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262 : Harpin’ Preview Show – #WorldRugbyU20s FINAL

OUR GUEST : CONOR CRONIN

IRELAND : 15. Henry McErlean 14. Andrew Osborne 13. Hugh Gavin 12. John Devine 11. James Nicholson 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Fintan Gunne

1. Paddy McCarthy 2. Gus McCarthy 3. Ronan Foxe 4. Diarmuid Mangan 5. Conor O’Tighearnaigh 6. James McNabney 7. Ruadhan Quinn 8. Brian Gleeson

16. Max Clein 17. George Hadden 18. Fiachna Barrett 19. Charlie Irvine 20. Evan O’Connell 21. Oscar Cawley 22. Matthew Lynch 23. Sam Berman

World Rugby U20s Championship Final

Ireland v France

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa

Kickoff 6pm (Irish time)

Live on Virgin Media Two

261 : Ireland U20s v South Africa feat. Thala Msutu

2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championships Semi-Final, Athlone Sports Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 9/7/2023 Ireland vs Junior Springboks Paddy McCarthy of Ireland Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/SteveHaagSports/Darren Stewart

OUR GUEST : THALA MSUTU of RUGBY BITS

🏉 Introducing Thala

🏉 How RSA is adapting to NH rugby

🏉 Rugby Championship Rd 1

🏉 U20s SF IREvRSA

@harpinonrugby

Delighted to chat to Thala despite the power cut at his end!!! Catch the full pod #rugby #WorldRugbyU20s

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260 : Ireland U20s v Fiji & other offseason stuff

2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championships, Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch, South Africa 4/7/2023 Ireland vs Fiji Ireland’s Andrew Osborne Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/SteveHaagSports/Darren Stewart

OUR GUEST : JASON LONG

🏉 Introducing Jay

🏉 Recap of 22/23 season

🏉 Nations Championship???

🏉 The Rugby Championship kickoff

🏉 Irish U20s v Fiji

@harpinonrugby

Check out our latest pod on Spotify & most major platforms #rugby #WorldRugbyU20s

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259 : Ireland U20s v Australia, Sexton debate & other offseason stuff

2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championships, Paarl Gymnasium, South Africa 29/6/2023 Australia vs Ireland James Nicholson of Ireland scores a try Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Darren Stewart

🏉 Champions Cup draw

🏉 Vakh Abdeladze to Brive

🏉 New Leinster kit supplier

🏉 Sexton debate

🏉 Irish Men’s 7s

🏉 Irish U20s v Australia (this portion also available on YouTube)

Our guest : TOM COLEMAN

@harpinonrugby

Catch the full pod on Spotify & most major platforms #rugby#WorldRugbyU20s

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258 – Ireland U20s v England, Men’s 7s & RWC squad

2023 World Rugby Under 20 Championships, Paarl Gymnasium, South Africa 24/6/2023 England U20 vs Ireland U20 Sam Prendergast of Ireland scores a try Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Darren Stewart

Myself & Mark Jackson harp on some offseason topics such as…

1) Super Rugby final

2) Irish Men’s 7s bid to qualify for 2024 Olympics

(Watch the Sevens here > ⁠Rugby Europe Live)

3) Ireland U20’s World Champions opener v England

4) Irish RWC2023 training squad

Our guest : MARK JACKSON

256 : Ireland’s World Rugby U20 Championship squad & opposition

2023 Under-20 Six Nations Championship Round 5, Musgrave Park, Cork 19/3/2023 Ireland vs England Ireland’s Gus McCarthy celebrate winning the Under-20 Six Nations championship Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

OUR GUEST : BALL HANDLING HOOKER

Ireland U20s Squad:

Forwards (17):

George Hadden (Clontarf/Leinster)

George Morris (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Gus McCarthy (UCD/Leinster)

Max Clein (Garryowen/Munster)*

Danny Sheahan (UCC/Munster)

Paddy McCarthy (Dublin University/Leinster)

Fiachna Barrett (Corinthians/Connacht)

Ronan Foxe (Old Belvedere/Leinster)*

Conor O’Tighearnaigh (UCD/Leinster)

Charlie Irvine (Queen’s University/Ulster)

Joe Hopes (Queen’s University/Ulster)

Diarmuid Mangan (UCD/Leinster)

Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemians/Munster)

James McNabney (Ballymena/Ulster)

Ruadhan Quinn (Old Crescent/Munster)

Brian Gleeson (Garryowen/Munster)

Dan Barron (Dublin University/Leinster)*

Backs (13):

Fintan Gunne (Terenure/Leinster)

Jack Oliver (Garryowen/Munster)*

Oscar Cawley (Naas/Leinster)

Sam Prendergast (Lansdowne/Leinster)

Matthew Lynch (Dublin University/Leinster)

John Devine (Corinthians/Connacht)

Hugh Cooney (Clontarf/Leinster)

Hugh Gavin (Galwegians/Connacht)

Andrew Osborne (Naas/Leinster)

Rory Telfer (Queen’s University/Ulster)

James Nicholson (UCD/Leinster)

Henry McErlean (Terenure/Leinster)

Harry West (Buccaneers/Connacht)

*Uncapped at U20s level

Ireland U20s Fixtures:

Saturday 24th June: Ireland U20s v England U20s, Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl – 1.30pm local time/12.30pm Irish time

Thursday 29th June: Ireland U20s v Australia U20s, Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl – 11am local time/10am Irish time

Tuesday 4th July: Ireland U20s v Fiji U20s, Paarl Gymnasium, Paarl – 1.30pm local time/12.30pm Irish time

Sunday 9th July: Play-off match

Friday 14th July: Play-off match.

