How all four Irish provinces can make the URC knockouts
From The Counter Ruck by The Irish Times
May 15, 2026 · 25 min
About this episode
The episode discusses how all four Irish provinces can qualify for the URC knockouts and previews the upcoming match between Ireland and Scotland.
John O’Sullivan joins Nathan Johns to preview the weekend’s rugby action. How can all four Irish provinces make the URC top eight? Are Ulster prioritising the Challenge Cup final over their last URC outing? Plus, how Ireland built towards a record day at the Aviva Stadium when they host Scotland on Sunday. Produced by John Casey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Nathan Johns
Guest: John O’Sullivan
Topics covered
- URC knockouts
- Irish provinces
- rugby preview
- Challenge Cup
- Ireland vs Scotland
- Aviva Stadium
Keywords
- URC
- Irish provinces
- rugby
- Challenge Cup
- Aviva Stadium
- Ireland
- Scotland
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ireland, Ulster
Places: Aviva Stadium, Scotland
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