Rugby Daily | More Munster resignations, Ireland's revenge mission against France
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Off the Ball, GAA.
Oh my God, outrageous. But like, we were quietly confident coming into the game, like, you know, so I'm not too surprised that we won.
Join in the obsession. Subscribe now at offtheball.com forward slash join. Off the Balls, Rugby Daily. With Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster Rugby. Never stop competing. You're very welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up for you today, history and revenge are both on the brain as Ireland prepare for a Six Nations trip to France, more resignations at Munster following the appointment of Roger Randall, and why the collapse of Moana Pacifica could be disastrous for Samoa and Tonga. First up, the Ireland women's team are turning their thoughts to a massive clash with France in the Women's Six Nations this weekend. Scott Beeman's side picked up the first win of their campaign last Saturday, beating Italy by 57 points to 20 in front of a record crowd at Dexcom Stadium in Galway.
Next stop is Stade Marcel Michelin in Clermont for a repeat of their quarterfinal meeting at last year's World Cup in England, which France ended up winning 18 points to 13. Ireland are chasing a first win over the French since 2017 and a first ever win away to Les Bleus. And skipper Aaron King admits that revenge is on the brain heading to Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes this week.
I think we'd be lying if we said it wasn't a bit of a revenge game. And I think, yeah, we're that little bit more eager because of that. And I suppose we showed in that game what we're capable of and that we are able to compete with the top four in the world and break into that top two of Six Nations. So it'd be great to do it and put our talk into action.
There are no new injury concerns reported after dismantling the Azzurri in Galway last weekend. Sam Monaghan came off the bench in the second half, having missed the opening day defeat to England at Twickenham with a knock. Avianne Riley was declared fit last week but didn't make the matchday 23 at Dexcom Stadium. France, meanwhile, have been handed a major injury blow ahead of the weekend. Centre Gabrielle Vernier will miss the rest of the tournament after suffering a shoulder injury during their 38 points to 7 win over Wales in Cardiff. She was shown a red card during last year's Six Nations clash with Ireland for a dangerous tackle on Eve Higgins. Head coach François Rattier is already without Joanna Grisey, who suffered a serious knee injury against Italy in Round 1, so uncapped 18-year-old Aleighe Treguier has been called up to the squad, rather than 20-capper Nasira Kande, who started France's World Cup semi-final against England last September.
Fun fact about France, they played the Netherlands in the first ever Women's Rugby International in Utrecht on June 13th 1982. France won 4-0 scoring the only try of that game. Leinster meanwhile are less than two weeks out from their Investec Champions Cup semi-final at home to Toulon.
What are Ireland's plans for their Six Nations match against France?
They continued their preparations with a URC trip to Benetton on Saturday evening, having gotten the better of Ulster in their Interpro derby last Friday at Afidea Stadium. Sam Prendergast put in a player-of-the-match performance in Belfast, scoring the bonus point try in a 29-21 win over Richie Murphy's side. But their discipline issues from this season continued, with Max Deegan's yellow card for taking out Werner Koch in the air upgraded to a 20-minute red card after a bunker review. That leaves Leinster behind only Zebrae in terms of cards shown in this season's URC. Senior coach Jacques Nienaber acknowledges that the province needs to improve if they're to win trophies.
If you look at it realistically at the performance this weekend against Ulster, I think the reality is that it was far from perfect and it could have gone the other way. So I don't think we're peaking. I think we're working as hard as we can individually and as a collective, like I've mentioned now. collective through the whole squad and individually players trying to improve their individual fundamentals, rugby fundamentals.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:01
2
What are Ireland's plans for their Six Nations match against France?
3:01–4:47
3
How did the Ireland women's team perform in their last match?
4:47–6:12
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What challenges does Ireland face in their upcoming clash with France?
6:12–11:47
Speakers
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