Irish rugby's state of the union down under

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Jul 14, 202632:04Sports & Recreation

Gerry Thornley joins Nathan Johns on the line from Auckland to give his take on being at Ireland’s victory over Japan on Saturday. We also delve into David Humphreys’ media roundtable last week after the IRFU’s performan...

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