World Cup Squads, Japan vs Springboks, Ireland vs Wales II | The Overlap Rugby Podcast #64

Brothers Daragh (@DaraghFaughnan) and Shane (@ShaneMayMusic) discuss all things rugby through the lens of Leinster and Ireland. In this week's show we start by going through the newly finalised World Cup squads and discuss the main stories and notable omissions. Next we move on to preview the final games before the beginning of the Rugby World Cup. First, we look ahead to Japan vs South Africa, the second ever meeting of these teams, before pivoting to the return fixture at Murrayfield between Scotland and Georgia. Next, we preview the matches between England and Italy, All Blacks vs Tonga and Wallabies vs Manu Samoa. We then take a look ahead to the second game between Ireland and Wales in Dublin this Saturday. We also round up the other fixtures being played this weekend before finishing with the Rugby News of the Week. 02:15 | World Cup Squads 31:17 | Japan vs Springboks (Preview) 38:45 | Scotland vs Georgia (Preview) 54:16 | England vs Italy (Preview) 1:03:38 | All Blacks vs Tonga (Preview) 1:12:20 | Wallabies vs Manu Samoa (Preview) 1:23:32 | Ireland vs Wales (Preview) 1:43:15 | Other games: Namibia vs Southern Kings, Russia vs Connacht and Randwick vs Argentina 1:47:13 | Rugby News of the Week: Dyantyi's B sample tests positive, Cruden back to Chiefs, Christian Wade cut from Buffalo Bills, Kepu and Picamoles to retire after the World Cup. Please leave a comment to join our conversation, we'd love to hear your thoughts. If you like the podcast, hit subscribe for more :-) Our thanks to Paul Joyce for providing the excellent Joe Schmidt artwork. Check out our new blog too! https://overlaprugby.wordpress.com/ Follow us on Twitter @OverlapRugby