About this episode

The episode discusses James Lowe's departure from Leinster and its implications for Ireland's World Cup bid.

With confirmation arriving that James Lowe will leave Leinster, in theory ruling him out of Ireland’s World Cup bid next year, Irish Times rugby writer John O’Sullivan joins Nathan Johns to discuss how talks broke down.  Why is Leinster’s record try scorer leaving despite, by all accounts, wanting to stay?  Plus, we chat through Munster’s hire of Jared Payne instead of Roger Randle and the announcement of the Ireland U20s squad for their upcoming World Cup. 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

• James Lowe
• Leinster
• rugby
• Ireland World Cup
• Munster
• Jared Payne
• Ireland U20s

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leinster, Munster, Ireland U20s, Irish Times

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