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‘We’re a bandwagon nation’ - Has Ireland's rugby success increased it's popularity?

We are counting down to the Rugby World Cup Quarter Finals between Ireland and New Zealand tomorrow night at 8pm in Paris.  This could be our moment to push beyond the quarter final stages for the first time ever.  Has rugby overtaken football as the game that can lift a nation? Has this World Cup turned us into a rugby nation?  Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...

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11.50 13 Oct 2023


‘We’re a bandwagon nation’ - Has Ireland's rugby success increased it's popularity?


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11.50 13 Oct 2023


We are counting down to the Rugby World Cup Quarter Finals between Ireland and New Zealand tomorrow night at 8pm in Paris. 

This could be our moment to push beyond the quarter final stages for the first time ever. 

Has rugby overtaken football as the game that can lift a nation? Has this World Cup turned us into a rugby nation? 

Andrea was joined by listeners to discuss...


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