Jonathan Bradley

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773 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 6d ago

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The Left Wing · Leinster's risky succession plan, Nienaber's strange status & Ulster's time to deliver · 22 Sep 2026 podcast

One, you can throw Robert Balacoon into that mix.

I think he's 29, Stockdale's 30.

So, similar to what we were saying about Leinster, there's almost a... You're almost in a transition period between one group of players and another.

That tipping point.

And you really want to see that young group sort of take charge of the team and be the best performers in that team week in, week out.

And...

Again, it has been management of resources.

I think whenever that stretch that you mentioned, Will, came off the back of whenever one, there were more players in Ireland's squad than probably previously been expected.

So resources had to be managed that way.

And they had to start putting more resources into the Challenge Cup.

Because if you remember, they rested players against Cardiff in the Challenge Cup.

And then they had one of their games postponed because of weather against the Cheetahs.

The Challenge Cup worked really well for Ulster in terms of the league in the first half of the season, whenever they could rest players in the Challenge Cup, whenever other teams were resting players for the Champions Cup.

And they'll probably still be in a similar position with that.

You know, they've got Zebra in the group, Bayon in the group, their first two games.

But it's going to be whenever you get into that January period, if you still have the same representation in the Ireland squad, it's about finding a way

to get those results when you don't have your best team out and finding a way, because you said it there, like they only needed one more results throughout the season.

They had the scarlet ones, probably the one that sticks out for everyone because of the way that they lost it.

But it's just about finding a way to get the points on the board to get back into that top eight.

For me, that's the minimum that they need to be doing this year is to make sure that they're playing Champions Cup rugby the year after.

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