Gordon D'Arcy

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1,219 appearances 11 recordings 5 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · As Leo Cullen prepares for his final season in charge, why haven't Leinster strengthened? · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

You're probably then saying the same thing with about with Munster um going, you know

How are they going to fare now without Jack Rowley for probably half of the season?

Well, they'll have to make a decision between Gordon Wood and Tom Wood.

Sorry, he's the younger brothers.

Gordon's the other brother, isn't he?

He's the other brother.

So between Tom Wood and Well,

But you'll be looking at say JJ now and you're kind of going, JJ is largely past his best rugby at this point at his age, and it's like, listen, that and that's not a that's not a veiled dig or anything.

Once you hit the wrong side at thirty, your impact on players, we have rare uh exceptions to that rule in Johnny Sexton.

I don't think JJ is the is the is the second coming of themself.

So towards the tail end of the season last year, the team struggled

struggled and JJ struggled.

So if that's your starting point, that's not a great place to be starting.

So I think they're gonna have to decide on one of the younger guys to go, Okay, this is six months and we need to take may have to take a little bit of pain, but they'll need one of those two to step up and add something a little bit different.

Yeah, they're all they're all well over six foot.

But also I think just listening to what you're what you were saying there, one of the key things I think as well is he has a coach that will allow him to stamp his individuality on the game, which he has done and encouraged all the other Ulster players to do.

So yeah, it could be another breakthrough season for uh another Ulster Centre, maybe.

No, but I'm a I'm a deep cynic on the over commercialization of rugby.

Has it lived up to the greatest rivalry?

No.

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