Gerry Thornley

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2,299 appearances 10 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 18 Sep

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So it will be interesting to see.

I doubt the RFU would agree to something like that unless the Fijian leg...

was played in Ireland and it was the first or third match because going to and fro and to and fro and to and fro just seems very arduous.

So it'll be interesting.

The fixtures haven't been agreed upon and decided for two years' time, but we'll be interested to see how that one pans out for Ireland, all right?

I know it did all right, for sure.

Like, I mean, in large part, there's just a huge expat Irish population here and the diaspora came out in force and it was sold out in no time.

You wonder almost why.

I remember when Ireland came here in 2018, all three grounds were sellouts.

The Aussies were just...

overwhelmed by the amount of Irish who came to all three games.

But that's what the Irish are like, you know.

And chances to support one of their international sporting teams, particularly an Irish rugby team down in Australia.

It's akin to St.

Patrick's Day in an expression of national identity, to come out and wear the green and support your country.

And there was an extraordinary sound of the fields of Bath and Rye ringing around the ground in the 88th minute on

until Bondiacki conceded a penalty and that stopped that.

But it was an extraordinary sound nonetheless.

And then everybody's sitting in zombie at the end of the game.

So there was a sense of occasion around it.

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