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 · Ireland come up short against England in Under-20s World Championship · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

And they punish you.

And once they get ahead on the scoreboard, you're in serious trouble.

And I think that...

I don't think Montpellier chose to go away I think I don't think they chose to go away from the game that they've played I think they had to because they had to they had to take risks and they were forced into gambling and it worked at certain times and as Gordon has touched on they scored a couple of great tries but I don't think that was what they would have chosen for the final I think that was forced on them yeah that's a really it's a fair it's a fair point because the thing is

I like Gordon's choice, I have to say.

Jacob Stockdale started life as an outside centre.

That's the position he played in in school.

That's where he started.

That's where the position he played in in his first year in 20s.

So before he moved to full back for his second year.

Yeah, I agree in the sense that I think it would be great if they thought outside the box and had a look at things that because of circumstances they mightn't have been in a position to if everybody was fit and firing and available.

I suppose you ask yourself, what is it you want from the three tests?

Do you want to win two of the three?

Do you want to try and win two of the three, all three?

Like, what's the end goal?

What are you looking for from the series?

Is it to develop a number of players to strengthen the depth that you have in the squad?

Is it to do a composite of all of these things?

I think once you identify what you want to do, then you think about, well, who are the best players to do it or how can we go about what we need to do?

So in those circumstances, yeah,

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