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 · What to make of Andy Farrell's Ireland squad to tour Australia and New Zealand · 18 Jun 2026 podcast

We're still within the limited structure.

There probably is only 30 or 40 players in Ireland that are of an international standard.

It's a safe squad.

I do wonder, those two examples, particularly Blindside and Robbie in the centre, hasn't featured an awful lot this year.

And you're probably looking at Austin Waite and Kyle Ford, maybe, that have done a really good best of the season over the nine months.

that you're looking at it going, could they have benefited more from this?

And the reason I say that is, this isn't to say that Robbie Henshaw doesn't go on the tour, doesn't go in the World Cup next year, or doesn't play a meaningful part in the squad, and the same with maybe Gary Ringrose, is you know exactly what you're getting with them.

I suppose, what do I mean by that?

On my last year at Six Nations, I was kind of in the wider squad, and then was kind of put out to pasture, and I was told, listen, you're firmly in the break in case of emergency, but nothing broke.

So I stayed in the case and then kind of drifted further down the pecking order as the time went on.

But the key point is Robbie was given his time, given his opportunity at that time.

Darren Kaye was moved ahead of me in the pecking order.

But they had to make that decision on me.

And I remember it was an uncomfortable conversation with Joe.

But it wasn't really.

It was kind of there.

It's like, you know, you're probably not at where you were six months ago.

And that is something that hasn't featured as much in this squad.

And I think there are a few players who are probably the wrong side of 33 that could have benefited from this, from a break.

Jemison gives the park another one.

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