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RTÉ Rugby podcast: URC focus | Who has stood out as World Cup stars return to the provinces?

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Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Johne Murphy on this week's podcast, as our focus turns back to the BKT United Rugby Championship following the World Cup.The panel look over last week's Interpro win for Connacht against Ulster, and discuss the great start to the season for the province under their new coaching team (1:26).We look at whether or not Ulster can bounce back following their defeat, as they welcome Munster to Kingspan Stadium (19:40).And we examine which young players who have taken their opportunities to impress early in the season, such as Cathal Forde (12:20) and Dylan Tierney-Martin (18:18) at Connacht, Dave McCann at Ulster (22:00), Tom Ahern and Edwin Edogbo at Munster (33:30) and Jamie Osborne at Leinster (38:00). Listen to the RTÉ Rugby podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. We need your consent to load this rte-player content We use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.

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