{"podcast":{"title":"The Leinster Listen","slug":"the-leinster-listen-7601014","podcast_index_feed_id":7601014,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-leinster-listen/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-leinster-listen","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-leinster-listen/20260104_070148_541c852f88c711f9ee8e5c34e6ece82f.png","author":"Mick Linnane","episode_count":63,"summary":"A weekly dive into all things Leinster Rugby. There'll be previews, reviews, and the odd rant when required. Two episodes a week covering the boys in blue, with a sharp eye on the URC, Europe, and whatever the Irish setup is up to. It’s straight talking, a bit of a laugh, and absolutely no pretending we don’t care as much as we do. If you follow Leinster, if you love the game, or if you just enjoy someone else doing the overthinking for you, you’re in the right place. Find our socials with the username: @the_leinster_listen","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T06:19:20.170522+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014"},"episode":{"title":"#61: Ireland vs Australia - Nations Championship Round 1 Review","slug":"61-ireland-vs-australia-nations-championship-round-1-review","published_at":"2026-07-06T23:38:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/61-ireland-vs-australia-nations-championship-round-1-review","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-leinster-listen/2967929","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/356999/2967929/the-leinster-listen/2026_07_06_23_32_05_3fc8127b-e6e8-4d3c-95fc-6680ce6a8bc7.mp3","summary":"Episode 61, and Ireland are off the mark in the Nations Championship — Andy Farrell's injury-hit side came from 12 points down to beat Joe Schmidt's Wallabies 33-31 in a madcap thriller at a sold-out Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Hugo Keenan was official Man of the Match — try-saving tackle on Suaalii and the bonus-point score — Tom Clarkson's 77th-minute try sealed it, and Ben Donaldson missed two late penalties on a night the Prendergast brothers both crossed too. Round 1 delivered elsewhere too — New Zealand edged France 34-32 in Christchurch and South Africa hammered England 45-21 at Ellis Park in two of the wildest games you'll see all summer. Here is what I'm hitting on this week's episode: 🌍 Nations Championship Round 1 results; All six fixtures from the opening weekend — NZ 34-32 France, Japan 27-10 Italy, our game in Sydney, Fiji 24-39 Wales, South Africa 45-21 England, and Argentina 38-47 Scotland — plus a look at the two wildest games in Christchurch and Johannesburg. 🔥 Overall opinion of the game; Why this was classic Farrell-ball — 24-12 down, defence all over the shop in the first half, belief in the closing stages, and a prop burrowing over with three minutes left. 📋 Analysis of the game events; Pietsch's early try, four Wallaby first-half scores, Keenan's tackle on Suaalii, Gibson-Park before the break, Clarkson's winner, Sheehan's disallowed try, Shaw's yellow, and Donaldson's two missed penalties in the red. 🗺️ Nations Championship positioning after this weekend; Ireland on five points with a bonus-point win, Australia and France on two, England nil — and Round 2 fixtures including Japan vs Ireland in Newcastle next Saturday.","meta_description":"Episode 61, and Ireland are off the mark in the Nations Championship — Andy Farrell's injury-hit side came from 12 points down to beat Joe Schmidt's Walla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2024,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leinster-listen-7601014/episodes/61-ireland-vs-australia-nations-championship-round-1-review/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/61-ireland-vs-australia-nations-championship-round-1-review.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}