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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Oh, that it were so.
They don't.
But, you know, it's a handy narrative for Eddie Jones to put out to his team.
He'll have them well pumped about having to play this game away from home when it really should be at home in Tokyo.
That's why I think Andy Faraday is not going to make that many changes.
I don't think it's going to be a huge rotation.
I don't think all 36 players in this squad will have played a game by the end of the tour.
It'll be not all the new caps are going to get capped this weekend or anything like it.
I wouldn't have thought.
So it's a game that commands respect.
And you could tell that he, Faraday himself afterwards, was very respectful of this Japan side.
He was there in 2019.
when Ireland lost that game they're building something again they this is their third match in a row they played the Marys a week before that when they were they had a big big lead whittled away I think they were 31-14 up before they lost 31-38 against the Marys and then they've had this Italy scored early and they rebounded really well and won convincingly at the weekend so yeah you're right it's an interesting game it's um
And you'd imagine it could be quite tricky.
And it's probably the game that most Irish punters back home think is maybe the least interesting or the most predictable.
But it's a banana skin for sure.
It's like it's this Japanese team we've learned since because of that 2019 World Cup.
demand respect they play a brilliant brand of rugby you know it's very very high tempo they've got good starter plays they go through a couple of phases then they've got a good kicking game they're brilliant in the carry they punch way above the weight because the way they all continue to accelerate onto the ball it's going to be a very interesting match and it's probably going to be I don't know what the odds are probably going to be warm favourites but might struggle to justify if you wouldn't know
Yeah, it's like they say it's a tweak and they were being a bit precautionary.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's kept back for Eden Park and then plays in that one.
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