Getting Existential About Declan Rice, It’s US Murph Season, And Oisín McConville On The Brothers Canavan
On today’s World Service pod two of the finest footballing minds in our stable, Rory Smith and Jonathan Wilson, tried to answer an existential question: just who or what is Declan Rice as a footballer? And who should he be aiming to be?
Earlier in the week, serial All Ireland club title winner Oisín McConville joined us to chat about how brilliant Peter Canavan’s sons Ruairí and Darragh have been for Errigal Ciarán ahead of their club decider against Cuala this weekend.
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And a determined Brian Murphy joined us for our weekly NFL playoffs slot after a weekend in which he went a paltry 3 out of 6 in predictions.
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