Episode 1018: Ronan O’Gara’s Long Term Plan, Darker Side Of Ali, Sevilla’s 12th Man, Ken In Your Prayers

Wed 22nd Nov 2017

Eoin, Ken, Murph, Shane Horgan, Jonathan Eig, Gavin Mortimer

Ronan O’Gara is leaving Racing Metro to join the Crusaders in Christchurch, another chapter in a pretty astonishing rugby life so far.

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Shane Horgan expresses delight for his old team-mate, while cautioning against the idea that this is a short sojourn in New Zealand, as a prelude to a return to Munster and Ireland.

Ronan O’Gara and Shane Horgan at RWC 2007

We also talk to Jonathan Eig, author of the first fully unauthorised biography of Muhammad Ali, about writing the uncomfortable truths behind a hero. (Listen to our Ali special HERE)

.@jonathaneig’s masterful book offers a bruising account of Ali’s life, and jabs at myths throughout https://t.co/40YmX8Gwn9

— The Economist (@EconCulture) November 3, 2017

Ken thanks you all for your prayers, Mussol-Eoin-i works late, Sevilla win one for the gipper, and Jordan Henderson weaves a wacky web.

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