John O’Sullivan

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

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 · Underdog Ireland gear up for All Blacks test · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

I would say for somebody who's six foot four, there's always been occasional issues about, you know, the aerial game and stuff like that as well.

So what Jimmy O'Brien has is he's very good footwork.

You look at how often his footwork gets him away from the first tackler.

So I think there's that aspect of things where he probably has the edge there in terms of beating players with very little room.

Jamie Osborne is more powerful through contact.

So I think that's probably what gave Jimmy O'Brien the edge a little bit.

And I think it was obviously it's a close call and you're...

To a degree, you're comparing apples and oranges here in terms of the two players.

And even though I said I'd like to see Jimmy O'Brien play in the centre, I think he's a better fit for the wing than Jamie Osborne.

That would be my gut feeling in terms of the qualities that he has.

And he's got non-scientifically, and I don't know this for a fact, but I get the impression and everything I've seen when I've watched them play is that he would be a little bit quicker.

I think it's a very fair point.

I thought Robbie Henshaw had a very, very good game against Japan, and for the reason that you outlined just there, I thought his ability to slide quickly, to identify the threat, to shut it down, and whatever you might think about Japan, Japan are a lively, very good attacking side, and they're quick to play, and they're quick to play to width and with tempo, so it's a challenge for the 13 to be able to kind of

to marshal the outside defence.

And I thought he did a really, really good job.

So yeah, I am a little bit surprised.

Oh, not surprised is the wrong word.

But if you asked me, would I think that if he was in the team, would I be surprised?

The answer would be no, absolutely not.

I thought his performance the last day, and that's all you can do for Robbie Henshaw, is he played very well the last day.

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