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 weather a Storm, four more years for Andy Farrell, and Munster's Jared Payne deal · 10 Jun 2026 podcast

And obviously that drastically reduced the number that he would earn.

And that led to it dragged on, dragged on, dragged on.

And if he's going to Japan, which certainly seems the strong rumour at the moment, I think Toulon were in for him.

Look, there'll be lots of clubs in for him, but I think Toulon was his likely destination.

And it seems, and certainly the rumor is, that Cheslin Kobe going back to Stormers has opened up a contract in Tokyo, which he now will take, which obviously would be very lucrative.

But I think this deal was gone before that Japanese offer came in.

It was just, there was a massive difference in opinion around values, etc.,

So yeah, it's probably one of the rare ones where we actually find out from the player point of view what happened.

Because we hear off the record, it's very difficult to say that.

But this is one where I would imagine James, because of how personality is and how honest he is, he will tell what happened.

I think from a...

I think Leinster will obviously not take any blame on this because they'll feel that they did right.

But I think it's very hard to justify being able to bring Rico or bring Geordie Barrett in and not be able to keep James Lowe, regardless of the pony or not.

I think that'll be the challenge for Leinster.

Obviously, they had to make a decision and they're working on their constrained budget.

And probably at the time when their need to pay central contracts goes up 10%,

The crowds are down 30%, you know, so like Leinster's financial picture for next year certainly wouldn't be as positive.

Obviously, going back to the RDS and that's great.

And hopefully then that can drive revenue.

But just, I'd say it's the worst possible timing from a financial point of view.

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