The full complement of James Tracy, Bernard Jackman, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey assess Ireland's championship, the emerging trends of the 2025 Six Nations, the implications of France and possibly England 'getting their shit together', the lack of ready-made replacements for last Saturday's retiring trio, and whether a poor campaign for the Ireland U20s was really indicative of anything.

Plus, the lads tentatively look ahead to the Lions Tour of Australia, picking their captains and discussing The Telegraph's recent report that Andy Farrell is set to select a very Irish-heavy coaching ticket.

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Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey pick through the bones of Ireland's heavy defeat to Les Bleus in a de facto title decider at the Aviva.

Berch explains why he felt like 'a fraud' for putting it all down to power on RTÉ on Saturday, and Gavan wonders why that power deficit hasn't shown up in recent meetings between roughly the same packs.

The lads unspool that and much more, including the Flament/POM clear-out, the silliness of Joe McCarthy's yellow card, Antoine Dupont's injury and France's sense of injustice at a political level, Sam Prendergast's worst game for Ireland (and why he was still nowhere near to blame for the defeat), and Angus Gardner's contempt for Caelan Doris.

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James Tracy joins Murray Kinsella to preview the challenge facing Ireland as France come to Dublin this Saturday in a massive Six Nations clash.

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Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey reflect on valuable wins for Connacht and Ulster, some emerging standouts for Leinster, and an unacceptable Munster performance in Cork.

The lads discuss an increasingly concerning situation for Ronan O'Gara, whose La Rochelle side have lost six games on the spin. Plus, why France are annoyed with the nature of Garry Ringrose's suspension versus the ban received by Romain Ntamack earlier in the competition.

And naturally, they look ahead to Ireland v France at the Aviva this Saturday.

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James Tracy joins Murray Kinsella to break down Ireland's Triple Crown-sealing win over Wales.

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Murray, Berch and Gav discuss the weekend's Six Nations action, Ireland U20s' defeat to Wales, and a miserable 'A' game in Bristol.

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Gav is joined by leading Welsh rugby journalist Steffan Thomas of Wales Online ahead of Ireland's Six Nations trip to Cardiff on Saturday.

Steffan, who is based in Cardiff, tells listeners what to expect from a Matt Sherratt-influenced Welsh side, which could include a shift across the back row for talisman Jac Morgan.

The lads dig into the issues plaguing Welsh rugby, with Gav curious as to how virtually the same pathways managed to produce so many of the best players we've ever seen in the championship and why that pipeline has now dried up.

Steffan also explains why he thinks it's time the WRU cut at least one region (which wouldn't automatically be the Dragons), and details his case for either a Welsh breakaway from the URC or some form of Welsh-English conference as part of a URC-Premiership merger.

Plus, there's a chat about the need for a DOR within the WRU and crucially, who will replace Warren Gatland as the country's next permanent head coach.

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