Gerry Thornley
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2,299 appearances
10 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 18 Sep
Gerry Thornley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Province can suddenly have an upturn from one season to the next.
And we've seen it with other URC teams who had a sudden upturn or downturn.
It's a fluctuating league.
There's about four teams that are guaranteed a place in the top eight.
And then there's about another 12 teams that, you know, are...
oscillating and competing but amongst each other and can move up and down and that's the kind of league it's become but one thing I'm bearing in mind in all of this and that is as Leo Cullen pointed out Leinster are the only URC team to make a Champions Cup final since 2012 which is quite extraordinary when you think about it well it's extraordinary but it's also not surprising I'd say no other Irish team no South African team no Welsh team no Scottish team has done just Leinster
There would have been a time back between 2006 and 2012, Munster made two finals and Ulster made a final.
But those days seem like a long way away now.
That's why Humphrey's doing what he's doing, you know?
Start investing in the grassroots and also making good coaching appointments.
They need help.
The other three problems is no doubt about it.
It's a great city, great country.
It's pissing rain, pardon my French.
You wouldn't put the cat out now today, you really wouldn't.
It's just lashing down so heavy that my TV's on the binks.
So I haven't seen as much of the World Cup as I'd like to have seen.
But yeah, it's lashing rain, but at least there's been...
No travel onwards, you know, it's unusually the squad and the small media core were based in Sydney for another few days and we transit from Sydney to Newcastle in New South Wales on Thursday, which is very handy for us.
I know it's an inconvenience for Eddie Jones in Japan as he's made clear, but I was looking at today, it would have been, Nathan, it would have been
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