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 · URC Grand Final special with Jake White and Bernard Jackman · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

Do you think it's in a good place?

I like the idea, Jake.

I think the South African team will take the scrum, not just at junior level.

I think the Irish team will take the free kick at the moment.

Something I think we may see is I think defensive sides may be a little bit braver on goal line sets.

For the last four or five years, more than 10 years, we've had a lot of influence of wrestling, jiu-jitsu,

in terms of trying to dominate collisions.

But I think there's a definite area where teams can actually try and pull that player over the line and hold them up.

So you saw at the end, it's so hard.

I mean, the Bath-Exeter game, one of the reasons everyone's talking about it is obviously the non-drop goal or non-goal to wide.

But the reality is most attacking teams there, if you keep picking and going, you eventually will get the try or at least a penalty.

And so it has become a bit of a stalemate.

And so I think for defensive sides there, they may start to do some work on where they purposely look for those held up opportunities through manipulating the ball carrier or the latcher and really getting under.

It's a risk, obviously, if you get it wrong, it's a try.

But I think it's very, very hard to survive there.

Exeter obviously did survive, but...

In general, teams get a penalty at some stage for people creeping up the ruck and then it's a free hit.

It'll be down the road, but I'd imagine some defence coaches are looking at it.

Jake, you obviously played Leinster lots in Naka Rugby and have had some success against them.

What would you, in your memory, what were the kind of key areas that you focused on, the two or three things that were non-negotiables for you if you wanted to be competitive against them?

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