{"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":"#63: Ireland vs Japan - Nations Championship Round 2 Review","slug":"63-ireland-vs-japan-nations-championship-round-2-review","published_at":"2026-07-13T00:28:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014/63-ireland-vs-japan-nations-championship-round-2-review","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-leinster-listen-7601014","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-leinster-listen/2982933","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/356999/2982933/the-leinster-listen/2026_07_13_00_25_40_f72cce91-f2ec-4d51-b03d-d4e83f87b7ff.mp3","summary":"Episode 63, and Ireland stay perfect in the Nations Championship — Andy Farrell's much-changed side made it two bonus-point wins from two with a 36-20 victory over Eddie Jones's Japan in Newcastle. Debutant Sean Jansen was player of the match with a try on his first cap, Robbie Henshaw crossed on his return, and Tom Stewart's late score sealed the bonus point on a day the set piece creaked but the squad depth delivered. Round 2 elsewhere brought Will Jordan's record-breaking hat-trick as New Zealand hammered Italy 47-17, France's Aaron Grandidier Nkanang scored twice on debut in a 42-26 comeback win over Australia, England ended their losing run with an 11-try 73-8 rout of Fiji, South Africa held off Scotland 42-28 at Loftus, and Argentina beat Wales 35-21 in San Juan. Here is what I'm hitting on this week's episode: 🌍 Nations Championship Round 2 results; All six fixtures from Saturday — NZ 47-17 Italy, France 42-26 Australia, our game in Newcastle, England 73-8 Fiji, South Africa 42-28 Scotland, and Argentina 35-21 Wales — plus a fun fact: both hemispheres dead level on 33 competition points and perfectly balanced on aggregate points difference (+22 north, -22 south) after two rounds. 📢 Important Podcast Updates; Dynamic Ads are gone from the podcast for good — they will never be re-added. 🔥 Overall opinion of the game; Why Farrell called it relief more than pleasure — Japan competitive for 60 minutes, the lineout a worry, but maximum points and four debutants celebrated. 📋 Analysis of the game events; Taira Main's early try, Timoney and O'Toole responding, Henshaw before the break, Jansen's debut score, Era keeping Japan in it, Byrne's penalty, and Stewart's last-minute bonus point. 🗺️ Nations Championship positioning after this weekend; Ireland on 10 points from tw…","meta_description":"Episode 63, and Ireland stay perfect in the Nations Championship — Andy Farrell's much-changed side made it two bonus-point wins from two with a 36-20 vic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1908,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-leinster-listen-7601014/episodes/63-ireland-vs-japan-nations-championship-round-2-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-7601014/63-ireland-vs-japan-nations-championship-round-2-review.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}