John O'Sullivan

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

John O'Sullivan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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

They're on Premier Sports, so you'll be able to watch them.

And I don't know too many people who are interested in rugby or enjoy the rugby who don't enjoy watching the 20s.

on that yeah you'll also see like they will play irrespective so they've got three pool matches but they play five matches in total so the last game that Ireland play the Irish 20s play is the same day Ireland play seniors play New Zealand in Eden Park so it's the I think it's the 18th of July is the finals day

You play through your pool matches, you're ranked then after the pool matches and then you play in various playoff games.

So you play, all teams play five games in the tournament.

So finals day, if you like, depending what position you're playing for right up to the final is Saturday, July the 18th, I think, off the top of my head.

And yeah, for us, it's been a long, long, long season.

Two months.

It's like, no, I'm okay.

I'm okay with the season finishing.

There was a day when pre-season started on July the 1st.

Those days are long gone.

Long gone.

Well, for player welfare, I think, yeah, something has to give a little bit here.

Yeah, I think the one thing that we could do and you could bring on if you want an idea for a podcast at a later date is bring on a medical professional and ask them the increasing prevalence of injuries in sport.

Is that predicated on too many demands placed on players?

And rugby would be an example of that.

Longer seasons, shorter pre-seasons.

slightly shorter pre-seasons or different pre-seasons.

And, you know, if you played in the Lions series last year, you touched on it in August and you're still going and playing on July the 18th in Eden Park.

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