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 · Where do Ireland go from here? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

I stop a line break and a potential try scoring chance.

But the visuals, the visuals are good.

I would like World Rugby to come out with a statement and say they were happy with Nick Berry's refereeing in the game.

And they felt that there was nothing wrong and they were happy with the way that he interpreted the decisions that he did in relation to the incidents that might have led to cards, as you've outlined them and chronicled them there.

Nathan Wrightley, all of those incidents could have been cards.

And you're kind of saying that also his refereeing of the breakdown was perfectly acceptable.

Oh yeah, true.

Geordie Barrett should have had two.

Geordie Barrett had all the rights to balls or to two moments where he was penalised for poaches.

And he was on his feet.

He wasn't leaning on anybody.

And he had his hands on the ball and he didn't put his hands on the ground.

Oh, it was just, it was like, it's a classic.

We want them, it's like a joué, joué, play, play, play, play, play.

We want the attacking team to get the benefit, if you like, of the breakdown.

And then teams that go after ball and look for turnovers and are intelligent in the way they do it and pick and choose their moments brilliantly.

And you're thinking you're taking that element of the game out now because all of a sudden, get your hands off the ball and you're looking at a gun, but it's every right to go for the ball where it is.

So that interpretation in itself, but I'm not to bag world rugby here.

I would like to see them come out and say, no, look, Rick Barry, great.

No problem.

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