Jonny Holland
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The performance alone, I think Richie has a really, really strong 20 players.
His challenge is going to be developing that next generation of player.
I know he's brought the likes of Jack through, but he's going to have to find more back rowers.
He's going to have to find more front rowers.
probably he has to do something similar to what Stuart's doing in Connacht and start bringing these younger players through because like we saw that when his front line are rested and this is going to be his challenge over the next two weeks what does he do in terms of playing and he's obviously got a number of injuries to key players does he rest them up how is he going to approach these next two weeks because the next tier are probably not where Richie wants them to be and he's got to try and bring them up to that level
In terms of performance on Saturday, I thought they were brilliant.
I thought they were absolutely brilliant.
9, 10, 12 and 13 were absolutely outstanding.
And then the pack itself, like they were producing quality ball for Jack to attack off.
I thought they were brilliant.
The combination in the midfield is fantastic to watch.
I really hope McCluskey's not out for a long term now.
just on on the jack murphy thing i think it's a great advert for professional match minutes because i think we've all visibly seen him grow over the season he took a punt to to leave his home province he went off and i believe he signed a contract before his dad well that's the claim anyway but i just think it's great that he's getting urc minutes and he's now being he now looks really comfortable at that level
And it's just fantastic for Irish rugby that we have another 10 coming up through the ranks.
Another one that we can have a big debate over again.
Well, he's backed up his decision to move.
He also backed up his dad's decision to select him.
And I think what Richie's trying to do is he's trying to separate that he is actually the kid's dad.
And I think the interaction and the interviews he's doing post-game are quite funny.
about like they do live together they're in each other's pockets they're like you're going to work with your dad and I just think they both have been so professional on this but Richie has backed Jack to play but he's backed Jack the rugby player it's not though like he's backing Jack his son like he has separated it and I think I think Richie's been rewarded and Jack has been rewarded for the performances because there's no game you watch against Ulster you walk away going Jack shouldn't be there he should be there