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Neil “Keego” Keegan

225 : Harpin Preview Show #ITAvIRE

OUR GUEST : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

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IRELAND v Italy : 15 Hugo KEENAN 14 Mack HANSEN 13 Garry RINGROSE Bundee AKI 12 Bundee AKI Stuart McCLOSKEY11 James LOWE 10 Ross BYRNE 9 Craig CASEY

1 Andrew PORTER 2 Rónan KELLEHER 3 Finlay BEALHAM 4 Iain HENDERSON 5 James RYAN (c) 6 Caelan DORIS 7 Josh VAN DER FLIER 8 Jack CONAN

16 Dan SHEEHAN 17 Dave KILCOYNE 18 Tom O’TOOLE 19 Ryan BAIRD 20 Peter O’MAHONY 21 Conor MURRAY 22 Jack CROWLEY 23 Stuart McCLOSKEY Jimmy O’BRIEN

Italy : 15 A Capuozzo 14 E Padovani 13 JI Brex 12 T Menoncello 11 P Bruno 10 P Garbisi 9. S Varney

1 D Fischetti 2 G Nicotera 3 S Ferrari 4 N Cannone 5 F Ruzza 6 S Negri 7 M Lamaro (c) 8 L Cannone

16 L Bigi 17 F Zani 18 M Riccioni 19 E Iachizzi 20 G Pettinelli 21 A Fusco 22 L Morisi 23 T Allan

Guinness Six Nations 2023

Round 3

Sat Feb 25  KO 2:15pm

Stadio Olimpico

Live on: RTÉ2, ITV1

Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

AR1: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

AR2: Craig Evans (WRU)

TMO: Marius Jonker (SARU)

217 : Harpin Preview Show #WALvIRE

OUR GUEST : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

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Ireland: 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Mack Hansen 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Stuart McCloskey 11. James Lowe 10. Johnny Sexton (c) 9. Jamison Gibson Park Conor Murray

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Finlay Bealham 4. Tadhg Beirne 5. James Ryan 6. Peter O’Mahony 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Rob Herring 17. Cian Healy Dave Kilcoyne 18. Tom O’Toole 19. Iain Henderson 20. Jack Conan 21. Conor Murray Craig Casey 22. Ross Byrne 23. Bundee Aki

Wales: 15. Liam Williams 14. Josh Adams 13. George North 12. Joe Hawkins 11. Rio Dyer 10. Dan Biggar 9. Tomos Williams

1. Gareth Thomas 2. Ken Owens > captain 3. Tomas Francis 4. Adam Beard 5. Alun Wyn Jones 6. Jac Morgan 7. Justin Tipuric 8. Taulupe Faletau

16. Scott Baldwin 17. Rhys Carre 18. Dillon Lewis 19. Dafydd Jenkins 20. Tommy Reffell 21. Rhys Webb 22. Owen Williams 23. Alex Cuthbert

Guinness Six Nations 2023

Round 1

Sat Feb 4  KO 2:15pm

Principality Stadium

Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)

AR1 : Angus Gardner (RA)

AR2 : Luke Pearce (RFU)

TMO: Tom Foley (RFU)

Live on: Virgin Media One

211 : Harpin Preview Show #LEIvR92

OUR GUEST : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

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Leinster: 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Garry Ringrose > CAPTAIN 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Ross Byrne 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Joe McCarthy 5. James Ryan 6. Caelan Doris 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan

16. Dan Sheehan 17. Michael Milne 18. Cian Healy 19. Ross Molony 20. Ryan Baird 21. Luke McGrath 22. Harry Byrne 23. Scott Penny

Racing 92: 15 W Gelant 14 C Wade 13 O Klemenczak 12 G Fickou (c) 11 L Dupichot 10 F Russell 9 N Le Garrec 1 E Ben Arous 2 J Tarrit 3.T Nyakane 4 B Chouzenoux 5 B Palu 6 W Lauret 7 M Coulibaly 8 K Kamikamica

