Episode 2031: Pep’s Promised Land, Leinster’s Cul De Sac, Irish Lions

Man City are tantalisingly close to a Champions League final and it looks like their path could potentially have become a little smoother with the news that Kylian Mbappé may not feature tonight. Can Pep at last return to the promised land?

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Leinster’s European season ended in similar fashion to Ulster’s – after a good opening period they were ultimately out-thought and out-muscled, with both looking out of ideas and out of energy by the final whistle. We ask Gordon Darcy and Shane Horgan if this was a lesson dressed as a defeat, what options the Irish provinces have when facing bigger sides and what Irish players will make Gatland’s Lions squad.

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Plus there’s Eoin’s potent audio prescription for a listener who’s been struggling to feel the love for sport recently, and the prospect of a Lions HoggWatch on the horizon.

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