Episode 2585: Adversity Monsters, Slam Week, England Ship 50

There was all manner of things thrown at the Ireland team in Murrayfield but as fans and pundits are coming to realise, this team don’t panic.

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We chat to Stuart Barnes and Shane Horgan about the invention, versatility and deep confidence this side displays, and we ask if there is any way England, who got dismembered by France, can pull things around in a week.

We marvel at Peter O’Mahony’s clarity of thought, Jack Conan’s modesty, Mack Hansen’s creativity and Scotland’s mental and physical collapse.

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Plus Murph quenches his Quaich thirst and we put Rhasidat Adeleke’s latest achievement in context.

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