Bernard Jackman

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3,385 appearances 14 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 14 Jul

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · Leinster go back to back and who will replace Leo Cullen in 2027? · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

with both him and Sam Elo you look at how they scrum their profile their shape their setup they've got a great apprenticeship they've done their apprenticeship in Connacht now under him and obviously he's moving to Ireland full time but

they look like two players who have huge futures.

And Billy's very exciting.

Yeah, he's gone strong.

He's big.

He's very tidy in everything he does.

But I think it's that mindset side of it is the big one that I think Farrell

far rates players like that like he took it like into Bryn Mord from that A game which was horrific that night you know he would say oh how do you pick something out of that but he liked what he brought when he saw it and he got I think he's getting rewarded for that and I think Billy's a little bit like that he says there's something about him yeah it was on Bryn Mord like that was something I remember being in Portugal for that Six Nations training camp

No, it's not, and I think tight ends tend to take a little bit longer, but again, he was someone, Morgan Lennon, the old Wesley coach, I remember speaking to him, he was in the sub-academy, I think, in Leinster, and he was playing for old Wesley, and he just was so excited by the potential he had, and he just needed to, he came from Wesley College, from memory, and he

it's a big it's a step up you know some of the other schools now Wesley have done an unbelievable job Craig Rawlinson has put together a great rugby program there but probably when Sam left it wasn't as intense and then you got they jump into an environment which is more intense and some players take to like a duck to water others just need a little bit of time and I think what we're seeing now is is the value of patience with some of some of those players who maybe don't have the same pathway and

the same training age getting into the right environment getting coaches who trust and respect him and expose him to the game time at the right time because what he has is this real explosive power which the higher level you go up the more of a premium on that and he's another very very exciting prospect to keep Finlay out you know and we know Finlay is a British and Irish line and very tidy in everything he does I think shows the

the rate at which he's developed and it's obviously it's harder at international level it's another step up for him but again I would be shocked if he wasn't exposed to some game time over there

I'm all for trying to get players to the World Cup in the best possible shape.

And if that means rest, and you can afford it when you have the other options, that we have a tight head available for this, and even Tom O'Toole, who can play both, I think that could be a masterstroke.

you know like there's two ways you go about it like even if you either say oh we're going to go with a second string and we rest a load of players or you go someone like Tyg or Tyg Furlong like he hasn't played a huge amount so he goes and plays someone like Finlay Beelum maybe it's a kick up the bum maybe it's an agreed that he needs to rest but I think he'll come back in September and be

be on fire again him and Elo will go and push each other on and hopefully Finlay gets back in the picture very much so yeah plenty of options you were about to jump in there Keatsby?

Yeah, it all feeds into November.

Look, I think Farrell was disappointed with last November.

Obviously, New Zealand, South Africa, we weren't at our best.

We started very poorly against France.

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