The Counter Ruck returns for the start of the rugby season

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Toulouse’s Antoine Dupont lifts the 2024 Investec Champions Cup as his team celebrate winning. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/©INPHO
Toulouse’s Antoine Dupont lifts the 2024 Investec Champions Cup as his team celebrate winning. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/©INPHO

Host Nathan Johns is joined by Gordon D’Arcy and John O’Sullivan to pick apart Ireland’s win over Australia and highlight the best rugby action you missed over the weekend.

We also talk through provincial recruitment while analysing why the Irish provinces are so appetising for English rugby.

Clip - Fiji’s Peni Ravai succumbs to an invisible tackle: https://x.com/WorldRugby/status/1834931315763802437

Produced by John Casey.