OUR GUEST : JASON LONG
🏉 Introducing Jay
🏉 Recap of 22/23 season
🏉 Nations Championship???
🏉 The Rugby Championship kickoff
🏉 Irish U20s v Fiji
260 : Ireland U20s v Fiji & other offseason stuff
Tag: rugby podcast
253 : HCC final & 22/23 season wrap
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
FULL TIME TAKES
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.
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
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.
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
FULL TIME TAKES
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.
MASTODON
Koochulainn Munster were up for it… Can’t complain we weren’t clinical enough 😦
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Ireland women sevens qualify for Olympics (rte.ie)
- Terenure Centre Says Provinces Should Give Young AIL Players A Chance | Balls.ie [Colman Stanley]
- European Professional Club Rugby | Dublin Heineken Champions Cup final confirmed as sell-out (epcrugby.com)
- Premiership: George Ford boots Sale Sharks past Leicester Tigers to final : PlanetRugby
- Magical Manie sends Stormers to URC final (sarugbymag.co.za)
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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Harpin’ Preview Show : Bulls v Leinster
Our guest : MARK JACKSON
Leinster : 15. Chris Cosgrave 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Liam Turner 12. Ben Brownlee 11. Dave Kearney 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Nick McCarthy
1. Ed Byrne > CAPTAIN 2. Tadgh McElroy 3. Thomas Clarkson 4. Alex Soroka 5. Brian Deeny 6. James Culhane 7. Will Connors 8. Max Deegan
16. Lee Barron 17. Michael Milne 18. Temi Lasisi 19. Conor O’Tighearnaigh 20. Liam Molony 21. Ben Murphy 22. Charlie Tector 23. Rob Russell
Vodacom Bulls : 15 K-L Arendse 14 C Moodie 13 S Gans 12 H Vorster 11 D Kreil 10 J Goosen 9 E Papier
1 G Steenkamp 2 J Grobelaar 3 M Smith 4 R Vermaak 5 R Nortje (c) 6 M van Staden 7 C Brink 8 E Louw
16 B du Plessis 17 D Smith 18 F Klopper 19 J Swanpoel 20 WJ Steenkamp 21 K Johannes 22 C Smith 23 C Hendricks
BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Round 18
Sat Apr 22 KO 3:05pm
Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Referee: Craig Evans (WRU)
AR 1: Adriaan Jacobs (SARU)
AR 2: Aimee Barrett-Theron (SARU)
TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)
Live on: TG4, Viaplay, Premier Sports & URC.tv
242 : Harpin Preview Show – #LIOvLEI
Our guest : TOM COLEMAN
Leinster : 15. Chris Cosgrave 14. Tommy O’Brien 13. Liam Turner 12. Ben Brownlee 11. Dave Kearney 10. Sam Prendergast 9. Nick McCarthy
1. Michael Milne 2. Lee Barron 3. Vakhtang Abdaladze 4. Brian Deeny 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Rhys Ruddock > CAPTAIN7. Will Connors 8. Max Deegan
16. Tadgh McElroy 17. Ed Byrne 18. Thomas Clarkson 19. Alex Soroka 20. James Culhane 21. Ben Murphy 22. Charlie Tector 23. Rob Russell
Lions : 15 Q Horn 14 S Pienaar 13 M Raas 12 M Louw (c) 11 E vd Merwe 10 G Lombard 9 S Nohamba
1 R Runsburger 2 PJ Botha 3 A Ntlabakanye 4 W Alberts 5 R Schoeman 6 J Kriel 7 R Delport 8 F Horn
16 M Brandon 17 JP Smith 18 R Dreyer 19 DL Landsberg 20 T Gordon 21 M vd Berg 22 R Jonker 23 A Coetzee
BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Round 17
Sat Apr 15 KO 3pm
Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)
AR 1: Morne Ferreira (SARU)
AR 2: Stephan Geldenhuys (SARU)
TMO: David Sutherland (SRU)
Live on: RTÉ, Viaplay, Premier Sports & URC.tv
238 : Harpin Preview Show – #LEIvULS
Leinster : 15. Hugo Keenan 14. Jordan Larmour 13. Jimmy O’Brien 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. Ryan Baird 7. Josh van der Flier 8. Jack Conan
16. John McKee 17. Cian Healy 18. Michael Ala’alatoa 19. Jason Jenkins 20. Scott Penny 21. Luke McGrath 22. Harry Byrne 23. Ciarán Frawley
Ulster : 15 Michael Lowry 14 Rob Baloucoune 13 James Hume 12 Stuart McCloskey 11 Jacob Stockdale 10 Billy Burns 9 Nathan Doak
1 Rory Sutherland 2 Rob Herring 3 Tom O’Toole 4 Alan O’Connor (Captain) 5 Kieran Treadwell 6 Dave McCann 7 Nick Timoney 8 Duane Vermeulen
16 Tom Stewart 17 Eric O’Sullivan 18 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen 19 Harry Sheridan 20 Marcus Rea 21 John Cooney 22 Stewart Moore 23 Ben Moxham
Heineken Champions Cup 2022/23
Round of 16
Sat Apr 1 KO 5:30pm
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Luke Pearce (ENG)
AR 1: Dan Jones (ENG)
AR 2: Jamie Leahy (ENG)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (ENG)
Live on: RTÉ2, BT Sport 4
236 : Harpin’ Preview Show #LEIvSTO
OUR GUEST : CONOR CRONIN
Leinster : 15. Jordan Larmour 14. Rob Russell 13. Liam Turner 12. Ciarán Frawley 11. Dave Kearney 10. Harry Byrne 9. Luke McGrath
1. Michael Milne 2. John McKee 3. Michael Ala’alatoa 4. Ross Molony 5. Jason Jenkins 6. Rhys Ruddock > CAPTAIN 7. Scott Penny 8. Max Deegan
16. Lee Barron 17. Ed Byrne 18. Vakhtang Abdaladze 19. Brian Deeny 20. Will Connors 21. Nick McCarthy 22. Charlie Tector 23. Ben Brownlee
DHL Stormers: 15 Clayton Blommetjies 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg 13 Dan du Plessis 12 Damian Willemse 11 Seabelo Senatla 10 Manie Libbok 9 Paul de Wet
