Nathan Johns

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4,333 appearances 36 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard today

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The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast · Leinster win back-to-back URC titles · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

We're talking pretty much immediately after full-time.

What, about 15 minutes or so since Leinster bougied the ball off into the stands at Croke Park.

Pretty dominant victory.

Tries for Tommy O'Brien, Riku Ioane, Jack Conan, Sam Prenn against Harry Byrne.

It was 22-0 at halftime.

Maybe not quite game done with memories of how the Bulls overturned things against Glasgow in their semi-final, but they struggled to fire a shot.

Just one try in the second half of the Bulls, Ken and Moudier, and equally they had another one chalked off for a pass from Moudier.

So that's the most important thing.

Gordon Darcy, hello.

The first thing I said to you before we started recording, that was a lot more one-sided than perhaps I was led to believe in the build-up.

To what extent, though, do we say that's the Bulls, as you said, not getting off the flight and it's very difficult?

And look, I know, I suspect the main reason for the week, the fortnight between semifinal and finals, they could shift tickets, especially when the game is in Croke Park, but it does give the South African sides, or if teams are traveling to South Africa, the benefit of you're not traveling at a week's notice.

So, you know, there was that extra mitigation built in.

So to what extent...

Because there was a big talking point beforehand was the clash of styles.

You know, Leinster wanting to play on the ball, lots of rucks.

You were calling for them to avoid empty rucks in midfield in the first half.

They probably did a pretty good job of that.

To what extent was this Leinster just keeping the ball away from the Bulls, winning those high scraps and making sure that they didn't get

that loose ball that they thrive on and equally set piece dominance.

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