John O’Sullivan

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1,338 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 21 Jul

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Reaction: Ireland run in five tries as they beat Japan · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

And I think that if you've got to reshuffle your backline that much to accommodate things that aren't going that badly...

I think it's just interesting.

I think that Kieran showed some nice touches, one or two nice touches, in terms of his handling, stepped inside, showed good strength and power in contact.

His kicking game was very much off-kilter, block downs, didn't take on much going into corners, his, if you like, line kicking.

yeah and i thought it was an opportunity but i think in fairness to him it shows that if you if you look at the set piece issues but also look at the fact that the lack of game time at 10 i thought that stood out a little bit today john that's it in a nutshell it's not like a in most positions it's not i would say there's probably three or four positions in a pitch you

That would be my thing in defending Ciarán Frawley.

I would say that's an issue, a legacy issue of not playing.

I think there are things that he could have done better.

I mean, I think he was half a second slow.

And half a second slow is just a lack of familiarity with playing that position on a regular basis.

I felt for Jacob Stockdale.

I thought that was...

I think in some respects, when you're taken off and you move three people, you're moving three pieces in the back line.

And Jacob Stockdale had done pretty well on virtually no ball in terms of, again, going forward and creating opportunities, beating the first tackler.

And what does it say about Jamie Osborne as a fullback as well?

It's like he did nothing really positive at fullback.

Kieran Frawley struggled with some of the game mechanics at 10 and you take off your left wing to move two of them out of the positions in which they started the match.

Yeah, no, exactly.

That's what I think.

Sorry, I might be wrong and maybe they were, but you look at other things as well.

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