Nathan Johns

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3,934 appearances 33 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 11 Sep

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Where do Ireland go from here? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

On the coaching point, though, matched

I find this really interesting because at times I think, yeah, referees shouldn't coach. matched

I think Peter O'Mahony said it on Virgin, didn't he? matched

Just whistle, off you go, good luck if you're illegal. matched

Well, you said that, not me. matched

Yeah. matched

But equally, I don't know. matched

Is there anything to be said? matched

World Rugby aren't here and it's not my job to defend them. matched

But I do wonder if the referees spoke to the players less, is the alternative a game that's whistled? matched

You've doubled the penalties in the game. matched

It's much more stop-start. matched

We would always have had referees. matched

You'd have had meetings on this lad whistles this one loads and this lad whistles this penalty loads. matched

Joel Jus, was he the... Joel Jus is head of referees now, yeah. matched

I'll continue my conversation with John and Gordon after the break. matched

having re-watched the game since Saturday, I do not want to fall into the trap of saying, look what these good teams are doing. matched

Why can't Ireland do that? matched

Because it's a variety of reasons that we always talk about, mainly player depth and athlete, profile of athletes and all that stuff that we talk about a lot. matched

But, matched

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