With both Leinster & Ireland playing in the Scottish capital the next two weekends, our perfect guest to offer an opposition view was Sandy “@theburghwatch” Smith.
OUR GUEST : SANDY SMITH
227 : Opposition view – Edinburgh & Scotland
Category: Podcasts
225 : Harpin Preview Show #ITAvIRE
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)
224 : Leinster v Dragons wrap
🏉 Welsh mess
🏉 Rhys Ruddock
🏉 Dragons fronting up
🏉 Harry Byrne
🏉 G**** S***
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
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FULL TIME TAKES
Greg Kelly
Not a great performance. Probably the worst or amongst the worst of the season. Quite disjointed and not as controlled as Leinster teams usually are.
Performance aside its yet another routine win that was never really in doubt. The URC is great for blooding players but week by week it becomes worse for challenging them.
Andrew Bailey
First up you have to play a referee who’s agenda from the start is to favour the home team. But you can’t do that with poor lineouts , Ruck protection snd an awful kicking game. A big win but worst performance of the season. Why not trust the outside backs more ??
MASTODON
RichardMifsud Had a bit of everything that one. Always love watching the young kids getting a run out. Second 40 saw a dip in intensity that let Dragons back into the game and gave the boys good practice on D. A bit of a flourish at the end with two well worked tries. Invaluable experience for the kids and Rhys a worthy POTM although Lukey pushed for that too Liam Turner had a good outing and it was great to see Jason J and Will on the pitch
John Shine I’m jumping aboard the Jack Boyle hype train!!! In all seriousness it was a nice little 20 mins for him. Held up his end of the scrum. Couple of good carries and a great jackal turnover. Bigger tests await but he’s an exciting prospect.
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Welsh rugby’s almighty mess, the immoral treatment of players and the uncomfortable truths – Wales Online [Steffan Thomas]
- Blow for Ireland & Munster as full extent of Tadhg Beirne injury revealed | SportsJOE.ie [Jason Hennessy]
- Gavin Coombes stars as nine-try Munster rout Ospreys at Thomond (irishexaminer.com) [John Fallon]
- URC: Connacht score nine tries in comfortable victory over Zebre – The Irish Times [Linley MacKenzie]
- Glasgow v Ulster: bench impact helps Warriors extend unbeaten run (theoffsideline.com) [David Barnes]
URC ROUND 14 WRAP
ROUND 14
GLA 17-11 ULS
MUN 58-3 OSP
LIO 7-29 SHA
ZEB 37-57 CON
BUL 19-23 STO
CAR 30-13 BEN
SCA 42-14 EDI
LEI 43-14 DRA
REARRANGED MATCHES
ROUND 6
SHA V ULS
LIO V GLA
ROUND 15
MAR 3
GLA V ZEB
MUN V SCA
MAR 4
STO V SHA
BUL V LIO
EDI V LEI
OSP V BEN
DRA V CON
CAR V ULS
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223 : Harpin Preview Show – #LEIvDRA
Our guest : CONOR CRONIN
Leinster : 15. Jimmy O’Brien 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Liam Turner 12. Jamie Osborne 11. Dave Kearney 10. Harry Byrne 9. Luke McGrath
1. Michael Milne 2. John McKee 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. Brian Deeny 6. Rhys Ruddock > CAPTAIN 7. Scott Penny 8. Max Deegan
16. Lee Barron 17. Jack Boyle 18. Thomas Clarkson 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Will Connors 21. Nick McCarthy 22. Charlie Tector 23. Rob Russell
Dragons RFC: 15 A O’Brien 14 Tomkinson 13 S Hughes 12 J Dixon 11 A Hewitt 10 W Reed 9 R Williams (c)
1 R Jones 2 B Coghlan 3 L Fairbrother 4 M Screech 5 B Carter 6 B Fry 7 T Basham 8 R Moriarty
16 J Benjamin 17 A Seiuli 18 C Coleman 19 S Lonsdale 20 R Woodman 21 L Jones 22 JJ Hanrahan 23 J Williams
BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Round 14
Sat Feb 18 KO 7:35pm
RDS Arena
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)
AR 1: Oisin Quinn (IRFU)
AR 2: Sam Holt (IRFU)
TMO: Dave Sutherland (SRU)
Live on: RTÉ, S4C, Viaplay, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery + & URC.tv
221 : IRELAND v FRANCE wrap
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
James Griffin
Given the travails experienced by the Murray family this past week, Conor showed immense fortitude and strength of character to even tog out today. Delighted for him and the whole squad! A fantastic performance.
Imelda Reidy
Some game. Outstanding from Ireland. There can be no argument now about the No. 1 team in the world. Need to drive on now and continue to improve. ☘☘
Gavin Hegarty
My god.what a game. We just got a bp over the second best team in the world.
Let’s not mention the definite red card.
Every man in green (bar Hanson in my view) was utterly outstanding.
Tom O’Toole, my god where did that come from? Was worried about bealham before the Wales games now we have three class tightheads.
Chuck Doris, world’s best 8. Completely outplayed alldrit.
Lowe’s try, Mon dieu c’est magnifique.
Take a bow Ireland, you have wrecked me.
MASTODON
Koochulainn @Koochulainn So that’s the “bogey match” and the “defacto title decider” out of the way Bring on the “gimme” (which isnt what it used to be), the “potential banana skin”, and the “Auld enemy”.
