Episode 3217: A Red Weekend, Crowley Does A ROG, The Coombes Block, Bonkers In Bordeaux
If you felt some almost imperceptible shift in the world this weekend, the minutest tilting of the Earth on its axis, perhaps, there can only be one coherent explanation: it was the county of Cork and the province of Munster reclaiming their positions at the centre of the sporting universe.
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The first righting of the celestial wrong came in the Stade Marcel-Deflandre on Saturday evening, as Jack Crowley did what Cork-born Munster outhalves do: stepped into the pocket and slotted a drop goal to put Munster two scores ahead of ROG’s La Rochelle. Twelve minutes and a whole lot of drama later, the full-time whistle blew with Munster victorious.
The Jack Crowley drop goal was the difference between Munster and La Rochelle.
GIVE THE MAN A CENTRAL CONTRACT!pic.twitter.com/aDboodV46R
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Shane Horgan and Gerry Thornley join us in studio to chat through an incredible game full of heroics, emotion, atmosphere, momentum swings, 50/50 ref calls and nostalgia.
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On Sunday the Cork hurlers thumped Tipperary in Páirc Uí Chaoimh to seal their first league title since 1998, with a good old-fashioned pitch invasion thrown in for good measure.
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Plus there’s Mick O’Dwyer myths busted, Coombes’ block, Mick Galwey on a JCB, and Leinster’s 62-0 win in Croker.
Mick Galwey leading Zombie outside the stadium.
Unreal scenes here. pic.twitter.com/vopSdK8pVO
— Murray Kinsella (@Murray_Kinsella) April 5, 2025
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