“A kind description of Stephen Jones contribution to this podcast would be that he is consistently anti Irish. A more realistic view might be that his comments are consistently racist.
After weeks upon weeks of anti Irish sentiment from SJ without any challenge from Will at any point.
On a related note - the champions cup final had not been in Ireland for 10 years. In that time it has been in England 3 times, France twice and Sco/ wales twice - though Stephen thinks it should never be played there even when Dublin are the only place willing to take it on to bail out the inept scheduling of Spurs stadium.
Separately, Leinster played their champions cup knockout games on home soil because they earned it in the pool stages. Despite the fact that La Rochelle did the exact same it was never mentioned or referenced by anyone. Leinster put everything into the pool stages for a reason and are rewarded (like LARochelle) on merit. Perhaps instead of giving out about the quality of the pool games the panel might actually look at what the English put into it those games. All 8 URC teams made the knock out stages - leaving the remaining 8 slots to be shared between English and French teams.”
Ed Orio via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
05/24/23