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 · Where do Ireland go from here? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

We're not talking about other players and that kind of a thing.

They tend not to know when to...

go and when not to go.

And that's the problem.

And that's probably why we've ended up in this place where refs feel they have to tell players what the rules are rather than players knowing what the rules are.

His former friend.

he was a referee and like we used to sit down just to go like here's a five minute view on your man and you knew what his hot things were and rolling away like whatever it might be knees on the ground like you just they're going like you're you're adding the last five so you shift you to shift your mental focus your mental eye whatever that might be from wayne burns from

Nigel Owens to Joel whoever it might be you just shift your thing and you take that responsibility that's what I mean you take the responsibility as a player to go this is what the referee likes this is what he doesn't like don't do it

It felt like there was a big tactical shift at halftime.

I thought Ireland came back out better prepared.

And they dealt with New Zealand a little bit better, 25 phases, getting a turnover.

So I do think that maybe the problem I have with that is why does it have to get to halftime?

and not have it as a committee decision based on... That is another thing as well, that Ireland are starting to get, I think, massively Ireland gone on the wrong side of Nick Berry.

So again, if you listen on the referees, Mike, wow, the amount of players chirping into his ear.

It's something that we've been critical of Ireland for a while, but like you just said, Mike, lads, that is a guaranteed way to piss off a referee.

Ireland were never changing how they were going to play.

You can't change last game of the season.

When was the last time Ireland tried to run out of their 22?

I'd say probably, you know, four years ago.

I'm joking.

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