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Munster correct their course for Croker, let's celebrate the good rugby books, and Lancaster's Racing struggles

A whopper pod begins with Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey dissecting the provinces' performances from the weekend's URC action, with Munster (3:50), Leinster (19:30) and Connacht (43:50) impressing in different ways ahead of interpros this weekend. (There's also Ulster chat from 37:50).


The lads dig further into strong rugby autobiography fare from Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar (49:40), which leads them onto a chat about Stuart Lancaster's fortunes at Racing 92 (1:03:25).


Plus, there's talk of Ireland women's defeat to a well-oiled Canadian machine, and Emerging Ireland's win over the Western Force.

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