Rugby Daily | NZ to scrap Super Rugby teams? James Tracy's *dream* Leinster head coach
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Why is the domestic rugby season finally kicking off this weekend?
There's been difficulties between Finn Russell and Gregor Townsend going back a little while. Catastrophic news for Scotland. I've worked with Gregor since 2012. He was the Glasgow coach then. So 14 years, you're obviously going to have a one, two, however many bust-ups it is.
I think the way that Finn has dealt with that is to his credit he doesn't bear grudges it's just it's been it's gone move on to the next one I'm Finn Russell and this is Inner Drive
catch Finn Russell's Inner Drive on Off The Ball right now on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts brought to you by Allianz 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 along to Thursday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up, Gerry Thornley is not happy that the domestic season is only kicking off this weekend. James Tracy's dream pick for the next Leinster head coach. And could New Zealand rugby scrap their super rugby sides to secure their financial future? First up today, the domestic rugby season gets properly up and running this weekend. Connacht begin their URC campaign tomorrow night with the visit of the Stormers to Dexcom Stadium, while Ulster's first run out sees them welcome Edinburgh to Belfast.
That season ended on a downer for Richie Murphy's side. A final day defeat at home to the Glasgow Warriors saw them miss out on the URC top eight, and they were hammered by Montpellier in the Challenge Cup final in Bilbao.
How did Ulster’s loss to Montpellier shape their outlook for the new URC season?
meaning that they'll have to make do with the European second tier this term. Murphy believes his young squad will be spurred on after last year's disappointments.
At the end of the day, our boys are incredibly proud to play for Ulster. They know how close they got to making top eight last year, how close they got to a second in that European competition that we think. they all want more you know the final although it was a disappointing result it's really driven us on in relation to we know we can compete at the very top end and we know that when we got to the final we weren't at our very best and uh so in that regard i think we have a hungry squad who who want to improve who want to prove some people wrong as well
now there's still time to grab the last few tickets for our final bank of ireland rugby road shows the ulster show will take us to affidavit stadium in belfast on tuesday the 6th of october and the lineup is out folks so joining stephen ferris and owen chahan on stage will be stewart mccloskey james hume and james mcnabney as they dive into the 2026 27 rugby season And then on Friday, October 16th, we'll be joined by Clayton McMillan, Jack Crowley and Alan Quinlan for the Munster Roadshow at Super Value Parque Quieve. Head over to offtheball.com forward slash event to get your tickets now before they run out. Now, Gerry Thornley joined Owen Shahan for Wednesday Night Rugby this week. Safe to say he's looking forward to domestic rugby finally returning.
People are itching for a game of rugby. The summer holiday season is over. The kids are back at school. Dads and mums are looking for things to do. These evenings are pleasant and still sunny till about half seven anyway. The conditions are wonderful.
What tickets and events are available for the upcoming Ulster and Munster roadshows?
7,000 people turn up for a pre-season friendly between the Leinster Academy and Zebra. That says it all. 4,500 people in Virgin Media Park for a Munster-Leicester Tigers game. People are clamouring for a game of rugby. And this is... I was surprised to think to go back all the way back to 2001-02... Sorry, 2002-03, right up until 2019... The rugby season began on the first week of September, religiously. The first week of September. As soon as night followed day, the rugby season started at the beginning of September. And it didn't mind competing with all Ireland finals. There was one year I was starting to see it was like a five week September, five weekend September, if you know what I mean. So there were four weekends of the URC matches.
Each of the province had two home games.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is the domestic rugby season finally kicking off this weekend?
0:01–1:31
2
How did Ulster’s loss to Montpellier shape their outlook for the new URC season?
1:31–3:15
3
What tickets and events are available for the upcoming Ulster and Munster roadshows?
3:15–4:18
4
Why does Gerry Thornley think the domestic calendar is starting too late?
4:18–5:10
5
What are the key storylines for Munster’s opening match against Glasgow Warriors?
5:10–6:37
6
Who is James Tracy’s dream candidate to replace Leo Cullen at Leinster?
6:37–8:35
7
How could New Zealand Rugby restructure its domestic game to avoid a $66 million loss?
8:35–10:56
8
What are the three proposals being discussed to reshape New Zealand’s Super Rugby system?
10:56–12:19
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