In this week’s maul, Malcolm, Rob and Conor discuss Ireland’s nervy win over Italy, look ahead to the weekend’s clash with France and wonder why tripping evokes such an angry response on the rugby field.
In Part Two, the lads reflect briefly on the weekend’s other games between Wales and England in Cardiff and France and Scotland and Paris.
One of the main incidents in the English game was a trip by Jonathan Davies on Chris Ashton, which prompts a debate on why tripping evokes such an angry response on a rugby field, where punching an opponent or shoeing a man out of the way in a ruck is deemed par for the course.
The lads look ahead to this weekend’s clash with France and discuss Ireland’s chances of winning and what, if any, changes Declan Kidney might make to the Ireland starting XV.
To listen to part one of the Weekly Maul, click here.
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