The 2nd Row

The Provinces are looking to bounce back after a tough opening weekend Connacht Ulaster and Munster all welcome back some internationals while Leinster are facing a bit of a backrow depth problem in South Africa.

Will it be another weekend without a winning Irish team or will one or more of the four step up and get the wins going

for the 1st time since 2009 all four Irish provinces lose on the opening round of the league. They all looked rusty in their own ways Connacht only played for 7 minutes, Ulster left it too late, Leinster's gameplan was wrong while Munster showed more but faded.

a rough weekend to review but we get there

The BKT URC is kicking off for its latest season. We have teamsheets across the board as Connacht host Stormers, Ulster host Edinburgh, Leinster travel to the Lions, and Munster host Glasgow. we look at all 4 matches and who and what to watch out for,

*Saturdays games start at 25 minutes in

Leinster are URC champs a successful season ending with silverware,

but the European grail evaded them again. With Leo Cullen leaving Leinster at the end of the season, will it give the players that extra few percent to go all the way???

5 days to the URC Kick off and Munster still confuse, have talent in spades in the squad but had performances that didn't match results last season

Will players step up and get the team firing? or will it be another season of wondering where the performances will come from?

Ulster started last season with performances that forced players in to Irish contention. Will they learn the lessons of squad management to make sure when that speed bump hits again they are more prepared to fight to the end of the season?

The Men's Club season is about to kick off, over the next 4 podcasts we will talk through each province what we want to see improve where we think they will finish and the general vibes for the season

We begin as we always begin with Connacht, A challenging European pool, and higher expectations in the URC can they push on????

The Summer series has ended Ireland won 2 lost 1, we look back on the end of the season and wonder was it good or bad?

Ireland scrape by Australia after a tense match in Sydney. Not many players at their best as another Farrell coached team start a series of games slowly. Will the pattern of starting slow to peak continue or will Ireland have a tough time of it in the Southern Hemisphere?

The URC season has finally come to an end!!! Leinster are back to back URC Champions with one of their most convincing performances this season. And with the Summer internationals on the way we look through the make up of the Irish squad that has 5 uncapped players and what could be in store by the end of the month