Jake White

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · URC Grand Final special with Jake White and Bernard Jackman · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

I'm not saying one's right, one's wrong.

54 players for a two-week or three-week or whatever it is test series makes it much easier for you to manage in terms of training sessions, in terms of rotation, in terms of keeping guys fresh for the next couple of tests.

Whereas when you're club side, it comes at a detriment because that means 54 of your guys are now, when the bulls land, they all go again, okay?

So, the model that I'm saying to you, and it's the same, no different.

So, when I was in France, you say GIF and all that, you had that dilemma.

Yeah, you've got a thing where you've got players in and out of alignment camps.

And to be fair, you know, the squad hasn't changed much in the last five years.

They've kept the squad.

I mean, I can't think of many players.

In fact, hardly any that have been dropped from that squad in five years because...

When you're picking 80 guys in a lineman camp every year, the chances are you're going to use those guys because they've got the IP, they're in the system and all that sort of thing.

But it does come at a detriment to the provincial sides.

It does.

Because what's going to happen is if we had lost by one point to France in the quarterfinals of that World Cup, would we be saying that we have the recipe for Coca-Cola?

I'm not so sure.

So, my concern was, Bernard, I say to you, I think that what Ireland are doing and I'm saying what New Zealand are doing and all that is correct.

If you don't want to play, you know, rugby, then you shouldn't be eligible to play for your country.

You know, I don't want to get into names, etc.

When youngsters come to the ranks, they say, coach, I will do anything to be a Springbok or anything to be an Irish international.

And I didn't know anything meant except not play overseas and earn money or except not play in my country and play for my province.

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