Gordon D’Arcy
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1,870 appearances
12 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 30 Jun
Gordon D’Arcy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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something where it's not where the primary goal if you like during the summer is not to win all three matches we're going well wouldn't it be great if you gave x y and z some opportunities to play and that we expanded the squad that Ireland expanded the squad and they looked at this this and this so it's a question of fundamentally identifying what is it that Andy Farrell wants to achieve if he wants to win try and win all three test matches then he's picked a squad to try and win all three tests
matches, allowing for the fact that he's slightly hamstrung by injuries.
And if you look at the injuries, then the squad would be appreciably different in some positions if those players who are injured were available.
And he has decided that it's worthwhile taking Tyke Byrne and Caelan Dorris, you know, players who've worked
incredibly hard and had long, hard seasons.
So he wants to win.
John, do you want to weigh in on that now or we move on to Leinster?
I'm going to place hedge my bets and see who plays brilliantly on Friday night.
No, I'd agree with Gordon.
I think if you were picking it now, that's probably the way you would go outside of Leinster.
But it's interesting, like Timmy O'Brien's gone on tour here and Foley's gone on tour.
Neither of the two of them are in the 23 for Friday night.
So doctors differ and patients die, as they say.
You're allowed to have a contrarian opinion, if you like, to the establishment.
Deegan's been a standout player for them.
So it's not like you're taking a punt on somebody who's just been so-so and it's a toss of a coin.
It's a player who's playing extremely well and has made a...
significant impact on the challenge for Max Deegan on Friday night is that he's got to play it again he's got to do it again that's the thing you've got to start you've got the starting shirt so there is no getting away from the fact that they've invested in him for this game and given him six jerseys so he's got to he's got to step up again he's done that in recent matches which is something that you look for in a player
Yeah, I think also Max came on.
The other thing is in years past or in times past in the season, the easy change was to take off Max after 48, 50, 60 minutes, bring on whoever it was.
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