Jonathan Bradley

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773 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 22 Sep

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The Left Wing · Disjointed Ireland, Frawley misses his chance & Eden Park looms · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

much exactly that will you say it reminded you that Fiji game for a few years ago in general it just reminded me of a middle November international we see this all the time you know this new competition has made the summer more like the autumn schedule so with that sort of if you like perceived middle game

either side of two bigger test matches.

It always felt like this was going to be the one where we saw changes.

And with this Ireland side, going back a long, long time, they never look particularly cohesive when we see that many changes.

There's always a stumbling element to...

those middle games in November.

And I think we just saw the same thing here.

There's a lack of familiarity in the units.

There's a lack of familiarity that then bleeds into the set piece.

And then that robs you of two really vital platforms to play off.

And again, you're in this position where you're looking for individual performances and what really is the ultimate team sport.

So it's almost a contradiction in terms where people are trying to impress, people are trying to put their hand up

as individuals which in turn makes it very difficult for the team to impress and as a result it just sort of feels like with a few exceptions you mentioned you know the likes of Sean Jansen but in general it always feels like it's easier to play your way out of contention and play your way into contention in terms of Ireland in these games and I think that was just what we saw again yeah yeah don't disagree with that a few specific things we can get into but Luke first you know what was your general impression

No, he didn't.

And I think, you know, he got off to probably the worst possible start without the overthrow line-out and then he slips for the tackle and then things... It felt like it took him a while to get settled.

You mentioned the reaction after the conversion that you can see on his face and in the way that he sort of... Not aggressively, but there's an awful lot of frustration in the way that he turned around there to the point where he, you know, he in the moment realized how big a mistake that was and how much...

that was going to kind of against him.

But, you know, you talk about Joey Carver in that video game, and in a way, I think that's instructive in the sense that

It's hardest in my mind, and Luke will know better than me, but it's hardest in my mind in those sort of teams where there is that lack of cohesion.

It's hardest, I think, for the 9 and the 10.

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