Nathan Johns
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4,221 appearances
35 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard yesterday
Nathan Johns’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Especially at the weekend, we saw eight Ulster players in the matchday 23 on Saturday.
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When's the last time we saw that many?
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We still only saw two Munster players, which I thought was interesting.
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That was as big a provincial spread as I can remember in recent years.
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I find it fascinating that Connacht and Ulster are not fixed necessarily.
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I don't think that's the right way of looking at it, but they've made some good coaching hires in those provinces with Murphy, Sexton and Lancaster.
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And there's been an uptick in performance and results.
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Granted, Ulster fell away a little bit towards the end of the season.
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It's fascinating, isn't it, that with Munster, it's not been that simple, so to speak.
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By all accounts, Clayton McMillan was a good coaching hire, the Randall thing notwithstanding.
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But that's important.
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And that's obviously that that is a factor in people's judgment as well.
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But clearly with Munster, it is not as simple as, oh, well, they've got the young players there.
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They just need some of the right person looking after it because they did make what they thought was a good coaching hire.
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And if anything, things got, you know, things were like they definitely didn't improve on the pitch.
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I'm sure you could argue they actually got worse this year compared to last year.
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That is it for today.
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My thanks, as always, to Gerry.
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This episode was produced by John Casey, the counter-hook.
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It was brought to you by the Irish Times in partnership with Oak Energy.
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