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Liam Toland and Fiona Hayes join Eoin Sheahan for this week’s Wednesday Night Rugby, as we approach 10 years to the day since Anthony ‘Axel’ Foley passed away, as the very same fixture, Munster vs Racing, takes place this weekend.

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Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, I'm Cameron Hill.
Coming up, Denis Leamy on an emotionally charged opener for Munster in the Investec Champions Cup,
Gerry Thornley blasts what organisers have done to Europe's top club competition,
The details are out for the first-ever match for the British and Irish Lions women's side.
And why are artificial pitches getting scorched (not literally) by rugby players in England?
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Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill.
Coming up, are the new laws being implemented around maul defence having an outsized impact on the game?
Stuart Lancaster on why reducing the number of teams in the Champions Cup would be disastrous for clubs,
And Saracens sack the academy player involved in a nightclub brawl with two England cricketers over the summer.
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Leinster senior coach, Jacques Nienaber, speaks to OTB's Dara Smith-Naughton ahead of the opening round of the Champions Cup this weekend, as Leinster visit Clermont in the Stade Marcel-Michelin.

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Welcome to Monday's Rugby Daily, I'm Cameron Hill.
Coming up, the reaction from the URC, as Leinster get off the mark in the URC, and it's honours even between Ulster and Munster,
While Stuart Lancaster reflects on another tough trip for Connacht to Glasgow...
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