Disjointed Ireland ready for beast of Eden? | That David Humphreys interview

Hugh Cahill· Host0:00

[rock music] Hello, everybody. Welcome to the RTE Rugby podcast as we look forward to New Zealand, All Blacks week. Bert and Jack are with me in studio, and Neil is on the line from, I presume, Auckland, in one of the five-star luxury hotels that there are around Eden Park. Neil?

Neil Treacy0:22

[laughs] Not quite, Hugh. I am in Auckland.

Hugh Cahill· Host0:25

Right.

Neil Treacy0:25

Not quite five stars.

Hugh Cahill· Host0:26

Are you in a B&B somewhere?

Neil Treacy0:27

But I wo- I won't complain. [laughs] Pardon?

Hugh Cahill· Host0:29

Listen, I won't, I won't question, like, the, the, the standard of accommodation that RTE puts you up with while you're away. We'll just say you're somewhere nice, and you're ready for the week. And Bert, look, we'll, we'll come back to New Zealand. I, I have to talk about, a little bit about last week because it's, the story's moved on somewhat, but, um, a couple of interesting [phone beeps] talking points, I guess, after the game. It wasn't a great performance. It was quite disjointed. Is that to be expected when you throw a bunch of guys in who don't play a huge amount together, with some experience, and ask them to play against Japan?

Bernard Jackman· Panelist0:56

I think it isn't, uh, Hugh, and particularly Ireland because of how structured, how reliant we are on cohesion. Um, we're more than every other team. France, for example, go away, make a load of changes, send a, a, a, a, a Top 14 final weekend squad to, to Auckland, and yet look like they're-- They look like France.

Hugh Cahill· Host1:17

Mm.

Bernard Jackman· Panelist1:18

Um, because of it's the nature of how they play. It's a little bit more individual. It's a little bit more off the cuff. Um, whereas Ireland are very, very structured, and then hence you, and then you put a few new faces in there, and it's just