Nathan Johns

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4,221 appearances 35 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · What to make of Ireland's rotation for Japan? · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

And McCluskey is one of Ireland's few game breakers. matched

I'm sure we'll talk about the attack in a minute. matched

But playing against Japan, that looks like a midfield that might, especially, and then you look at what's out wide and we all know that Ireland have lost their two quick wingers in Tommy O'Brien and Balakun. matched

But that looks like a back line that might be exposed against a team like Japan that always play with lightning ball speed. matched

It's funny you mentioned the scrum. matched

I was just flicking through some stories today. matched

Eddie Jones' headline, I think something along the lines of, we'll dominate Ireland in the scrum in the second half. matched

This ties into probably our conversation on that background and that midfield and a lack of pace. matched

Ireland conceded 31 points to Australia. matched

And I think it's the fifth highest number of points they've conceded since Farrell took over in 2020. matched

They conceded over five points for 22 entry, which is the worst figure they've had. matched

Second worst figure they've had. matched

Only New Zealand in 2022. matched

I think that was the game they lost at Eden Park in that series. matched

Murray Kinsley wrote a great piece on this basically just saying look post contact meters well above Farrell's average line breaks 10 the average is just under 4 conceded 5 tries conceded Ireland conceded an average of 1.7 I mean this was a historically bad defensive performance in terms of the numbers for Ireland under Farrell is that a concern or is that just this is just the way rugby's go you have to outscore teams everybody's scoring 30-40 points a game you know historical it doesn't matter anymore matched

And you contrast that 10 line breaks with just the Irish four because, okay, look, maybe it is an alignment thing and maybe we have to readjust our expectations that, okay, maybe they don't concede 30 points a game, but instead of conceding 10, 15 points a game, that figure might go up to 20, but that's fine because that's just the way the world is at the minute. matched

But equally, yes, Ireland scored their 33 points. matched

But the way they went about it was, for me, largely reliant on Australian issues and ill-discipline. matched

And yes, that comes from pressure. matched

I understand that. matched

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