Ian Madigan
speaker
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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Ringrose is in the breakdown.
And then you've got your other kind of perceived best defender in McCluskey.
He's at fourth in the defensive line.
So your best defenders, you've got one on the short side, one on the ruck, and one where a forward should be.
None of them are managing the edge on the open side, which is where the biggest threat is.
We're left with Gibson Park defending at last.
And, you know, for New Zealand there, it's just two accurate passes.
And then they're creating a two-on-one down the edge.
It's now been, you know, five, six phases.
They're into our 22, having had a line out on our line.
But there's loads of...
of things there defensively that that are within our control that we can be way better at and we then get set new zealand keep the game line keep the game line pick and go another keep the game line carry they get penalty advantage because we're under pressure so they're taking us on on those close exchanges winning the physical jewels when you consistently do that players infringe either at the breakdown or they can't maintain the back foot of the rook
similar to rugby league when you get fatigued you can't keep retreating the 10 the 10 yards they come back the short side they create a bit of deception around McCluskey and Tom O'Toole Tom O'Toole's tired he bites in it's now a two-on-one on McCluskey he picks the wrong option and New Zealand walk over the line hmm
Like that, that, that was, it was quality attack.
But when you go through the defense with a fine tooth comb, our fold and hold wasn't good enough.
We've got players shooting when other players are going passively.
We've got some players competing at the breakdown, but they're not slowing the ball down.
um and we've got the wrong players defending in the wrong positions you want your best defenders defending in the most effective positions so there's like huge area of growth there for Ireland defensively in that passage of play alone yeah okay very interesting um let's take a short break Eddie O'Sullivan Ian Madigan staying with us back in a sec
Yeah, I think just to go off the back of Eddie on Frawley there, thrown in in the Champions Cup final with a game that you can throw caution to the wind, and I thought he did really well.
And Leinster's attack looked way more threatening with him there, albeit against maybe a slightly fatigued Bordeaux side.
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