Bernard Jackman

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · Will the Nations Championship prove to be a success? Philip Doyle RIP · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

I think it does create more interest even going into the last, you could be five points, five tries ahead, but the opposition suddenly fight back and you could lose that attacking bonus point.

So it just, I think from a fan engagement point of view, it's a better system.

And I think, you know, my understanding is there's a big review of actually what the Champions Cup is going to look like.

long term happening with all the stakeholders in discussions around that but these are the little tweaks they can make now which I think will improve the competition next year and that's all we want we want this to get back to where it was it's certainly in a tricky place at the moment this isn't going to be the it's not going to make or break the competition but certainly I think it makes it already better for next year which is a positive

And that's a good thing.

I think the... It's not a good look to have a one win team there.

One win getting into...

the knockouts is farcical.

And that's one of the big criticisms of the current format.

So the fact that this will change that is good.

I think Steno's point is relevant.

The boat changes will put pressure on coaches to play stronger selections.

I think a lot of coaches will rotate and say, well, look, realistically, one point out of this is a good result.

Particularly teams who come to...

You send a team to Bordeaux or Toulouse or Leinster and you go, right, the goal is to get a point.

And we can concede 50, but we get four tries, we've improved our chance.

That attacking bonus point is less likely now with a weak team.

So hopefully, and that's what Champions Cup organisers are trying to do, is they're trying to...

Well, Neil, I just want to give a shout out to a Terranier College man, Alan Ryan, who's head of performance for Toulouse.

They won the top 14 on Saturday night against Montpellier.

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