Cullen and Nienaber on the offensive, Lowe's Leinster exit

About this episode

The episode recaps a week of high drama in Irish rugby, focusing on media exchanges between coaches Leo Cullen and Jacques Nienaber.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Jonny Holland to recap a week of high drama in Irish rugby, and the URC quarter-finals. We discuss a couple of heated media exchanges between Leinster head coach Leo Cullen and senior coach Jacques Nienaber in the last week, and ask why Nienaber feels he isn't "valued" in Irish rugby.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Treacy

Guests: Bernard Jackman, Jonny Holland

Topics covered

• Irish rugby
• URC quarter-finals
• coaching dynamics
• media exchanges
• Leinster rugby

Keywords

• Irish rugby
• URC
• Leo Cullen
• Jacques Nienaber
• Leinster
• coaching
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leinster, Irish rugby

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