Episode 1676: Saracens’ Last Stand, Leinster’s First Match, Club Final Wins For Reigning Champs – Who Should Care?
It was the last round of the European Cup pool stage, and as Munster waited in vain for a miracle that never really looked like happening, Leinster and Ulster are the last two Irish provinces standing. Leinster’s reward for finishing as the top seed is a home quarter-final against the reigning champions, but what shape Saracens will be in by that stage is anyone’s guess.
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Shane Horgan is back on the pod with Paul Rees of the Guardian to discuss why we still don’t know what exactly Saracens did, what impact relegation will have on their English internationals, and what it means even for this year’s European Cup.
Eddie Jones’ England rebuild complicated by future of his Saracens | Paul Rees https://t.co/YY8pnTa5EL
— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) January 18, 2020
Malachy Clerkin joins us in studio to talk about wins for Corofin and the Shamrocks of Ballyhale on All-Ireland club final day yesterday, and also why the GAA would do well not to over-sell the broader appeal of the provincial or All-Ireland club championships.
Corofin combine total football with dark arts for three-in-a-row
via @IrishTimeshttps://t.co/Um6PdTQmOL— Malachy Clerkin (@MalachyClerkin) January 20, 2020
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Plus there’s the salt tears of Stephen Jones, Conor McGregor’s winning return to the octagon, and a very bad week for the fíor-gaels.
And a typically superb and trenchant piece by @stephenjones9 on the same subject https://t.co/FPz2TEUkMW
— Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) January 20, 2020
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Leinster haven’t lost a game yet this season, and Stuart Lancaster’s philosophy and techniques are a huge part of that success. We chat to @Ringrose_G about what its been like working under Lancasterhttps://t.co/ZNk0dhvziD pic.twitter.com/OokZc7w9nG
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We talk to @RonnieClose about how the ultras movement took root in Cairo, what they stood for, the part they played in the 2011 uprising, the horrible events of the 2012 Port Said massacre, and how the state clamped down on the movement in the aftermathhttps://t.co/w59enH2OaA pic.twitter.com/Hjw9PybcdE
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A reminder that Ken’s latest politics podcast on the development of Irish nationalism, with the brilliant historian Brian Hanley, is now free to all
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