This is The Knock On, KCLR and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast.

In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club.

The lads discuss lots including….

• J1 rugby returns this weekend for the local teams who are looking to get back to winning ways.
• Women’s rugby on the up locally.
• Local players dominate the South East squads.
• Leinster and Connacht's impressive wins in the URC and what went wrong with Munster.
• Jack Carty and why he’s not in the Ireland squad.
• Should we bring back the Ireland A teams to give up and coming stars an international run out?
• We need more referees! the lads discuss a shortage of the whistleblowers.

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