Ep 10: Famous Night for Irish Cricket, Ireland Touch Rugby (Brian Fitzgerald) & Champions League Preview (Mark Rodden)

Tackling Sport

English - August 05, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 87.2 MB
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Previous Episode: Ep 9: Chloe Mustaki - Beating Cancer, Playing Semi-Pro with Charlton, Ireland Squads & ACL Injury

Next Episode: Ep 11: Emmet Kennedy - Broadcasting, The Final Furlong, Horse Racing, Mental Health & Cheltenham Memories

We are joined by Brian Fitzgerald from Irish Touch Rugby who talks about growing the sport, World Cups, new development league and how anybody can join their local club.

Football journalist Mark Rodden joins us as we preview the upcoming Europa League and Champions League games and pick our winner!

Sean dissects Ireland's dramatic cricket victory last night against England. We also ask the question, where can Irish cricket really go from here?

There was also the small matter of the richest game in football last night as Scott Parker's Fulham beat Brentford to secure promotion to the Premier League.

00:12 Introduction

00:55 Ireland Cricket Review

11:54 Championship Play-Off Final Review

14:25 Ireland Touch Rugby - Brian Fitzgerald

14:49 How Brian got involved 16:07 World Cup 2011 18:44 Inclusivity 20:04 Schools 21:21 Keeping young players involved in rugby 26:30 Rules 27:33 Irish Touch League 29:10 Social Media

30:51 Europa / Champions League Preview - Mark Rodden

31:30 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United 36:36 Wolves 38:53 Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 43:25 Cristiano Ronaldo's Future 45:10 Atalanta's Serie A Rise 49:30 PSG 52:07 Frank Lampard's Chelsea 54:03 Our Winner(s)

57:56 This week's Champions League fixtures

62:20 Coming up on Tackling Sport

Introduction to Touch Rugby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P_GxGyq4eE