Nathan Johns

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4,114 appearances 34 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6d ago

Nathan Johns’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Reaction: New Zealand ease to victory over Ireland · 18 Jul 2026 podcast

Anyone else stand out for you? voice-verified

I thought, again, against these more physical sides, I thought Joe McCarthy showed his value, not just for starting scraps. voice-verified

I mean, he was one of the few forwards that actually got over the game line. voice-verified

Anyone else? voice-verified

There was a physical punch there, wasn't there? voice-verified

Look, I'm really torn and this is why maybe sometimes emotive snap reactions close to full-time aren't the best things in the world. voice-verified

But here we are talking half an hour after the game finished. voice-verified

But I oscillate between you've got three first-choice loose heads who all pack a bit of a punch to come back into that team. voice-verified

You've got Doris to come back into that team. voice-verified

You've got Tommy O'Brien to come back into that team in a bit of pace. voice-verified

And also if they play a team like New Zealand at a fresher time in a World Cup when... voice-verified

But neither side is kind of at the end of their season, so to speak. voice-verified

Ireland could get closer and it could be more interesting. voice-verified

But then equally, I look at what the attack has done over the last three weeks. voice-verified

And in every single game, it's gone through periods of stodginess, not getting over the game line, bad passing decisions out the back. voice-verified

handling errors and I go well three games is a pretty lengthy sample size to say that something's not quite right there and I don't know if it's just as simple as you get five or six players back and things go to plan but I guess that that's also the beauty of it is that you never have you never have 15 players you want fully fit given the nature of the beast so yeah I'm slightly confused is what I'm saying voice-verified

Agreed. voice-verified

Yeah, I think I'll get yourself and John onto a lengthier pod early next week. voice-verified

So maybe this is one for that. voice-verified

But I look at what they did during the Six Nations in terms of attacking-wise, and I look at what they did here, and it feels like they've kind of gone away from the transition offloading game that they tried to introduce in the Six Nations. voice-verified

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