Gareth Steenson

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596 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 30 Jun

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · Will the Nations Championship prove to be a success? Philip Doyle RIP · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

Could he be the guy that gets back in there?

I think it'll be a big ask for him, to be perfectly honest with you.

But again, he pitches up, starts well, has a good pre-season, has a good...

start the urc like we could be sitting here having a different conversation for the next batch of nations cup games

Yeah, it is, but you have to obviously talk about the other way around in terms of what happens when one of them's not there.

You also have to kind of work out what style of rugby we're looking to play, what we're trying to implement against this particular team, what's going to get the job done ultimately.

And if you're talking about the way Ireland are wanting to play the game as well, the ball carrying ability,

You want to be getting over the gain line.

Like if Sam Prendergast is the guy starting at 10, you want to be on the front foot.

You want to be carrying.

That's why you're looking at Stu McCluskey, who gets over the gain line really well for Ireland, which then allows Sam, if he's the guy who's playing at 10, to then facilitate the guys on the outside if we're looking at those sort of strength patterns.

Or if we're looking to keep the ball for long periods of time, is it about trying to have guys who actually are content on the ball, ball carrying ability, good detail over the breakdown, stuff like that?

So I think it'll be fascinating to see, but isn't it great that we can have this type of conversation?

Because I kind of feel that...

whatever way Ireland can kind of put, they can kind of pick a team that will suit the game plan that they require.

And I think, yeah, this week against Australia as well, I think having that kind of, you know, they want to get over the game line against this team, be physical with them.

And I think those selections, again, you kind of, again, going back on form as well, but I think the back row there that, you know, Birch has kind of mentioned those guys being in there, they've,

They can add all that sort of element.

I love the fact that Tim and Lee's actually done really well coming off the bench as well.

But the other fellas there, you've got some great young fellas there, Jenson and Ward coming in.

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