John O'Sullivan

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1,312 appearances 8 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Why is James Lowe leaving Leinster? · 12 Jun 2026 podcast

I would imagine he will get an opportunity on Friday week to remind everybody of his qualities when Leinster take on the Bulls in the URC final at Crow Park.

And I would imagine that he will be playing in that game.

And even that will be interesting as a selection.

I likened James Lowe to, in terms of the power aspect of his game, to Shane Bolton.

Shane Bolton, I likened him, sorry, to James Lowe.

So yeah, I think Shane Bolton is very quick, but he has that power as well in contact.

His ability to bounce tacklers, he works off his wing as well.

So I think that he would be, for me, he's the closest that I see.

You could argue maybe that Zach Ward would be a version of that as well.

Again, somebody with power, with...

with good hands, works hard off his wing and is very difficult to put down.

So maybe those two players would be similar-ish, but it would be ish players.

And I think they have a little bit to go before we're talking about them as test players.

Now, obviously, I know Shane Bolton made his debut in Portugal for Ireland.

So yeah, if they continue to develop, you would see those two as players who have that power game.

Yeah, he's done it.

Yeah, it's a curious one.

I don't quite understand how you share a role with somebody else for something that's one dimensional.

Like if you're an attack backs coach, well, how are you going to share that role?

Or what's the demarcation?

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