Leinster's showdown with La Rochelle and Munster's Champions Cup exit are both up for discussion on the latest episode of The Left Wing.

Cian Tracey, Luke Fitzgerald and Will Slattery look back on the round of 16 clashes that saw Leinster beat Leicester and Munster go down to Northampton.

La Rochelle now loom for Leinster, and the lads break down where the game will be won and lost.

Ulster and Connacht's Challenge Cup victories and the Moment of the Week are on the agenda too.

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Rúaidhrí O'Connor, Luke Fitzgerald and Will Slattery look ahead to the Champions Cup last 16 on the latest episode of The Left Wing.

Leinster and Munster take on Leicester and Northampton respectively this weekend, while Ulster and Connacht also face French opposition in the Challenge Cup.

The lads preview all four games as well as looking back on another interesting weekend of URC action.

Rúaidhrí also breaks down the documentary looking at South Africa's recent World Cup win, while Luke thinks Peter O'Mahony should hold off on retirement.

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Ireland suffered their second defeat of this season's Women's Six Nations after a 27-21 loss to Italy in front of a record attendance at the RDS on Sunday. Next up for Scott Bemand's team is Wales in Cork on April 13.

Anna Caplice and Ali Donnelly join Sinéad Kissane on the latest episode of the Left Wing to discuss the factors that cost Ireland and what they need to improve when they face Wales.

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The return of the URC and the downside to playing rugby in Croke Park is up for discussion on the latest episode of The Left Wing.

Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald discuss what Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht need to do to ensure a strong finish to the season with some big games to come over the next few weeks.

The lads also discuss Ireland's opening Women's Six Nations game against France and with Leinster set to return to Croke Park later this season, Luke Fitzgerald explains why he didn't think the atmosphere in GAA HQ was great when he was a player.

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Ireland opened their 2024 Women's Six Nations with a 38-17 defeat to France in Le Mans but there were some improvements on last year's performance against the French with Aoife Wafer and Aoife Dalton scoring tries with the Irish defence also a plus.

Anna Caplice and Ali Donnelly join Sinéad Kissane on The Left Wing podcast to discuss the improvements and the areas of concern going into the first home game of the campaign against Italy at the RDS on Sunday.

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The 2024 Women's Six Nations kicks off this weekend with Ireland facing France in Le Mans on Saturday. After finishing bottom of the table last year, Ireland - under new head coach Scott Bemand - will hope for a much better showing in this year's edition. 

Anna Caplice and Ali Donnelly joined Sinéad Kissane on the latest edition of The Left Wing to discuss where Ireland are at going into this tournament, the absence of co-captain Sam Monaghan from the team and the importance of getting the culture right in a team environment. 

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Ireland are Six Nations champions once again as Luke Fitzgerald, Cian Tracey and Will Slattery look back on another memorable campaign.

The final victory over Scotland failed to hit the heights as Luke and Cian pick out areas where Ireland will look to improve ahead of two tests against South Africa this summer.

However, there were also plenty of positives as Andy Farrell's men secured back-to-back titles.

Peter O'Mahony's swansong, Italy's impressive showing and an awful few weeks for Wales are all on the agenda too.

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Ireland are back to back Six Nations champions. They beat Scotland 17-13 at the Aviva stadium today.  Rúaidhrí O'Connor and Cian Tracey joined Sinéad Kissane after the game to discuss the big talking points including the possibility that it could be O'Mahony's last game in an Ireland jersey.

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Andy Farrell has named an unchanged team for Saturday's Six Nations game against Scotland at the Aviva stadium. Farrell has gone with a 5/3 bench split with Garry Ringrose among the subs.

On today's episode of The Left Wing, Rúaidhrí O'Connor and Cian Tracey joined Sinéad Kissane to discuss the team and bench that Farrell has named as they chase a Six Nations title in the championship finale.

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Ireland's shock defeat to England at Twickenham is up for discussion on the latest episode of The Left Wing.

Cian Tracey joins Luke Fitzgerald and Will Slattery to break down where things went wrong for Andy Farrell's men.

A passive defence, poor kicking strategy and a questionable use of the bench all contributed to the Ireland defeat.

Italy's surprise win over Scotland, Antoine Frisch's France call up and the Moment of the Week are all up for discussion too.

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