How all four Irish provinces can make the URC knockouts

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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