Nathan Johns

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3,934 appearances 33 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · The AFL comes for Irish rugby · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

It's why you get more Gaelic footballers going to Aussie rules. matched

Would he have been, well, this is a strange hypothetical, but would he have been as highly coveted if he didn't have that GAA background, do you think? matched

You keep saying footballing skills. matched

What do you mean by that in terms of what impresses you about? matched

Any particular idea how someone like that gets spotted? matched

I mean, again, clearly the Gaelic network is full of lads keeping an eye out. matched

He's not the first rugby player though that we should say has gone down. matched

I'm sure you're going to tell us about another prominent example for Leinster as well of a player who kind of got away from them into the AFL circle. matched

You mentioned Peter Smith there a few times. matched

He's the Leinster Academy manager, of course. matched

Do you get the sense with conversations like this? matched

And again, I suspect I know the answer given... matched

We're talking about two guys in the space of, what, 10 years? matched

But do you get the sense that there is a case of once one person goes, a few other people get their heads turned and other guys who are good athletes who are multi-sport athletes who might be in the eyes of the provinces, all of a sudden this is a career path that kind of people are more aware of and more people go? matched

Or do you think rugby is not particularly concerned about another competitor for talent? matched

Okay, right. matched

So just a kind of a rare crossover incident, an interesting story in and of itself, rather than a trend that rugby people should be worried about necessarily. matched

Am I right in saying that Noburn was the, he played in the Six Nations, the 20s, was he the one who got shunted into a camera when he scored against England? matched

That was him, wasn't it? matched

All right. matched

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