16 P Narisia 17 G Gogichashvili 18 G Kharaishvili 19 A Hemery 20 M Baudonne 21 A Gibert 22 F Saili 23 M Spring

Heineken Champions Cup 22/23

Round 4

Sat Jan 21  KO 3:15pm

Aviva Stadium

Ref: Matthew Carley (ENG) 

AR1: Craig Maxwell-Keys (ENG) 

AR2: Gareth Holsgrove (ENG) 

TMO: Ian Tempest (ENG)

Live on: RTÉ 2, BT Sport 2

209 : Harpin’ Preview Show #GLOvLEI

Leinster: 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Garry Ringrose > CAPTAIN 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Jimmy O’Brien 10. Ross Byrne 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. James Ryan 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Michael Milne 18. Cian Healy 19. Brian Deeny 20. Jack Conan 21. Nick McCarthy 22. Harry Byrne 23. Liam Turner 

Gloucester: 15 G Barton 14 J May 13 C Harris 12 S Atkinson 11 O Thorley 10 S Carreras 9 B Meehan

1 V Rapava-Ruskin 2 G McGuigan 3 K Gotovtsev 4 F Clark 5 M Alemanno 6 R Ackermann 7 L Ludlow (c) 8 B Morgan

16 S Blake 17 H Elrington 18 C Knight 19 C Jordan 20 J Clement 21 S Varney 22 B Twelvetrees 23 T Seabrook

Heineken Champions Cup 22/23

Round 3

Sat Jan 14  KO 1pm

Kingsholm Stadium

Ref: Pierre Brousset (France) 

AR1: Vincent Blasco Baqué (France) 

AR2: Flavien Hourquet (France) 

TMO: Denis Grenouillet (France)

Live on: ITV1, BT Sport 2

OUR GUEST : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

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208 : Ospreys v Leinster wrap

7 January 2023; Jimmy O’Brien of Leinster celebrates after scoring his side’s third try during the United Rugby Championship between Ospreys and Leinster at the Swansea.com Stadium in Swansea, Wales. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

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Conor Cronin A few key things from this game that concern me.

The pack were bullied in the first half, and let themselves be.

Harry Byrne struggled behind the pack, but they’re not entirely to blame for his struggles. He needs a lot more time and needs to build confidence behind a dominant pack.

The scrum was awful. We have suffered as a province since Fogarty went to the Ireland set up, that needs to be dealt with.

Grinding out the win is great, and you learn much more from a game like that. But we need to learn fast, especially if the injury Ross Byrne picked up last night is bad.

Paul Smith Probably the poorest we’ve played in a good while, but the sign of a good team is to still manage to win while playing poorly so we’ll the gladly take the points and move on.

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WRRAP podcast @WRRAP@toot.wales It is not often you see a Leinster pack hit reverse but deserved the win

Brian Nisbet @natural20 19-24 in Swansea. Come back was quite late, but a win is a win and well done to the lads for doing what needed to be done.

Jay Long @Jay_Long_626 Seriously good win on the road and Ospreys were proper up for it. Turned it on when it counted, I think Nick McCarthy won us that game imo. Just slipped us into a flow. Never in doubt 

FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

  1. Munster secure vital bonus point win against the Lions (irishexaminer.com) [Simon Lewis]
  2. Benetton 31-29 Ulster: Struggling Irish province suffer late URC defeat in Italy – BBC Sport
  3. Conor Cronin report on Leinster v Connacht in Women’s Interpro
  4. Connacht outclass second-string Sharks (sarugbymag.co.za)
  5. Does Irish rugby have enough space for the talent it’s producing? (the42.ie) [Murray Kinsella] > bonus clip from the chat on this article available on our YouTube channel

URC ROUND 12 WRAP

ROUND 12

DRA 14-29 BUL

MUN 33-3 LIO

BEN 31-29 ULS

EDI 24-17 ZEB

CAR 22-28 SCA

CON 24-12 SHA

OSP 19-24 LEI

GLA 24-17 STO

ROUND 13

JAN 27

SCA V BUL

ULS V STO

JAN 7

BEN V MUN

DRA V GLA

LEI V CAR

EDI V SHA

CON V LIO

JAN 8

ZEB V OSP

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205 : Harpin’ Preview Show – #LEIvCON

