Show Notes
Its not often journalists get an access all areas pass inside a top flight rugby club.
On today’s Counter Ruck rugby podcast, Irish Times rugby writer John O’Sullivan recounts a weekend he spent inside Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle camp.
Host Nathan Johns also looks ahead to the weekend’s provincial action as Ulster face the Stormers, and Munster take on the Sharkes in South Africa, and Connacht host Leinster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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