Episode 3348: Irish Football’s Future, Calls For Duffer, Rugby World Cup QF Preview

It’s now a few days since our World Cup dreams ended on a sodden Yerevan pitch, so time to exhale and read through the rush of correspondence which has filled our inbox since. Expect some Stephen Kenny revisionism, pleas for Duffer and Roy to step into the breach, the birth of a child putting nothing into perspective, Welsh intervention and the raised (at times) voice of Ken Early.

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The only time an Irish senior team made it to a Rugby World Cup semi final was when the women’s team beat NZ in 2014; Jenny Murphy was on the pitch that day and she joins us, along with Gerry Thornley, to look at a daunting but just about doable QF against France.

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We fret over Ireland’s performance against NZ, see what can be sorted in the space of a week and ponder what impact Aoife Wafer could have on the rest of her teammates.

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Plus there’s Frances’ TV Guide, Munster chasing chickens, and if you’re coming to Murph’s book-launch in the Sugar Club tonight – we’ll see you there!

The special guest at our live show in London on Wednesday September 24th will be Arsenal legend and one of our favourite people in football, Ian Wright. Last batch of tickets available at https://www.secondcaptains.com/live-events/

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