Episode 2242: Salad Days For Irish Rugby, Back And To The Net, Gordon D’Arcy & Billy Walsh: Hurling Men
A Davy Fitz-sized hole has been left in Wexford hurling and two of the men who have been drafted in to try and fill it are Billy Walsh and one of our guests for today’s rugby chat, Gordon D’Arcy. We chat about figuring out the best way of using people from outside your sport, before turning our attention to yet another Cavani-VAR freeze-frame with listener-drawn lines. Please, no more…
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And with the final round of European group games over and done with, we talk to Shane Horgan and Gordon about what feel like salad days for Irish rugby with full stadiums, all four provinces into the knockout phase of the European Cup for the first time, and in the 6N facing a Welsh side who, despite being defending champs, have very little positivity to cling to.
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Plus there’s Connacht’s power and tactical issues, if they can match Leinster over two legs, why Munster, all of a sudden, have a shot at winning it this year, and if Peter O’Mahony 2.0 may be their secret sauce.
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As the below photo illustrates, we have strong reason to believe VAR is finally causing some of our listeners’ minds to melt
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