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

And, you know, and this is the, I suppose, the reality of it for players.

So, if you get in again and

you have the similar outcome that tends to be the view that kind of follows you for a while.

So, you know, as players, you can only be judged on what you deliver on.

So that's either a good thing or a bad thing.

You only find out after the match.

So good performances individually

and then feeding into the collective despite results can go a long way but conversely they can also be they can kind of from a coach they can

cement a view of a player as well.

And that's not necessarily a good way, as in, you know, if you're playing well at club level, you've had a couple of goes at the national team and you're not stepping up, do they feel that club is your ceiling then?

So, you know, there is pressure and it will be positive.

That positive peer pressure is spoken about.

Players will want to succeed.

But, you know, the...

The downside of that, as well as the upside, is there's not an infinite amount of opportunities.

Yeah, I think the other one is, when you're talking about that as well, the wings.

Like, you look at the injury profile of Tommy O'Brien and Ballycoon, obviously Tommy missing out, you would probably say they are the first choice, you know, regardless of whether James Lowe stayed or leaves, they were probably the starting wingers coming into this series.

Tommy O'Brien's out and Rob Ballycoon has a

patchy injury record so you know Zach Ward if he gets a an opportunity you're kind of looking at that going this is this is a big a big one I think in the back three and Stockdale as well to kind of get themselves back into the into the reckoning

Well, Jimmy O'Brien is obviously, he falls in now into that, obviously, utility.

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