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 · Ireland come up short against England in Under-20s World Championship · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

Yeah, it was just everything.

Just the intensity, the amount of line breaks that almost lead to something and then the defence scrambles back into it.

I thought it was a really enjoyable showpiece event.

Toulouse weren't giving them the access they wanted a little bit like say you can actually draw a good parallel between that match and say Ireland and the England under 20s although Ireland were the ones with the attacking intent and England were the ones that kind of buried it up front where Montpellier wanted to get that close contact and they wanted to get scrums and they didn't get the dividends they wanted in a scrum and then they didn't get the opportunity to play

you know 25 meter carries from the from the trial line instead they actually ended up having to the right winger and he came in and just cuts the whole Toulouse defense open and then that becomes you know when you're playing the game when it starts working you kind of have to go with it and again it was in the end Toulouse obviously win they felt more comfortable than Montpellier but

But as you know, in games that end up like that, a one moment of madness or brilliance could have swung that game either way.

Yeah, I doubt it.

I think this has been...

a tour has been opened that Andy Farrell didn't necessarily intend to use, which was, there's been a, there's probably seven, if not eight, front line test players are now not available for this tour.

And in some cases, that actually, that could be expanded out to maybe 10, 10 players, which is a lot.

And it's not something we have had with Ireland before.

We might have seen it in the provinces, but not something we've seen with Ireland before.

So I actually think it's going to be really an interesting three-match series.

And I think, like one of the,

It'll be very interesting to see who starts and who plays.

There's unfamiliar faces there and will they actually give them game time or will they just go with Stéphane Trey?

So there's a couple of things that will feed into that.

Where do they go in the front row and where do they go in the halfbacks and potentially at 13?

So I have just a brain fart or you can call it whatever you want.

Could you see someone like a Jacob Stockdale in the 13 jersey anywhere?

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