Dec 12,2024
Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Johne Murphy to recap the news of the week in rugby, including the opening round of the Investec Champions Cup.
We look at how the Champions Cup pool format has led to a lot of blowout wins on the opening weekend (7:00), including Ulster's heavy 61-21 loss away to Toulouse.
Bernard and Johne discuss how Leinster's defence continued to impress despite an ill-disciplined performance away to Bristol at Ashton Gate (24:15).
We react to the news that Mike Prendergast is officially in the running for Munster's head coach job (37:50), and look ahead to their meeting with old rivals Castres on Friday.
And we look at how Connacht's comfortable win in the Challenge Cup against Zebre, but how there is bad news for Shayne Bolton, who has picked up another injury (52:40).
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Watch Leinster v Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup on Saturday from 4.45pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.
