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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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Why is Leo Cullen leaving Leinster? · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

I think looking back on reflection, it was a big mistake by Munster not to give him interim charge after Gray and Rantree left his position.

I think that would have made sense rather than bringing him into the hospital.

They should have given the job to Mikey Prendergast there and then.

And then having overlooked him for that, to then overlook him by bringing in Clayton McMillan, it meant that McMillan and Prendergast was very much a contrived marriage and contrived marriages don't work with coaching titans.

Well, that seems to be usually the case.

I seem to be in a minority of one or two or three.

I'm quite positive about the length of performance at times.

Nobody else ever is.

If they ever lose badly, they're awful.

If they ever win badly, it's down to the opposition and how poor the Bulls were.

I thought the classic length of performance, really quick off the blocks, sharp out of the gate, score early, build up a lead.

They're great front runners.

It was kind of a classic length of performance, I thought.

There was a couple of early statements by the defence.

The Tommy O'Brien drive was really a Jacques Ninevar defensive statement.

The ensuing defence success when the Bulls went to the corner, it was like 2-0 early on for the Ninevar defensive system.

You could see that they were really up for it.

There were many, many positives to the performance in a collective sense.

Some of the attacking play was really good.

I still think that at times, after a good launch of playing the opposition 22, they've still become very narrow and they don't always convert into points consistently.

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