Gordon D'Arcy

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1,219 appearances 11 recordings 5 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3d ago

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Where do Ireland go from here? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

Ireland need to find what their version is and maximize it.

I would say our defense has been really good and aspects of our game have been really good over the last three games, but we're not getting a good return from our attack shape at the moment.

And I think if we can close that, I think we will get the best out of this team.

Whatever that might be, I'm not worried about breaking glass ceilings of quarterfinals and World Cups.

If we can improve on the bit that needs to be improved, which is the attack shape in whatever format that comes in,

there has to be an evolution in it.

If it's not, I think that's a, I think that reflects badly on the coaches.

No, it's a personnel change.

Sam Prendergast, it's two different types of 10s.

So is this an uncomfortable truth that actually we're actually getting a good return from what we have at the moment?

Yeah, but I wonder, you know, and this is kind of going back to what I wrote last week and kind of saying, you know, are we guilty of wanting something that necessarily isn't there?

Because we look at, say, the opening 20 minutes from New Zealand, and my goodness, we were bailing water.

And they didn't go after Sam Prendergast.

They didn't go after our line out.

They just went, we're the feckin' All Blacks.

We're going to pull these lads side to side to side.

And we looked...

Like we were on the rack, didn't we?

Like that opening 20 minutes, they were just pulling us to pace.

Look at how many times Will Jordan, McKenzie, Morby touched the ball versus, I think the only time, I said this to you on Saturday, the only time that Ballot King got the ball was a clearing kick in the first half.

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