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This month
July 2024
'That next development and evolution of the team has to come in November'
10 Jul
5.1k
12
'The concern I have is just the way we’ve looked, the way our players have looked individually'
3 Jul
5.4k
7
Last month
June 2024
'I do think it’s going to be his toughest challenge'
9 hrs ago
5.2k
14
'I feel sorry for Farrell a little bit in terms of what he’s picking from compared to Rassie'
24 Jun
10.8k
60
Should Gavin Coombes be going to South Africa?
The Rugby Weekly Extra podcast crew discussed the Munster forward’s exclusion from Ireland’s touring squad.
19 Jun
10.4k
58
'I think everyone sees us now as beatable'
19 Jun
8.9k
47
'His ceiling is very, very high but he has to prove that he can control and manage a game'
14 Jun
4.2k
6
'If Leinster lose to the Bulls, it's a big, big failure on their part' - Bernard Jackman
10 Jun
8.2k
49
Leinster having four talented out-halves isn’t great for the health of the game in Ireland
7 Jun
7.9k
63
May
May 2024
Dupont's genius proves central to Leinster’s Champions Cup heartbreak
29 May
3.0k
17
Toulouse seeking to move past Leinster complex and add sixth star on their own terms
RMC rugby journalist Wilfried Templier gave an insight into the Toulousain mindset on Wednesday’s Rugby Weekly Extra podcast.
22 May
3.4k
8
'How many players that go through the Irish system have the same attributes? Not many'
20 May
7.5k
35
Ulster v Leinster preview, and Cordero finally set for Connacht bow
17 May
806
0
'That's a decision he needs to make and coaches won't necessarily be happy at the time'
9 May
9.2k
21
'That production line hasn't produced as many players as maybe we think'
7 May
9.7k
32
Can Leinster recreate the emotional pitch of their victory against La Rochelle?
James Tracy outlined what he believes to be the biggest challenge facing Leinster – aside from Northampton – at Croke Park this Saturday.
1 May
4.4k
19
April
April 2024
'If you want to show faith in your coaching pathway, now is the time to do it'
29 Apr
4.6k
12
'I don’t think the problem is him, really, I think the problem is Ulster'
24 Apr
7.5k
37
'Frisch will be gone. There's a game being played here around negotiating a transfer fee'
Bernard Jackman believes Munster are in danger of slipping backwards next season if they can’t recruit further depth to their squad.
22 Apr
14.8k
97
'I’ve never seen a player with the feel he has for the game'
15 Apr
16.7k
15
'He has something to say, he says it - and that's quite new in France'
10 Apr
10.4k
14
Jackman: Nienaber can swing fine margins in Leinster's favour against powerful La Rochelle
Bernard Jackman believes doubts will persist about Leinster until they can routinely beat power-based teams like ROG’s Rochelais.
8 Apr
4.5k
21
Jackman: Ulster should try to lure AJ MacGinty back to Ireland if Kitshoff returns to Stormers
‘You could actually build a team around him for a while,’ Bernard Jackman said of the Bristol and USA out-half.
2 Apr
8.9k
39
March
March 2024
Eoin Toolan hoping for his own 'Justin Harrison moment' as he begins life with Schmidt's Wallabies
28 Mar
5.0k
8
'Part of talent is resilience - and an ability to be sticky and not give up'
Connacht’s disappointing loss to the Lions was up for discussion on Rugby Weekly Extra.
25 Mar
3.8k
5
Farrell 'will be loyal' and give players who misfired the chance to 'right performances'
Selection decisions for Ireland’s final Six Nations game of the campaign were discussed on Rugby Weekly Extra.
13 Mar
5.8k
63
'For me it was the right decision, I think the execution was poor'
11 Mar
21.0k
91
'If they can stop it at source, you’re taking away that superpower from Ireland'
6 Mar
5.4k
11
'He has so much grá towards Munster... He wants to finish on a high'
4 Mar
7.1k
21
February
February 2024
'What Peter O’Mahony does well is something Ryan Baird is starting to match now'
7 hrs ago
8.1k
30
'To leave in the middle of a season, things must be at a pretty low ebb'
21 Feb
9.1k
18
Gatland 'totally invigorated' by opportunity to re-establish Wales as a major power
19 Feb
3.8k
14
'It’s a better idea to compare Crowley to the Sexton who broke into the Irish team in 2009'
13 Feb
5.5k
60
'He’s the best suited scrum-half in the world to the way that we want to play'
5 Feb
8.8k
13
January
January 2024
'We've made an absolute balls of it' - Jackman laments uncertainty over O'Mahony's future
‘We’ve left him in a very poor situation. His employers have done that.’
22 Jan
22.0k
93
'It massively strengthens O’Mahony’s hand if he wants to play beyond the end of the season'
17 Jan
8.5k
35
'You probably need some people with his skill set to take it to France and trouble them'
15 Jan
10.2k
21
Eoin Toolan: Munster having to sign an NIQ out-half would make for a broken system
10 Jan
13.0k
143
Which law should be changed to improve rugby?
8 Jan
4.4k
39
Are some Ireland players suffering from a World Cup hangover?
The Rugby Weekly Extra podcast discussed the psychological challenge of adapting to provincial rugby after France.
3 Jan
8.3k
26
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