Episode 2872: Ireland Are The Bad Guys Now, Frawley For Fifteen, Casement Gets GAA Money, Ulster Drop Dan
“Ireland. Wow. Just wow. How good have they been in this Six Nations so far? Truly outstanding. And the next question I would ask is not whether anyone can cope with them in this tournament, but whether anyone can cope with them for the next few years”. Those are the words, not of a biased Ireland fan, but of legendary Wales captain Sam Warburton; and somehow people expect us not to get cocky?
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Ireland have won 17 games in a row at Lansdowne Rd, and the more we win, the quieter the fans get. Have we found the perfect formula to spook opposition players?
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We chat to two time Grand Slam winner with Wales, Tom Shanklin, and Ruaidhri O’Connor of the Irish Independent, about Gatland’s young guns, Ireland without Keenan, Frawley at 15, our 6/2 bench, and if Scotland can recover from their TMO travesty to beat England, again.
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News emerged this week that the Irish government will pump 50m into the redevelopment of Casement Park, which may hold a few Euro 2028 games, but will really be a GAA stadium. Branno and Duffer ask why do LOI clubs, in comparison, have to work so hard for so little stadium funding, while Murph explains parish pump politics to us all.
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