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Brett Igoe

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281 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

I think what I was trying to say there really was that their net positive outweighs, you know, they end up with so many moments that most players kind of accept that they're going to probably cross the line at one stage or another.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

And you kind of accept that because when the pressure is on and you can't see yourself winning a game, they come up with a moment as well and everyone's patting them on the back.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

So you're going to take the good with the bad.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

But at the moment, there's just one or two moments on the wrong side of the ledger for Caelan Dorris.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

Yeah, and I think the expectation is huge on them now.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

They've lost a couple where people are actually calling for heads now, aren't they?

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

People are questioning Leo for the first time properly in a long time, as far as I can remember.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

So I reckon the pressure is ratcheting up a small bit and it goes across the squad.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

They openly spoke about the fifth star and haven't gotten there yet.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

So there's a lot of pressure on them and there's a lot of expectation on them, but...

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

You know, I think he speaks with the juggernauts of the game and like, yeah, you can speak with French budgets and kind of firepower and star power.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

But what are Leinster like?

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

They've got a well-protected team through the RFU agreements and and they're all massive positives of the Irish rugby in their system.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

Like, you know, we punch above our weight from a population perspective, not being the main main sport and all the rest of it.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

But.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

You can't then have a cut-off like, let's get behind us as Irish Rugby.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

There's still provincial rivalry.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

There are still people that don't want Leinster to win.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

I think for the good of Irish Rugby, everyone needs them to win.

RTÉ Rugby Podcast
Leinster and Ulster are Bilbaound, Ireland's W6N home run

But he can't expect the whole country to get behind their push for a fifth star.