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Ireland and Leinster legend Brian O’Driscoll joins Eoin Sheahan in studio to discuss the lay of the land across the URC, with Munster taking on Ulster in Belfast in the first interpro of the season this Saturday, with a new interim CEO at the helm.

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Leinster return home for the first competitive outing at the new Laya Arena, and the excitement is already building with the game close to sold out. After a tough but worthwhile tour to South Africa, there’s a focus on what the squad learned, and how valuable those minutes were for young lads and academy players.
Leo Cullen speaks to our own Dara Smith Naughton and we hear about Oliver Coffey’s first Leinster start, Alex Usanov coming back into the front row, and why players like Casper Gabriel and Josh Ericson have earned their place in the matchday 23.
Plus, the mindset shift now: back at home, and battling for every single point against Cardiff.
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Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill.
Coming up, we'll hear from the new Munster interim CEO, as a former player outlines the types of issues he'll have to get to grips with first
James Tracy's surprise pick as a future Ireland captain,
And with the Bledisloe Cup this week, there's a legal battle heating up between New Zealand and Australia...
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Colm Boohig, Dara Smith-Naughton & Kathleen McNamee sit down with Kent Bray - former Australian out-half, Lions tourist opponent with NSW in 1989, and a Harlequins player and coach who also built a high-flying career in the city.

Kent opens up on the double life he hid for years: a devastating cocaine addiction that escalated while he was a director at Citibank, and the terrifying rock-bottom moment in a hotel room at 3:22am that finally changed everything...

Now 10 years clean, he explains how rugby people rallied around him, why shame keeps so many silent, and how he’s turned recovery into helping others across sport and beyond.
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Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster greats Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to talk about a remarkable performance from Charlie O'Shea as the Reds see off the Bulls. There's a preview of Saturday's clash with Ulster, and a discussion about Munster's new interim CEO, Avan Lee.
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