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Bernard Jackman, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey react to the news that Munster and head coach Graham Rowntree have parted company, with the Englishman's departure confirmed seconds before the lads recorded today's pod.Berch and Murray also review the provinces' opening blocks of games in the URC and look ahead to Ireland's November tests.

James Tracy, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey chat in the immediate aftermath of Ireland's squad selection for their November tests (0:25),.JT reflects upon his own Ireland call-up in 2016, and how the process works behind the scenes (24:13). The lads also discuss Leinster's victory over Connacht (38:03) and get James' impression of Munster's issues against the Stormers (51:16).

Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey reflect on Leinster's victory over Connacht in Galway (1:51), Munster's error-strewn defeat to the Stormers (29:04) and Ulster's bonus-point win over Ospreys (46:38).The lads also discuss potential bolters for Ireland's November squad, which is announced on Wednesday (56:39), and field a listener's question about adding more cup competitions to rugby (1:00:43).

James Tracy joins Gavan Casey to review the weekend's big interpros.The lads discuss the balls-up that led to Munster incorrectly being reduced to 14 men ahead of Leinster's third try, Leinster's lineout brilliance, the non-battle between Jack Crowley and Ciarán Frawley, Harry Byrne's future, and the only remaining area of his game in which Caelan Doris can significantly improve.Plus, Ulster's ballsy win over Connacht, the misfortune to Josh Murphy's maul yellow, and why Connacht still look like a bit of a different animal to last season despite their two interpro defeats.

Murray, Berch and Gav discuss the weekend's interpros and Ireland's big finish to their WXV1 campaign.Leinster vs Munster (0:42)Ulster vs Connacht (50:09)WXV1 (1:07:16)

James Tracy, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey look ahead to a massive weekend for the four provinces as Leinster welcome Munster to Croke Park and Ulster return home from South Africa to face a buoyant Connacht.The lads also put World Rugby's proposed law changes, including the 20-minute red card, under the microscope.

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.

James Tracy joins Gav and Murray to discuss the fascinating extracts from Johnny Sexton's upcoming book. They also talk about Munster's performance against Zebre, with James recounting Leinster struggle's against the Italians.And the lads ponder whether Jack Conan should move to Stuart Lancaster's Racing 92 next season.