Nathan Johns

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Where do Ireland now stand in the Nations Championship? · 7 Jul 2026 podcast

All six matches were on Virgin, weren't they?

All of them.

I believe so.

And I am then in the UK.

So either in the North or if you're watching it, that's all on ITV.

It's worth mentioning, definitely.

I'm not sure how much of the six games you watched, but it's got people certain terms of attacking rugby.

If that's your cup of tea, which I think it is, generally speaking, because when rugby is low score and people tend to complain, that's not an issue at the minute.

I had a long chat with Gordon Darcy the other day about that very topic, the running out half and how when Jack Crowley plays, Ireland do have a running out half.

But when Sam Prandegast plays, he doesn't necessarily have that same string to his bow.

I think it's probably not the worst thing in the world that not every out half and top tier international rugby at the minute is that because I think, you know, you do want a variety.

You want different teams trying to do different things.

But it is an interesting thing if down the line, do Ireland, is that maybe why Crowley did actually overtake Pendergast a little bit?

I know Pendergast's form fell off a little bit in the Six Nations as well.

But I wonder if that comes into the thinking at all with Ireland, or do you think that they still value the distribution?

He had that lovely delay that sent Nick Timoney through a gap on Saturday.

That's just a reminder of what he can do that others in the Irish system can't.

So I wondered, is that, do you think Ireland just, they value more of the distribution than the running threat?

When you look at that try from the 22, the Jameson-Gibson Park try, I mean, I was a little bit surprised it wasn't checked for forward pass at the end, but Ireland will take the rub of the green when it comes.

When you look at that try and you go, right, this is kind of what Ireland are trying to do a little bit more of,

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