RTÉ Rugby podcast: Champions Cup at Croker, and Ireland deliver in the W6N

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Mick Kearney to recap another busy week in the BKT United Rugby Championship, and look ahead to Saturday's Investec Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Northampton Saints.

The panel examine Leinster's recent defeats in the URC down in South Africa, and whether they've taken too big a gamble with their squad selection ahead of the visit of Northampton (1:30).

We look at where Northampton could cause Leinster difficulty (10:00), as well as looking at the overall occasion of a sold out rugby game at Croke Park (14:15).

The podcast reviews Munster's perfect two weeks in South Africa (20:00), and ask whether Graham Rowntree's side can kick on and challenge for back to back titles.

We also look at Connacht's win over Dragons (29:18) the retirement of Tiernan O'Halloran, Ulster's important win over Benetton (35:00), as well as Cork Con's AIL final triumph over Terenure (40:15).

Later in the pod, Alison Miller joins Neil to look back on Ireland's 15-12 win over Scotland (42:35), to seal a third place finish in the Guinness Women's Six Nations.

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