Bernard Jackman

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · What we learned from first week of the Nations Championship · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

And the problem is the money they're spending on bringing the leagueys back in.

like they're amazing athletes but they're not going to be tens or nines or controllers i mean they're they and i would actually argue they probably have enough outside 10 where they already have you know i mean in terms of athletes they have but that's where the money is is going they have to pay big salaries for them because the nrl is so

so lucrative and yeah it's a big one and for Joe who is a percentage man he'd be so frustrated that they didn't get that balance right because I think he would love he'd love the fact that France did play attractive rugby because he got pillared a little bit in Ireland for

type of rugby he played with Ireland but if you remember what he played with Leinster he was one of the most innovative ambitious coaches in the world so I think I think he cut his cloth a little bit with the way he saw the game going in terms of the rules laws etc but yeah just getting over the line and as I said they have a big one coming up now on Saturday against France and they really could do with a win

100% to you.

And the fact that he played three games in a row for Leinster, picked up a bit of form there, lifted silverware.

Now he's effectively kicked the winning kick to help you beat Australia away.

You're on tour.

You're playing with your brother.

You know, it's quite unique.

And I think he had enough good moments in that to build even more confidence.

I mean, like, definitely his confidence was dented.

dropped out of the Leinster squad for the European Cup final.

But in fairness to him, he's bounced back now.

And I think, you know, Neil's right.

He's not going to go from being where he was at to Johnny Wilkinson, like, as a defender, right?

Overnight.

I mean, it's a long-term project.

It may never be.

I mean, there's very few 10s who were as good without the ball as he was.

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