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

Yeah, Jack, I love your, like, people talk about the travel, how hard it is for Irish teams to go down to South Africa, play at altitude.

Obviously, the Bulls played Glasgow, went back, they landed into Dublin, I think, yesterday.

Is there any benefit, though, is there any benefit of coming back from altitude to, you know, how long does that last?

Or is it outweighed by the travel, you know?

Yeah, it's probably good for Leinster because, obviously, if you listen to Robin, they didn't dwell on it too long.

They got ready for the lines, then he played too long.

But I think it's important that that game was analysed to death, analysed in terms of what their strategy was, what their mindset was, what they could have done different, why they underperformed to such a level.

I know they're talking about not taking opportunities, Bordeaux took opportunities, but it was a gulf in class that first half.

The game was over at half-time.

So they need to work out what happened.

And it's probably...

For them, that week was probably, that extra week was probably ideal because you can deal with that last week and then you come in, tail end of the week, you're building towards the Bulls, no travel hassle, and you get a full training week, obviously starting on Sunday if you're playing Friday.

But it's, it had to be dealt with.

Like, I mean, they have to understand, that's the first final that they haven't been...

competitive in and that's a big shock to the system because sometimes you get close you get close you get close and there's a feeling that oh we're going to get over the line there's a bounce of the ball referee decision but as Jake's just said you've got to take the opportunity by hook or by crook you've got to get over the line because that's what people remember people remember who has the trophies under CVs and that's the opportunity for them this week to go back to back URCs

is a significant step.

It doesn't deal with Bordeaux, but it's a step that they're getting better at closing games out.

And just to be fair to Jake, our memories in Ireland are quite short.

We only remember the Bulls as the legacy Bulls, the Bulls that won Super Rugby, the Bulls that have been there and thereabouts for the last three or four years.

But when Jake got there, they were a shadow of their former selves.

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