Gerry Thornley

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Where do Ireland now stand in the Nations Championship? · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

Farrell's going to learn a lot about his players and I think they're in a really good position in the fact that they won and Farrell has plenty to be angry about in training this week.

And you'd imagine there won't be too many changes because he's a competitive man and he'll want Ireland to be very near the top of the Northern Hemisphere table moving into the November window in those three games.

I'm sure he'd love to see Ireland get to Twickenham to get to that final at the end of November.

So yeah, I think it's going to be more of the same.

I wouldn't be surprised if Prendergast starts all three games.

We'll see.

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of frontline players start all these three games and let's see how they get better because it's also an invaluable testing ground for the World Cup next year in Australia.

Prendergast and others were all saying this is their first time.

I think it's 24 of the squad are in Australia for the first time.

So as much as the Lions Tour was great prep for some of the players, it's still a first track here.

There should be well honed and well primed for the World Cup in Australia next year.

I suppose we have to be careful and not over-celebrate the win at the weekend because it was a great win because...

If Donaldson's last kick goes between the posts, Ireland lose, and then, of course, you know, scoreline debates, scoreline distorts how we view a match so much.

We're all guilty of it.

And had Ireland lost, then we'd probably be having slightly different narratives around that match.

Yes, and also there's the ghosts of the past, isn't there?

The 2019 World Cup.

That's still there in all our minds.

And they want revenge for the November defeat.

You can imagine that Eddie Jones will have them very wound up about, you know, as he puts it, Ireland controlling World Rugby.

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