Leinster : 15. Jimmy O’Brien 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Liam Turner 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Rob Russell 10. Johnny Sexton > CAPTAIN 9. Jamison Gibson-Park 

1. Michael Milne 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Brian Deeny 5. James Ryan 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. John McKee 17. Marcus Hanan 18. Vakhtang Abdaladze 19. Alex Soroka 20. Scott Penny 21. Cormac Foley 22. Harry Byrne 23. Jamie Osborne

Connacht: 15 T O’Halloran 14 D Kilgallen 13 T Farrell 12 D Hawkshaw 11 J Porch 10 J Carty (C) 9 C Blade

1 P Dooley 2 D Heffernan 3 D Robertson-McCoy 4 D Murray 5 N Murray 6. C Prendergast 7 S Hurley-Langton 8 J Butler

16 S Delahunt 17 D Buckley 18 S Illo 19. O Dowling 20 C Oliver 21 K Marmion 22 T Daly 23 B Ralston

BKT United Rugby Championship 22/23

Round 11

Sun Jan 1  KO 7:35pm

RDS Arena

Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)

AR 1: Chris Busby (IRFU) 

AR 2: Peter Martin (IRFU)

TMO: Leo Colgan (IRFU)

Live on: RTÉ, Viaplay, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery + & URC.tv

203 : Harpin’ Preview Show #MUNvLEI

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Leinster : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Garry Ringrose > CAPTAIN 12. Jamie Osborne 11. James Lowe 10. Ross Byrne 9. Nick McCarthy

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Cian Healy 4. Ryan Baird 5. Joe McCarthy 6. Rhys Ruddock 7. Scott Penny 8. Max Deegan

16. John McKee 17. Michael Milne 18. Vakhtang Abdaladze 19. Ross Molony 20. Jack Conan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Harry Byrne 23. Liam Turner.

Munster: 15 S Daly 14 C Nash 13 A Frisch 12 J Crowley 11 K Earls 10 J Carbery 9 C Murray
1 D Kilcoyne 2 N Scannell 3 J Ryan 4 J Kleyn 5 T Beirne 6 J O’Donoghue 7 P O’Mahony (C) 8 G Coombes
16 D Barron 17 J Wycherley 18 R Salanoa 19 K McDonald 20 A Kendellen 21 C Casey 22 R Scannell 23 P Campbell.

BKT United Rugby Championship 22/23
Round 10
Mon Dec 26 KO 7:35pm
Thomond Park

Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU)
AR 1: Joy Neville (IRFU)
AR 2: Peter Martin (IRFU)
TMO: Brian MacNeice (IRFU)

Live on: TG4, Viaplay, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery + & URC.tv

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LEINSTER : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jimmy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose > CAPTAIN 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. James Lowe 10. Ross Byrne 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. James Ryan 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Ed Byrne 18. Cian Healy 19. Ross Molony 20. Jack Conan 21. Luke McGrath 22. Harry Byrne 23. Jamie Osborne.

Racing 92 : 15 M Spring 14 C Wade 13 F Saili 12 G Fickou 11 J Imhoff 10 F Russell 9 N Le Garrec 

1 E Ben Arous 2 C Chat 3 C Gomes Sa 4 C Woki 5 F Sanconnie 6 W Lauret 7 I Diallo 8 M Baudonne 

16 J Tarrit 17 H Kolingar 18 T Nyakane 19 B Palu 20 A Bresler 21 B Chouzenoux 22 A Gibert 23 O Klemenczak.

Heineken Champions Cup 2022/23

Pool A Round 1

Sat Dec 10  KO 1pm (Irish time)

Stade Océane, Le Havre

Live on: BT Sport 2

Ref: Luke Pearce (Eng)

AR1: Harry Walbaum (Eng)

AR2: John Meredith (Eng)

TMO: Andrew Jackson (Eng)

193 : Leinster v Glasgow wrap

26 November 2022; Charlie Ngatai of Leinster offloads to teammate Rob Russell in the build up to his side’s second try during the United Rugby Championship match between Leinster and Glasgow Warriors at RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

🏉 Doddie RIP

🏉 ROG for England?

