Ian Madigan
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3,445 appearances
12 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 9 Sep
Ian Madigan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The fatigue did take its toll and it's the decisions that the Irish players were making under pressure.
I thought we got a lot wrong and to be specific on that, that's around whether to go in and compete at the breakdown, whether to hold on the short side or fold to the open side, whether to shoot off the line defensively or cut your cloth and stay connected.
In particular, in the first half, there was a lot of those errors and maybe it was just a game too far for this Irish team.
I think on that point, like, really good point, Eddie, and you kind of dive into why is that?
And,
You look at the opportunities or the moments when either Ruben Love or Prendergast are deciding, I'm going to take the ball onto myself and call it on myself and look to move the ball to width.
The times that Ruben Love is doing that, it's off quick rock ball.
The forwards are getting them on the front foot.
Ireland's defence is retreating.
Prendergast is having to do it when...
Ireland aren't winning the gain line.
We're being stopped just on it or just short of it.
Then there's a contest at the breakdown.
The speed of the ruck ball is slow.
And then he's still trying to shift the point of contact either into the middle of the field or ideally getting it to width.
But with that, the defence is coming up faster as opposed to a retreating defence.
You have less time on the ball, less time to execute.
It's much easier for the defence to read and get man and ball faster.
And part of that is coming down to Ireland's ability to win those dense carries.
So when you're attacking into forwards and there's, you know, four, five, six, seven players lined up, ready to defend you.
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