulls in Cape Town and he wonders whether he broke the rules by laughing out loud at the sheer insanity that became the final quarter. The lads dig into the Stormers' and fo...

The former Ulster and Ireland centre joins Gavan Casey from South Africa to reflect on a galling day for Ulster in Cape Town, where he was stood next to friends and former team-mates as Mannie Libbok's conversion ended the northern province's season. The lads look back on Ulster's performance versus the Stormers and look ahead to the URC final, for which Darren will again work as a pitch-side repo...

Episode Notes SPECIAL EVENT - Join us for a preview night of Ireland's New Zealand tour: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/all-blacks-v-ireland-tour-preview-night-with-the42-tickets-359417987877 All throughout this URC season we have praised what the South African franchises have 'added to the competition', but never did we imagine they'd so cruelly take it away from us. Bernard Jackman and Ciarán Kenne...

Gavan Casey and Eoin Toolan are joined by Blues defence coach Craig McGrath, who is in preparation for a Super Rugby semi-final versus the Brumbies this Saturday morning. Craig tells the lads how he began his coaching career in Drogheda with Boyne RFC, and also speaks of his first encounter with his current Blues colleague Joe Schmidt who coached him in Auckland in the mid '00s. He speaks of his p...

Bernard Jackman, Garry Doyle and Gavan Casey dig into the weekend's URC fare. Leinster put a hapless Glasgow to the sword and, only hours after 'Berch' had a conversation with Warriors head coach Danny Wilson about the precarious nature of coaching, Wilson was shown the door. Ulster battered Munster at Ravenhill and cemented their status as the second best team in the country, and perhaps the seco...

Eoin Toolan joins Gavan Casey to provide the forensics on Leinster's Champions Cup final defeat, and how La Rochelle bettered them in various areas. The lads also look ahead to the URC quarter-finals, including Ulster-Munster on Friday night, and the last eight teams standing in Super Rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernard Jackman and Ciarán Kennedy join Gavan Casey to discuss where it went wrong for Leinster Leinster in Marseille, and how Saturday wound up being a day of coronation for La Rochelle, Ronan O'Gara and Donnacha Ryan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Toolan joins Gavan Casey to look ahead to Leinster v La Rochelle with excitement and trepidation in equal measure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Notes Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey review the weekend's URC action, with a focus on an experimental Leinster side's superb victory over Munster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Toolan is back on the pod and he joins Murray Kinsella to discuss the form teams and players in New Zealand rugby ahead of the All Blacks' three-Test series against Andy Farrell's Ireland this summer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gavan Casey returns to discuss a stunning Leinster performance with Bernard Jackman and Murray Kinsella. The lads break down the impressive semi-final win over Toulouse and look towards Leinster's battle with Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle in the final. They also touch on the big URC weekend ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IRFU high performance referee coach and talent ID manager Johnny Lacey joins Murray Kinsella to chat all things refereeing and answer loads of your questions, before Murray chats to Clontarf hooker Dylan Donnellan about the club's All-Ireland League title and his career in rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernard Jackman and Ciarán Kennedy join Murray Kinsella to discuss Munster's heartbreak after an epic against Toulouse, as well as Leinster's impressive first-half performance against Leicester as they advanced into the Champions Cup semi-finals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's pod, Bernard Jackman joins Murray Kinsella to reflect on encouraging successes for the Ireland Women's 15s and 7s teams. The lads also break down bigs wins for Munster and Ulster in the URC, discuss Leinster's tour of South Africa, and reflect on another collapse from Connacht. There's also discussion on the brilliant AIL final, with Clontarf overcoming Terenure. As always, to send your...

Ciarán Kennedy joins Murray Kinsella to discuss Ireland's tour to New Zealand now that dates and venues are finally nailed down, while the lads also discuss all the latest goings-on in the URC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gavan Casey is joined by Bernard Jackman and Murray Kinsella to look back on a brilliant weekend of URC drama and discuss Ireland Women's heavy defeat to England in the Six Nations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eoin Toolan joins Murray Kinsella to look ahead to a massive weekend of URC action, discuss last weekend's European ties, and also break down all the latest in Super Rugby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.