1 Steven Kitshoff (capt) 2 Joseph Dweba 3 Frans Malherbe 4 Ruben van Heerden 5 Marvin Orie 6 Deon Fourie 7 Ben-Jason Dixon 8 Hacjivah Dayimani,
16 JJ Kotze 17 Brok Harris 18 Neethling Fouche 19 Ernst van Rhyn 20 Willie Engelbrecht 21 Marcel Theunissen 22 Herschel Jantjies 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis
BKT United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Round 16
Fri Mar 24 KO 7:35pm
RDS Arena, Dublin
Live on: TG4, Premier Sports 1, Viaplay Xtra, URC.tv
Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU)
AR 1: Peter Martin (IRFU)
AR 2: Keane Davison (IRFU)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)
235 : IRELAND V ENGLAND WRAP aka “Gran’s Lamb”
THIS WEEK’S GUESTS
CONOR CRONIN & CIAN O’MUILLEOIR
FULL TIME TAKES
Mark Jackson
Ryan Baird immense ..kudos must go to all coaches n staff and squad
10 tries conceeded in 2 6 Nations campaigns combined telling stat..hats off to Simon Easterby for defensive work especially
James Griffin
England brought physicality but not a lot of game nous. Ireland, while not always as precise as in previous games, matched their physicality but in addition, had good game management and made good decisions at crucial times. Delighted for the entire squad; a fully deserved slam.
Gavin Hegarty
Not a good Irish performance but always great to get a slam.
Up for discussion is where rugby is going. A red card should be for a malicious act, not for what steward did. His offence was a yellow at most.
MASTODON
Tim Stickland Congratulations Ireland. Great shift from Johnny Sexton. RWC looks fantastic with the French in great form too.
RichardMifsud It seems I’m required to force myself to have a celebratory #whiskey
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Nine tries, 66 points and a frantic finish – Gonzaga claim first Senior Cup after famous win over Blackrock – Independent.ie [Des Berry]
- RTÉ and Virgin Media secure Rugby World Cup 2023 rights | World Rugby
- Six Nations: Scotland survive incredibly nervy finish as Blair Kinghorn scores hat-trick of tries against Italy | The Scotsman [Graham Bean]
- Wales end Six Nations campaign on losing note against France – The Irish Times
- Six-try Ireland U20s make history with back-to-back Grand Slam titles (the42.ie) [Sinead Farrell]
SIX NATIONS WRAP
ROUND 5
SCO 26-14 ITA
FRA 41-28 WAL
IRE 29-16 ENG
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232 : SCOTLAND v IRELAND WRAP
THIS WEEK’S GUEST
FULL TIME TAKES
Conor Cronin The wins in the previous 3 rounds with a big injury list, outdone by getting through that game in spite of the injuries.
We allowed the scots to dictate big parts of that game but once we took charge we’d 2 quick tries and that was it. raging for James Ryan not to get the score or the assist with that fine supporting run, and not to have got the BP.
Players really stood up and were counted, and while there were mistakes it’s the attitude of getting up and getting the next phase right that is the core of this team right now.
James Griffin What a very special group of men! To play through so much adversity and win is why they have the ranking they have. Speedy recovery to the injured.
Mark Jackson Think that covers most contingencies ..struggling to come up w new ones ..maybe Hugo Keenan as a LO jumper…Jukebox finally kicking for goal.
Kevin Kelehan Dogged in the extreme, not much more could have gone against them, the disallowed first try, the smashing of Doris in the air in the line out and no sanction, then Sheehan and then Henderson so early in the game. Today was proof that even a much improved Scotland with tails up in front of a noisy crowd could not derail Ireland seriously discommoded by injuries. Time to nail Farrell and Catt down for a contract extension before the World Cup!
Lee O Farrell They always talk about the rub of the green but the lads today made their own luck.
An incredible performance. One of the things that sets this group apart from previous Irish teams is the headspace. And these lads have it in spades!
Andrew Potts Every benefit of the doubt was given to Scotland by the Ref.
Even the fact he was joking around when Ringrose was being attended to for a serious injury was completely tone deaf.
MASTODON
Brian Nisbet Grand Slam still very much on. 7-22 in Edinburgh. Very scrappy match and concerning injuries, but still, it’s a win and any issues will be forgotten after the fifth win next weekend.
Marc Fritsche The players will be in nothing but ice baths for the week, that was extremely physical
FRONT FIVE ARTICLES
- Portugal and Georgia to contest REC 23 Grand Final (rugbyeurope.eu)
- Blackrock set up schools cup final rematch with Gonzaga after edging St Michael’s in thrilling finale – Independent.ie [Des Berry]
- Ireland close in on U20 Grand Slam defence after 75-point demolition of Scotland (the42.ie) [Lewis Stuart]
- Wales finally win a Six Nations match as old face returns to make difference – Wales Online [Steffan Thomas]
- Shambolic England given a France masterclass (lastwordonsports.com) [Charlie Inglefield]
SIX NATIONS ROUND 4 WRAP
ROUND 4
ITA 17-29 WAL
ENG 10-53 FRA
SCO 7-22 IRE
ROUND 5
SAT MAR 18
SCO V ITA
FRA V WAL
IRE V ENG
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