Try! A new documentary in cinemas Friday
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What is the documentary Try about and how does mixed ability rugby work?
We begin this hour with a new documentary which will be in cinemas from Friday. It follows four Irish rugby players hoping to compete at the Mixed Ability Rugby World Cup. It's called Try, and I'm delighted to be joined in the studio by the director of the film, Oisin Misteil, and one of the main characters, Richie Philpott. You're both welcome to the programme. Let's take a listen firstly to a flavour of Try.
How many women are in Ireland? And there's only 37 of them here. That's how special you are. You'll strap for every ball in that pitch. Believe in yourself. This is all by belief.
Mr. Billy Rugby is Full contact row B for people with or without disabilities.
No messing there. Serious stuff, Oisin, isn't it?
It's serious stuff, yeah. Um so it it it balances very well, kind of a really, really inclusive element to the sport, but it's also, you know, it maintains that competitive instinct. So, you know, Richie and all of his teammates will tell you, you know, when they went to the World Cup last year it was gung ho, it was one hundred percent we're here to win.
Was it Richie? Was it like that?
Yeah, it was. Like mixability is different from like regular UT on T V in that, you know, we would perhaps m more heavy on on inclusion, but like it is it is as close to the real thing as as as you you can get without um I suppose uh breaching what what what's com comfortable for for for s for some players.
Well clearly it is because you're sporting a sling today and you tell me that that is as a result of a a rugby injury, is it?
Yeah, um that's like that that that is the game. Uh it is it it is what I signed up for. I'm under no no no illusions. Now uh mixability, like that that's the beauty of it. Some players go into it knowing what they're going in for and then then some players they don't want to be like hit too hard. So there are provisions in place for them. They can wear like scrum caps. Um it is a form of labelling, yeah, but look, we have to have some something in place so that that we that we know So that they can't be hit too hard. We we we would help them get to ground safely so that the play can can can continue continue.
How did director Oisín Misteil discover mixed ability rugby?
Oisin, tell me how you came across the story of mixed ability rugby.
Um so the previous World Cup had just taken place in Cork in twenty twenty two and I heard about it and myself and Claire McCabe, our producer, we were looking for documentary ideas and the concept of, you know, players with and without disabilities playing full contact, fifteen aside rugby, sounded kind of mad to me. So we went down to the Sundays Well Rebels in Cork. We met Richie, watched a training session and once we saw, you know, with mixability rugby seeing is believing, you kinda have to see it to understand how it works. But it was just such a unique environment. And it's important to say as well, like it it's not just for players with disabilities. It it it's everyone. So, you know, there's lads who
play, you know, senior rugby for twenty, thirty years. Maybe they went away from the game. They're back to it now. There's older lads. There's there's women who maybe never played the sport at all and, you know, playing rugby might have kind of scared them a little bit. So it it's it's a great way for everyone from all walks of life to get into rugby. And you know, I find that hard to say 'cause I'm not a rugby man. Uh I think my friends quite quite find it quite hilarious that I've made a film about rugby. Uh but uh yeah it it's just been a complete eye opener for me and uh you know we're we're really hoping that the game can grow. There's there's nine teams at the moment in that Ireland that have a mixability team, nine clubs I should say, you know, but there's there's almost two hundred and fifty rugby clubs in the country.
So there's huge, huge uh space. Yeah, both potential.
Why did Richie Philpott stand out as a main character in Try?
And so then you wanted to find four characters who would tell the story and you found this fella here beside me, Richie. What appealed to you about Richie when you saw him on the first day?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:10
2
What is the documentary Try about and how does mixed ability rugby work?
0:10–2:14
3
How did director Oisín Misteil discover mixed ability rugby?
2:14–3:45
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Why did Richie Philpott stand out as a main character in Try?
3:45–5:05
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How did Richie find his way into mixed ability rugby?
5:05–6:24
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What does Richie’s rugby war paint mean to him?
6:24–7:21
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How can mixed ability rugby build friendships, confidence, and inclusion?
7:21–9:47
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What was it like filming the rugby players on and off the pitch?
9:47–14:46