Cian Tracey

If we had any French listeners or viewers, rugby isn't just based in Paris.

Look at the south of France in terms of the amount of big rugby clubs.

It's a pain in the ass for non-Parisian French fans to get here as well.

So I couldn't agree more.

The spectacle before the game, they just know how to put on a show, don't they?

And the crowd are in so early as well.

I think it was 5,000 Irish fans, we believe, that were here, which is a really good effort on a Thursday night to think of all the days you'd have to take off.

Split up, putting every different corner.

Which is maybe

something that you know irish rugby could learn as well rather than putting all the away fans together in the viva but it was a spectacular pre-game show and like anytime you get to come here i know it's obviously a disappointing night from ireland but it's a real treat to watch yeah well especially when like their their team and we haven't given them as much you were fair and gave them credit but they have served on ireland yeah like that is a phenomenal team full of phenomenal players who entertained us to the max they didn't care that it was wet

This is an Irish independent podcast.

Goodwill.

I went from one storm in Ireland to another in Portugal.

Two hour flight delay on the way over.

When I checked into the hotel, they had told me that there was a mini tornado here on our Sunday night.

There's loads of trees down everywhere.

So don't be having too much FOMO there because I can tell you that the weather is not much better here.

Yeah, I think you make an interesting point, Will.

The fact that the RFU released a statement before the hearing had even taken place, which was quite unusual, really.

My sense of that was they were trying to get out ahead of it.