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

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).

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Watch Ulster v Munster in the URC on Friday from 7pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, follow a live blog on RTÉ.ie/Sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to live commentary on RTÉ Radio 1 Extra

Watch Dragons v Leinster in the URC on Sunday from 1pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player