John O'Sullivan

speaker

1,545 appearances 9 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard yesterday

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

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 9 in all, peaking in Apr 2026 with 3.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Leinster reach a record ninth Champions Cup final · 5 May 2026 podcast

similar incident happened and there's now a different outcome.

And there were aspects of it.

I just thought that some of the collisions were similar.

I think it's a very difficult thing.

I think the game is very difficult to referee.

I used one example and there were lots on Saturday.

I used one example of Josh Vander Vlier picking a ball up at a rock and

two hands he's all rights to the ball so at that point if anything happens to him it's a penalty against too long but what happens is that he he lifts the ball so he's legal he lifts the ball in two hands and he gets buffeted the ball drops back on the too long side they continue to attack they score a try and in that sequence in the next sequence of play harry burns caught offside and

he is the second Leinster player to get Sinbind in that instance.

So if the correct decision is made at that point, then none of what ensues will take place.

So I think that is frustrating.

There were head collisions in the game, and it's got to the stage now where...

If you look at the match on Saturday, there were incidents in that game that you would argue the toss, there was a lack of consistency.

And it wasn't just head collisions, there were other aspects of the game.

And I thought Luke Pearce was clear and concise in all of his direction.

And whether you agreed or disagreed with the...

the outcome, if you like, of his decisions.

I thought he wasn't necessarily helped by his TMO in Tempest either.

And then you go fast forward to Sunday and we get back into the French TV directors not showing replays of certain things, the TMO Ben Whitehouse.

EPCR have a TV deal and they have broadcasters.

Showing 921–940 of 1,545 · page 47 of 78