Click here for the article BHH wrote for Harpin about U20 rugby back in 2013

Click here for a report & highlights of the IREvFRA match from Apr 2022 referenced by BHH

Harpin’ YouTube channel 2022/23 top vids

Normally we do an 80+ column on Tuesdays but we thought we’d take a few days off here at Harpin Manor so to keep the content train rolling for now we’ll share not only this week’s bonus clip from our weekly pod, but also some of the most popular ones from over the course of the season. Do enjoy and maybe even share if the mood takes you.

The column will be back next week where I’ll review the URC final, cover a few more topical Harpin points including all the online nonsense since the HCC final, as well as tying up a few other loose ends.

PS – yes, we do note the irony of the “Stormers rivalry with Leinster” video, we would of course love to be having another crack at them this season but still wish Munster all the best in Cape Town this weekend!

253 : HCC final & 22/23 season wrap

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

TOM COLEMAN & MARK JACKSON

FULL TIME TAKES

Kevin Kelehan

The true impact of James Ryan on this team is now fully understood. Better team over 80 minutes won, without Ryan we had no answer to Skelton, ref had a good game. This was the 2011 final won for a second star by a team dead and buried after the first quarter. Jack Conan was again superb.

Andrew Bailey

Hugely disappointing. 17 points up and we stoped playing. Signs of panic Kicked so much ball away. Hard to see how this team progresses .Winning by 40 points each week is no preparation

Christy O’Connor

Sometimes teams need to win ugly and grind a result, Leinster need to learn how to do this. No point taking a big lead and not knowing how to defend it

James Griffin (Munster fan)

Hard luck Leinster folks. That was some start but LaR ground their way back in and then strangled Leinster with their power. I think they were helped in that by James Ryan’s absence (physicality and leadership), kicks out on the full, a blocked attempted clearance, some needless penalties / cards, and some wayward long kicking back to them. The slowdown in tempo from Q2 onwards helped LaR but hindered Leinster. Can’t understand why there wasn’t a drop goal attempt at the end; a try wasn’t needed at that stage.

Aidan O’Leary

We missed Sexton the leader as much as the player today.

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252 : Harpin’ Preview Show – Champions’ Cup Final

OUR GUESTS : NEIL ‘KEEGO’ KEEGAN & CIAN ‘RUGBY KINO’ O’MUILLEOIR

Leinster : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jimmy O’Brien 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Robbie Henshaw 11. James Lowe 10. Ross Byrne 9. Jamison Gibson-Park

1. Andrew Porter 2. Dan Sheehan 3. Tadhg Furlong 4. Ross Molony 5. James Ryan > CAPTAIN 6. Caelan Doris 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan

16. Rónan Kelleher 17. Cian Healy 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Ryan Baird 21. Luke McGrath 22. Ciarán Frawley 23. Charlie Ngatai 

Stade Rochelais : 15 B Dulin 14 D Leyds 13 UJ Seuteni 12 J Danty 11 R Rhule 10 A Hastoy 9 T Kerr Barlow

1 R Wardi 2 P Bourgarit 3 U Atonio 4 R Sazy 5 W Skelton 6 P Boudehent 7 L Botia 8 G Alldritt (c)

16 Q Lespiaucq Brettes 17 J Sclavi 18 G Henri Colombe 19 T Lavault, 20 R Bourdeau 21 U Dillane 22 T Berjon 23 J Favre

Heineken Champions Cup 2022/23

FINAL

Sat May 20 KO 4:45pm

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Ref: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

AR1: Karl Dickson (England)

AR2: Christophe Ridley (England)

TMO: Tom Foley (England)

Live on: RTÉ2, BT Sport 2, ITV1

251 – Leinster v Munster wrap

THIS WEEK’S GUESTS

TOM COLEMAN & RICH MIFSUD

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Conor Cronin

This is a game I’ll need to watch back.

In the stand, if you believe the boos, comments here, comments all over the Internet etc we can only blame one person but I blame the urc. How did they put that referee in the position that he can be blamed? It’s outrageous that he be put in that position. Any other ref could be chosen so that the “he played” nonsense wouldn’t be am issue.

Regardless, you play the decisions, and adapt.

Well done munster, good luck on the 27th.

Craig Grehan

As an out & out leinster fan. We disrespected munster in cup rugby by not selecting our best team.

A team that does that, does it at their peril. We took the gamble and lost to the MUCH better team on the day.

Andrew Potts

A disappointing day for Leinster fond the demands of a month of weekly knock out rugby a step to far today.

Could have won it but Munster could had a few tries.

Frank Murphy did nothing today but enhance his reputation as a very flawed Ref and biased against Leinster.

In the first minute a player leaves the field unconscious. The result of a high tackle.

I thought three questions had to be answered by the Ref

Was there contact with the head?

Was force applied?

Any mitigation ?

It’s a card but only what colour.

The sanctions must have changed.

The length of time Leinster were defending under advantage was ridiculous, certainly he was a factor.

John Hyland

Munster were the better side today. For right or for wrong, Leo has prioritised the fifth star. This was always going to be a tight game. Let’s hope Munster can do the biz in SA.

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MASTODON

Koochulainn  Munster were up for it… Can’t complain we weren’t clinical enough 😦

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URC SEMIFINAL WRAP

URC SEMIFINALS
STO 43-25 CON
LEI 15-16 MUN

URC FINAL
SAT MAY 27
STO V MUN

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