Category: Nations Championship

538 : New Zealand v Ireland preview

Our guest : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

www.keegolaughs.com

Apologies Up Front on Apple Podcasts

IRELAND : 15 Hugo Keenan 14 Robert Baloucoune 13 Garry Ringrose 12 Stuart McCloskey 11 Jimmy O’Brien 10 Sam Prendergast 9 Jamison Gibson‑Park

1 Tom O’Toole 2 Dan Sheehan 3 Tadhg Furlong 4 Joe McCarthy 5 James Ryan 6 Tadhg Beirne 7 Josh van der Flier 8 Jack Conan

16 Rónan Kelleher 17 Jeremy Loughman 18 Thomas Clarkson 19 Nick Timoney 20 Sean Jansen 21 Craig Casey 22 Ciarán Frawley 23 Bundee Aki

NEW ZEALAND : 15 Damian McKenzie 14 Will Jordan 13 Quinn Tupaea 12 Jordie Barrett 11 Joshua Moorby 10 Ruben Love 9 Cam Roigard

1 Ethan de Groot 2 Codie Taylor 3 Tyrel Lomax 4 Josh Lord 5 Patrick Tuipulotu 6 Tupou Vaa’i 7 Luke Jacobson 8 Ardie Savea

16 Asafa Aumua 17 Xavier Numia 18 Fletcher Newell 19 Anton Segners 20 Peter Lakai 21 Cortez Ratima 22 Anton Lienert‑Brown 23 Caleb Clarke

Nations Championship

2026 Round 3

Saturday, July 18

Eden Park, Auckland

KO 8:10am (Irish time)

Live on : Virgin Media One

Referee: Nic Berry (RA)

AR1: Luc Ramos (FFR)

AR2: Damon Murphy (RA)

TMO: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

FPRO: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

536 : Japan v Ireland preview

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Our guest : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

www.keegolaughs.com

Apologies Up Front on Apple Podcasts

IRELAND : 15 Jamie Osborne 14 Jimmy O’Brien 13 Robbie Henshaw 12 Stuart McCloskey 11 Jacob Stockdale 10 Ciarán Frawley 9 Craig Casey

1 Tom O’Toole 2 Rónan Kelleher 3 Thomas Clarkson 4 Tadhg Beirne (c) 5 James Ryan 6 Jack Conan 7 Nick Timoney 8 Sean Jansen

16 Tom Stewart 17 Billy Bohan 18 Sam Illo 19 Cormac Izuchukwu 20 Bryn Ward 21 Nathan Doak 22 Harry Byrne 23 Bundee Aki

JAPAN : 15 Takuro Matsunaga 14 Kazuma Ueda 13 Dylan Riley 12 Yuya Hirose 11 Taira Main 10 Ryunosuke Ito 9 Naoto Saito

1 Takato Okabe 2 Mamoru Harada 3 Shuhei Takeuchi 4 Harry Hockings 5 Warner Dearns (c) 6 Ben Gunter 7 Kanji Shimokawa 8 Jack Cornelsen

16 Hayate Era 17 Sojiro Otsuka 18 Keijiro Tamefusa 19 Michael Stolberg 20 Michael Leitch 21 Tiennan Costley 22 Itsuki Kamimura 23 Sam Greene

Nations Championship

2026 Round 2

Saturday, July 11

McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle

KO 11:10am (Irish time)

Live on : Virgin Media One

Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

AR1: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR)

AR2: Morné Ferreira (SARU)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

FPRO: Ian Tempest (RFU)

534 : Australia v Ireland preview

Our guest : NEIL “KEEGO” KEEGAN

www.keegolaughs.com

Apologies Up Front on Apple Podcasts

IRELAND : 15 Hugo Keenan 14 Robert Baloucoune 13 Garry Ringrose 12 Stuart McCloskey 11 Jamie Osborne 10 Sam Prendergast 9 Jamison Gibson‑Park

1 Tom O’Toole 2 Dan Sheehan (c) 3 Tadhg Furlong 4 Joe McCarthy 5 James Ryan 6 Cian Prendergast 7 Josh van der Flier 8 Jack Conan

16 Rónan Kelleher 17 Jeremy Loughman 18 Thomas Clarkson 19 Tadhg Beirne 20 Nick Timoney 21 Craig Casey 22 Ciarán Frawley 23 Bundee Aki

AUSTRALIA : 15 Jock Campbell 14 Max Jorgensen 13 Joseph Suaalii 12 Len Ikitau 11 Dylan Pietsch 10 Carter Gordon 9 Ryan Lonergan

1 Angus Bell 2 Josh Nasser 3 Allan Alaalatoa 4 Jeremy Williams 5 Miles Canham 6 Rob Valetini 7 Fraser McReight 8 Harry Wilson (c)

16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa 17 James Slipper 18 Taniela Tupou 19 Lachlan Shaw 20 Tom Hooper 21 Tate McDermott 22 Ben Donaldson 23 Tom Wright

Nations Championship

2026 Round 1

Saturday, July 4

Allianz Stadium, Sydney

KO 11:10am (Irish time)

Live on : Virgin Media One

Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (NZR) 

AR1: Karl Dickson (RFU)

AR2: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

TMO: Matteo Liperini (FIR)

FPRO: Glenn Newman (NZR)