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

But in this era of attacking rugby-dominating defence, I made four line breaks in the whole game. matched

And you're going, well, where's... Unless it's Stuart McCluskey throwing an offload, where is that moment, that individual ability to break the line? matched

Again, no pace, no O'Brien, no Balakou, no James Lowe. matched

Obviously, different player, not necessarily quick, but beat two lads and throw an offload. matched

So are you at all concerned by what you saw from the Irish attack on the weekend that they just didn't have that ability or do you think it's the same thing once there's a bit more alignment and been in camp for a while and a little bit less rust that that'll come back? matched

Yeah, I guess there's kind of two things that pop into my head as you're talking there. matched

The first is, well, you're robbing Peter to pay Paul, aren't you, by having Dan Sheehan standing in the wide channel in that if you're struggling for go-forward ball close to the ruck because, you know, maybe you haven't quite got off the plane and one of Farrell's biggest phrases he always says after a bad performance or a sluggish performance is he always talks about the lack of punch in a carry and obviously you need that on first, you know, close to the ruck to, that's what Australia did, condense things and then you go wide. matched

You know, if you've got Dan Sheehan being one of your quicker players in the wing, matched

He's also 6'3 and can carry through multiple ball carriers. matched

You're losing out on that punch closer to the rock, which Ireland need quite a lot of time. matched

And secondly, I guess we had a glimpse of what it could be like if you did have that pace, which is why it's so frustrating to see Balakun and O'Brien. matched

I think they both have hamstring injuries, don't they? matched

And I guess that's an occupational hazard. matched

Sprinters are always doing calves and hammies. matched

And, you know, poor old Rob Russell was apparently even quicker than Tommy O'Brien and Leinster, but couldn't stay fit. matched

And, you know, he's not a Gloucester anymore, I don't think, because, you know, he popped his calf almost instantly as soon as he arrived there. matched

So these guys are always struggling to stay fit. matched

But I guess that's why you need loads of them. matched

And that's why France do well, because they have got loads of them. matched

Maybe that's why it's a minor miracle that Louisville VRA is... matched

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