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

I thought he was, along with Sean Jansen, I thought he was Jansen.

I thought he was Ireland's best player.

Yeah, I don't know.

I mean, you did a piece on the line-out for Thursday's paper and you looked at it.

I thought, I didn't realise, I thought Clive Byrne called the line-out and I think that's something that...

He is there.

Whoever's calling the line out is what I would say.

Whoever's calling the line out, there needs to be, I think, the tempo of getting there and getting the ball in and just being very definite about what you're going to play.

The artifice, if you like, of movement and all that is part and parcel of it.

But I do think Ireland need to simplify and just do it at a quicker tempo.

I think the All Blacks, if you allow them to get set, if you allow them to get a

You know, even a four second look at the way Ireland are lining up and the line out, you just try.

You've got to try and have a little bit more quickness, if you like, to what you're doing.

I think that would help.

I agree with you.

Scrum Ireland just have to hang on for dear life.

And everybody's got a scrummage and that the All Blacks will certainly look to squeeze in that area.

They look to squeeze in the set piece.

There's no doubt about that.

And that, because that will destabilise any team, but particularly Ireland, who've got a lot of launch plays, particularly from their line-out.

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