URC Semi Finals, Coaches vs The Media, Player Social & More | The Offload EP87
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello, welcome along to another episode of The Offloads.
Yes, lots coming up on the pod today. We are looking back at last week's quarterfinals. Let's be honest, a little bit underwhelming, but we're previewing the Glasgow Bulls game and the Leinster Stormers.
We, of course, go into silly season.
What were the highlights from last week's URC quarterfinals?
Doneca's all over the papers, blogging God knows what, along with Conway. Conway's turned into Done Deal. We're going to go through the lads' Instagram pages and everything else.
How are the Glasgow Bulls and Leinster Stormers expected to perform?
Expect a laugh.
And we're off. Doneca, how are you?
I'm great. How are you? Yeah. Looking forward to this. It feels like a while since we caught up this way. If you know what I mean. The way we normally do it. Normally I've been on the road at the moment.
You have been up the walls, man. It's great. I'm sure it's nice to be back home for a bit.
Yeah, yeah, but you know better than anyone. And as well, when you're around someone like you, you know that you don't whinge about working hard. You know what I mean? Like it's just the buy-in for just what you have to do and that kind of game that we're trying to get into while you're in. So yeah, the last few weeks have been busy, but it makes you appreciate stuff. But it's a nice time of the year, isn't it? Like school wrapping up and no homework around the place. There's a bit of a buzz around it. You know what I mean? I know. You want grey weather and stuff, but once we have the brightness, man, I'm away.
Yeah, well, at least it's warm. The craziest stuff is this rain. It just comes in out of nowhere. You get drenched and then within like 15 seconds, it's bright and dry and you're bursting again.
And the washing's ruined. That's what happened. It's raining. The washing!
Who leaves you in charge of the washing, honestly?
Jenny's gone up to collect them from school, so I had to leg it.
Here, listen, obviously there was a couple of matches last weekend in the, well, it must be quarterfinals of the URC, semifinals tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to them. A couple of good games. I do want to start off though with a little bit, just saw some news today. Obviously this will be yesterday, coming out today, but that Fergus Slattery, the Irish back row forward, passed away at the age of 77. Yeah. I wanted just an amazing servant to Irish rugby. He actually was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame. Did you know that? Back in 2007, played for the Babas, played for the Lions, played for Ireland. He was also part of the British and Irish Lions Trust that I'm a part of now. I took his role in it and I know all the guys, Gavin Hastings and...
Richard Hill and all were passing on their condolences. So I would say he was such a character, man. If you ever look at YouTube and put in Fergus Slattery magic, there's a clip of him doing an after rugby speech with Will Carling over in Twickenham. It's a hilarious, hilarious video. So yeah, real character.
Good on you for saying that, because I think that's where we're losing, obviously, a brilliant rugby man, someone that's held dear, not only within our country, but around the kind of world. And you see that with the kind of porn from people. But just an incredible player on the pitch, you know, winning triple crowns and going on Lions tours. But then that character off it. And then the selfless acts, a bit like what you're doing with the charitable trust now. you know thinking of the kind of next wave of players that aren't as fortunate as ourselves so yeah he's he's someone that'll be sadly missed and that's what you want to do you want to leave your mark on this and he certainly did it and everyone involved in his club and his family and friends were thinking of him like tell me 61 caps man back when it was hard to get a cap when you think of it like
Like, we were lucky we racked up a few caps, but that's because you're playing probably maybe close on 10 internationals a year. Like, they were playing five nations, man, and they were lucky to, you know, get them. And, you know, it's just quite remarkable.
I am envious of them, though.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:16
2
What were the highlights from last week's URC quarterfinals?
0:16–0:26
3
How are the Glasgow Bulls and Leinster Stormers expected to perform?
0:26–6:07
4
What is the significance of Fergus Slattery's legacy in rugby?
6:07–22:59
5
What went wrong for Munster in their recent match?
22:59–25:38
6
How do injuries impact team performance in high-stakes games?
25:38–30:43
7
What are the challenges faced by coaches in the URC?
30:43–33:01
Speakers
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