It’s a big weekend for the Irish provinces in the Heineken Cup, as they all face tough propositions, but with their fate still very much in their own hands.

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Leinster play Toulouse in the RDS on Saturday, and their star centre Garry Ringrose ran the gauntlet of the Simon Hick interview today, talking about just what makes Toulouse so hard to defend against.

 

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We have Gerry Thornley and Laurent Depret of RMC Sport in Paris to tell us about the philosophy that’s behind Toulouse’s brilliant season, and what Racing 92 have in store for their trip to Ravenhill on Saturday, as well as Munster’s return to form ahead of their trip to Gloucester on Friday night.

 

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Plus there’s Dunphy’s “trouble in paradise” moment, sports events that take themselves too seriously, and, spurred on by an emailer who perhaps got more than he bargained for, Eoin, Ken and Murph loudly and edgily take sides in the great debate – is David Silva good at football, or really really good at football?

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