Gordon D’Arcy

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1,870 appearances 12 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 30 Jun

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Leinster into another final, but are their fans buying into their URC run? · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

We're just going to Cape Town.

I have a jaundiced view on this, right?

So he clearly hits him in the head, hits him in the head and his shoulder.

Roland Keller comes flying out at a rate of knots.

I don't necessarily think it was a cheap shot.

That's just for me, looking at that, I don't necessarily think it was intended as a cheap shot.

I think it looked like fairly standard South African ruck clear out.

But that moment is a really good indication of what's wrong with rugby.

So the priority in that ruck is the protection of the poacher, or the jackler in this case, Roland Kelleher.

And the only way to shift him out of that ruck is a clear out like that.

So if he gets that clear out two, three inches away from his head and hits his shoulder or more of his shoulder, Keller still goes flying out and it is, you know, it'll be a highlight reel on YouTube.

You put this nicely.

Rucks have now become about speed to the breakdown.

Who can get there first?

That sounds obvious.

But we have prioritized the protection of the poacher.

I've given them almost like immunity.

So as long as they get there first, they get all rights to the ball.

And then the clear, the rookers have very little in their armory to get them out.

So when you go for that ruck, so even like I was very good at it, Brian was very good at it.

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