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, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club.

The lads discuss lots including….

• We get the latest from Kilkenny rugby club, including how they got on when the Leinster team visited last week
• Tom Crotty and his Carlow sides are up and running and have more games this week, we hear about those
• We hear the latest from Tullow rugby club and about Sean O'Brien's return in the maroon and white
• We pick through the Munster V Gloucester game and see what players put their hand up for the new season
• The Ireland Emerging Squad is to tour South Africa, it's a new initiative to bring through young Irish players, but is it a good idea?
• We chat about the All Blacks, Argentina, South Africa, and Australia 

And lots more......

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