Ep.9 – Good teams will miss Champions Cup semis with Caolán Scully

Ep.9 – Good teams will miss Champions Cup semis with Caolán Scully

From 8/9 Rugby by Brett McKay & great co-hosts

April 7, 2026 · 53 min · Season 3 · Episode 18

About this episode

Brett McKay and guest Caolán Scully discuss the exciting matches from the Champions Cup knockout stages and preview the upcoming Quarter Finals.

Irish rugby writer and podcaster Caolán Scully joined Brett McKay on 8/9 Rugby this week, to dig deep into a big first weekend of Champions Cup knockout stages. The eight Round of 16 games saw some blowouts and high-scoring games as it often does, but throughout the weekend there were some fantastic contests and results that probably don’t do what we saw on the field justice. And importantly, it’s left rugby fans with four properly mouth-watering Quarter Finals this weekend coming. #rugby #rugbypodcast #89Rugby Find us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever else you get your podcasts Social media: search for ‘8/9 Rugby’ on Twitter, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and on Instagram, too And please do check out and subscribe to 8/9 Rugby on Substack: https://89rugby.substack.com/ Find Brett on both Twitter and on BlueSky: @BMcSport Music: "Up Above" by Letter Box (via YouTube Creator Studio) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Brett McKay

Guest: Caolán Scully

Topics covered

  • Champions Cup
  • rugby
  • knockout stages
  • Quarter Finals
  • high-scoring games

Keywords

  • Champions Cup
  • rugby
  • knockout stages
  • Quarter Finals
  • high-scoring games
  • Caolán Scully
  • Brett McKay

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