Gerry Thornley

They reviewed it with the TMO and couldn't see any conclusive footage, so they left it up to the sighting commissioner.

When myself and Gordon had our chat that you're just about to hear, the latest update was reported by Gerry Thornley on Sunday in the irishtimes.com that the Siting Commissioner was expected to start a disciplinary process and that process has now gotten underway.

After we had our conversation, myself and Gordon, the URC announced that Tadhg Furlong has been cited for this incident in relation to the complaint made by Coombs Furlong has been cited under law 9.27 which states that a player must not do anything that is against the spirit of good sportsmanship including but not limited to grabbing, twisting or squeezing the genitals.

At the time of recording any hearing or its results in terms of whether Furlong has accepted the charge or not or whether indeed it has been upheld.

Let's pivot to rugby then.

And on Wednesday night rugby, in fact, on Monday night rugby, we had Liam Toland and Gerry Thornley with us after a pretty good weekend for the Irish Provinces in the Champions Cup last weekend.

And Liam Toland and Gerry Thornley were considering whether the venue, which was Corks Park Equi for the Munster game, was suitable for such an event.

I don't want to strike a negative note on it, but I suppose one disappointing aspect of it was that the atmosphere was quite muted during the game.

I've been there twice now and I'm not sure it works as a rugby venue unless it's absolutely guaranteed to be full.

Bryn Ward is also out with a knee issue, picked up in Ulster's 33-all draw with Glasgow Warriors a few weeks ago in the URC, while Jack Conan came off after scoring a try against Claremont at the weekend in the Investec Champions Cup.

The number eight suffered a shoulder injury and speaking on Monday Night Rugby, Gerry Thornley feels he could be unavailable for some time.

Reading Leo Cullen's comments after the game, you would anticipate sadly that Jack Cullen is going to miss the entirety of the November window and maybe even be a doubt for the Six Nations, I don't know.

But it looked serious enough and we'll get word no doubt during the week.

Yeah, good, good for them and they were amazing and really we value their support and they were amazing in terms of what they brought for the team.

While Gerry Thornley and Liam Toland joined Owen Shahan for Monday Night Rugby, Gerry was impressed with how Connacht embraced the chaos on Saturday.

It's extraordinary how fearless they were and the ambition they played with, as Liam talked about.

That three-try flurry, it came largely from just pure ambition and doing things that a lot of other teams wouldn't have done, like running continuously from their own half.

Good stuff.

And Gerry Thornley in studio with us.

Gerry, how's the form?

Good, thank you.

So let's bring it back to Monday Night Rugby.

Gerry Thornley in studio with Michael McCarthy, and, uh, our annual state of the nation when it comes to this Champions Cup format.

Are you encouraged by what you see from Leinster so far? 'Cause I know, I, I know the defeats weren't looked at as a disaster in South Africa, given the standard of player they brought over and the level of performances in both games.

And what they were facing as well.

Um, that's, that ain't the case anymore.

It's just a lot of jostling for position, and it's diluted the, the pool stages hugely.

Gerry Thornley there on Monday Night Rugby, breaking down how they've made a bit of a mess of the format in recent years.

I guess we have this conversation every year, Arthur-

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