Séamus Mac an tSábhaisigh @jamessavage French rugby fans affronted by selective tv replays … #karma winning big games well but with clear room for improvement each time is a very exciting place to be.
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Worcester Warriors change name and drop down leagues amid anger at RFU | Worcester | The Guardian [Michael Aylwin]
- How would the Rugby World Cup pools look based on today’s rankings? [Sarah Rendell]
- U-20 star Sam Prendergast shows nerves of steel to get Six Nations weekend off to winning start – Independent.ie [Sean O’Connor]
- Scotland v Wales: Finn Russell pulls the strings as hosts rampage to record win (theoffsideline.com) [David Barnes]
- England 31-14 Italy: Pragmatic hosts claim first win under Steve Borthwick – BBC Sport [Mantej Mann]
SIX NATIONS ROUND 2 WRAP
ROUND 2
IRE 32-19 FRA
SCO 35-7 WAL
ENG 31-14 ITA
FEB 25
ITA V IRE
WAL V ENG
FEB 26
FRA V SCO
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220 Harpin Preview Show #IREvFRA
OUR GUEST : CIAN O’MUILLEOIR
Ireland: 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Mack Hansen 13. Garry Ringrose 12. Stuart McCloskey 11. James Lowe 10. Johnny Sexton > (c) 9. Conor Murray
1. Andrew Porter 2. Rob Herring 3. Finlay Bealham 4. Tadhg Beirne 5. James Ryan 6. Peter O’Mahony 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Caelan Doris
16. Ronan Kelleher 17. Dave Kilcoyne 18. Tom O’Toole 19. Iain Henderson 20. Jack Conan 21. Craig Casey 22. Ross Byrne 23. Bundee Aki
France: 15 T Ramos 14 D Penaud 13 G Fickou 12 Y Moefana 11 E Dumortier 10 R Ntamack 9 A Dupont (C)
1 C Baille 2 J Marchand 3 U Atonio 4 T Flament 5 P Willemse 6 A Jelonch 7 C Ollivon 8 G Alldritt
16 G Barlot 17 R Wardi 18 S Falatea 19 R Taofifenua 20 F Cros 21 S Macalou 22 B Couillourd 23 M Jalibert
Guinness Six Nations 2023
Round 2
Sat Feb 11 KO 2:15pm
Aviva Stadium
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)
AR1: Matthew Carley (RFU)
AR2: Jordan Way (RA)
TMO: Brendon Pickerill (NZR)
Live on: RTÉ 2
219 : “Becoming a rugby commentator/Promoting the AIL” feat. Justin Middleton
For this bonus pod I am joined by Justin Middleton, probably known by Leinster fans as the commentator along with James Lowe from Leinster v Chile earlier in the season, who tells us how he broke in to rugby broadcasting as well as explaining how more streaming can help raise the profile of the Energia Alll Ireland League.
Our guest…JUSTIN MIDDLETON
218 : WALES v IRELAND wrap
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
Conor Cronin
Some great individual performances, a few players who might feel they can improve on individual aspects, particularly Porter for me, who was responsible for almost half our penalties, can’t be that sloppy against the French. (though I’m discounting the one conceded as they scored a try)
Expectation will be high going onto next week, and rightly so, I want to see the same high intensity against France
Ian Frizzell
Out of the traps so quickly. We were so powerful in the first 30 minutes they didn’t have any answers.
Thought we coped pretty well in the third quarter when they threw everything they had at us and then a few fresh legs gave us the momentum to finish pretty strongly.
Gavin Hegarty
Job done. Rough second half but we shouldered it well.
Can’t help but think the ref played a part in their comeback but cest la vie.
I still can’t see the logic in bringing gatland back.
MASTODON
Andrew Byrne That first half was ruthless, we were too comfortable in the 2nd half. That won’t be good enough next week, but you can only play one match at a time.For Wales they can fix a lot very quickly and will take scalps later in the tournament.
Brian Nisbet 10-34, with the Welsh playing much better in the second half. But that’s a clear statement of intent from Ireland with a BP win in the first match. Good stuff!
Rob Atkinson A much better performance from Wales, but need to be a lot better in the opposition 22, they need to be better. I’m sure it will come together later in the tournament
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- 4 Ireland U20s Players Who Impressed In Their Six Nations Win In Wales | Balls.ie [Colman Shanley]
- Stormers hand Sharks a rugby lesson in Durban | Rugby365
- Irish Rugby | Combined Provinces Win With Seven Tries At Kingspan Stadium
- Scotland record stunning win over England at Twickenham as 2023 Six Nations campaign gets perfect start | The Scotsman [Graham Bean]
- Six Nations Rugby | France hang on after thriller in Rome [Paul Eddison]
6N & URC WRAP
6N ROUND 1
WAL 10-34 IRE
ENG 23-29 SCO
ITA 24-29 FRA
ROUND 2
Sat Feb 11
IRE v FRA
SCO v WAL
Sun Feb 12
ENG v ITA
URC ROUND 1
SHA 19-46 STO
Round 14
Feb 17
MUN V OSP
GLA V ULS
Feb 18
LIO V SHA
BUL V STO
ZEB V CON
SCA V EDI
CAR V BEN
LEI V DRA
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217 : Harpin Preview Show #WALvIRE
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
216 : Pre-6N Panel
A bonus pod to set us up nicely for the Six Nations – our panel gives an overview of the Irish squad as well as the other five nations plus the Irish Under20s ahead of 6Mas Day.
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