What to make of Ireland's rotation for Japan?

About this episode

Brett Igoe joins Nathan Johns to analyze Ireland's team rotation and performance in the Nations Championship.

Former Leinster and Scotland analyst Brett Igoe joins Nathan Johns to pick through the facts, figures and trends of last weekend’s Nations Championship action. We also look at Ireland’s heavily rotated team selection for this weekend in a bid to assess what Andy Farrell is looking for against Eddie Jones’ side. Produced by John Casey and Andrew McNair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Johns

Guest: Brett Igoe

Topics covered

• Ireland rugby
• team rotation
• Nations Championship
• Brett Igoe analysis
• Eddie Jones
• Andy Farrell

Keywords

• Ireland
• rugby
• rotation
• Nations Championship
• Brett Igoe
• Eddie Jones
• Andy Farrell

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ireland, Eddie Jones, John Casey, Andrew McNair, Acast

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