Episode 3429: Send In The Second Rows, The Munster Project, Clutch Charlie Smyth
Munster and Leinster both won their Champions Cup games over the weekend, both came through sticky situations against English opposition, but overall satisfaction levels are low.
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We chat to Shane Horgan and Andrew Trimble about Clayton McMillan’s realistic outlook on the Munster project, Leinster’s pre-Chistmas form, and they react to former Leinster and Ireland out half Ross Byrne’s suggestion that, given the volume of box kicks and spiral bombs being launched these days, coaches should start picking second rows on the wings.
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Charlie Smyth, formerly a Gaelic footballer from Co Down, nailed a 47-yard field goal for the New Orleans Saints to beat the Carolina Panthers this weekend.
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Plus there’s frontier football gibberish, dead-ball Beggan, the Dublin based media and the huge medal haul for Irish athletics in 2025.
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