🏉 Leinster’s defence, scrum & discipline

🏉 That Ngatai offload

🏉 Hat-trick hero

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Martin Loughrey Good result today with some good performances, but we’d have struggled against a better team. Far too many penalties, 15 in total really held us back. Russell obviously had a great game, I thought the back row were solid, and Osbourne impressed also. Ngatai’s offload for the 2nd try was some kind of witchcraft! Good to see Kelleher come through unscathed. All in all, not a vintage performance, but a solid result.

Andrew Potts Leinster played well and a number of solid performances by the next generation .
Not sure about the penalty count, its unlike Leinster to be so spendthrift.

Chris McDonnell Harry made a big difference when he came on as did foley and Cosgrave.

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Brian Nisbet 40-5 in the RDS. Glasgow had so much possession but just couldn’t turn it into points. Leinster did, over and over


RichardMifsud Dominant display by #LeinsterRugby against Glasgow Warriors Great to see returns from key players after injury Poor discipline and inaccuracies will keep the coaches busy but overall a very welcome return to #URC action for the boys

FRONT FIVE ARTICLES

1  ‘A giant amongst big men’: Doddie Weir tributes pour in from rugby and sporting world after Scotland legend’s death | The Scotsman [Mark Atkinson]

2 Ronan O’Gara Says He Would Have To Think Carefully About England Job | Balls.ie [Gary Connaughton]

3 Wales cannot go on as they are and change is needed now with focus on the 2027 World Cup – Delme Parfitt – Wales Online [Delme Parfitt]

4 Munster 24 Connacht 17 in United Rugby Championship – SportsNewsIreland SportsNewsIreland Live Scores [Breandán Ó hUallacháin]

5 Streetwise South Africa pick up cudgel and rapier to bury England | England rugby union team | The Guardian [Andy Bull]

URC ROUND 8 WRAP

URC Round 8

STO 36-19 SCA

ULS 36-15 ZEB

BEN 24-17 EDI

BUL 43-26 OSP

LEI 40-5 GLA

MUN 24-17 CON

LIO 33-25 DRA

SHA 0-35 CAR

ROUND 9

FRI DEC 2

EDI V MUN

SAT DEC 3

STO V DRA

ZEB V GLA

CON V BEN

BUL V CAR

LEI V ULS

SUN DEC 4

LIO V SCA

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LEINSTER : 15.Jamie Osborne 14. Rob Russell 13. Liam Turner 12. Charlie Ngatai 11. Dave Kearney 10. Ross Byrne 9. Luke McGrath

1. Ed Byrne 2. Rónan Kelleher 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Ross Molony 5. Joe McCarthy 6. Rhys Ruddock (213) CAPTAIN7. Scott Penny 8. Max Deegan

16. John McKee 17. Michael Milne 18. Vakh Abdaladze 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Ryan Baird 21. Cormac Foley 22. Harry Byrne 23. Chris Cosgrave. 

Glasgow Warriors : 15. Josh McKay 14. Sebastian Cancelliere 13. Kyle Steyn (C) 12. Stafford McDowall 11. Rufus McLean 10. Tom Jordan 9. George Horne

1. Oli Kebble 2. Fraser Brown 3. Murphy Walker 4. Sintu Manjezi 5. Alex Samuel 6. Gregor Brown 7. Sione Vailanu 8. Jack Dempsey

Replacements 16. Johnny Matthews 17. Jamie Bhatti 18. Simon Berghan 19. JP du Preez 20. Lewis Bean 21. Euan Ferrie 22. Jamie Dobie 23. Ross Thompson

BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23

Saturday, November 26, 2022

RDS Arena 3:15pm 

Live on: RTÉ Two, Viaplay 1, URC.TV

Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU)

AR 1: Keane Davison (IRFU) 

AR 2: Andy Fogarty (IRFU)

TMO:  AJ Jacobs (SARU)