Jake White

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696 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 24 Jun

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RTÉ Rugby Podcast · Leinster go back to back and who will replace Leo Cullen in 2027? · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

Well, it's extremely difficult, Bernard, and I can tell you because I've been first hand in one of those positions, you know, the squad doesn't change.

I mean, as I speak now, Rassi's picked 46 guys only for these three tests.

That means that that squad could change significantly for the Rugby Championship and or the Rugby Greatest Rivalry Series.

I remember asking the players that same question in one of the team meetings we had.

Why do you not make these mistakes that you make week in week out for the Bulls for the Springboks?

And one of the players openly said it's because we get dropped when we're at the Springboks.

And what he means is out of the test side.

And if you think about it, Bernard, one of the difficulties and challenges of a provincial coach is if players are continually always drafted into the national set-up, whether they're playing injured, not playing, being suspended, playing poorly, but they're always there because, as Rassi said, she said it this week when he spoke about Pollard, he said, we can't really look at the franchise and analyse a player.

We know what he's worth to us when he's in our camp and we know what we give him at our camp and we know...

what he does at our camp.

And we know the IP that we've given him over these years is the thing that we need.

So, yes, I mean, I understand from a national point of view, but I will say to you, it's incredibly difficult as a provincial coach to get the best out of a player if he continually is always in the national set-up, as you say now.

The lure of the Springbok and the fact that he's always there just makes it extremely difficult for you to have

To put any pressure on him, because even if you don't pick him, and I've seen it, I mean, you've mentioned many names, many of those players have sat out lots of games this year and still been selected for the Springboks and will play Test Rugby this year, which, as I said, I've been around since the 80s and that was never the case.

If you weren't good enough for your provincial side, chances are you weren't going to play national team.

It's wonderful.

And I think that's what rugby is all about.

I mean, when I hear stories like that, you know, any rugby lover loves to hear that there's a guy that came, you know, in New Zealand, I think there was a chap selling, you know, emptying dustbins and all of a sudden next thing he's playing in the super rugby final as well.

So it's wonderful when you get those stories.

But the scrum, that's why I think the Bulls missed a trick there.

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