MudderRucker Ep 15 Forty Love, what a racket

The Black Ferns Haka against Ireland

It finished 40–nil—but the noise told a different story.

This week on MudderRucker, Ailbhe and Cian are joined by Chloe Pearse and Alice Soper to unpack Ireland’s bruising fight against the Black Ferns in Brighton: the offloads, the width, the collision zone, and where Ireland’s shape came unstuck.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6-CSlquLHI

We also zoom out to what actually mattered: the crowd, the feeling around the team, and why nights like this can still move the needle for the women’s game. Then it’s eyes forward—France next—and what a fuller deck might look like (hello, Aoife Wafer) when Ireland get bodies back and combinations bed in.

Also featuring: offload clinic vs edge defence, Brighton buzz, and a clear-eyed look at what needs fixing before France.

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