Maro Itoje
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Nov 3, 2026
Katie LloydHOST
This is Leadership.
Katie LloydHOST
This is Maro Itoje.
Katie LloydHOST
Welcome to This is Leadership, a global conversation for those who want to shape the future.
Katie LloydHOST
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Cian TraceyGUEST
It might be named by the time some people listen to this, but I don't think there was ever any fear that he wasn't gonna be in the Ireland squad.
Cian TraceyGUEST
But I just thought delivering that kind of performance against that kind of opposition, up against someone like Maro Itoje in the back row, was unbelievably timely, I think, from him.
Cian TraceyGUEST
Just to remind Andy Farrell and all the Ireland coaches what a good player he is on his day.
Cian TraceyGUEST
I think Seamus Hurley-Langton is a guy who, I know he got that yellow card, uh, but I think he's a guy who will come onto Ireland's radar as well when he becomes Irish qualified.
Rob MurphyHOST
Frawley dancing back against the grain.
Rob MurphyHOST
Beautiful work at the end by Itoje, I think it was-
Joe HealyHOST
Yeah, he got a-
Rob MurphyHOST
... that got the hand in.
Joe HealyHOST
Dispossessed him.
Joe HealyHOST
Clever defending.
Joe HealyHOST
Clever defending by the, the several times, uh, several times Lions capped, uh, and English captain, Maro Itoje.
Joe HealyHOST
V- very, very, uh, very strong player, very clever player.
Donal LenihanGUEST
The one thing we know about Saracens, uh, they have really developed a new side.
Donal LenihanGUEST
Maro Itoje has been off the summer tour.
Donal LenihanGUEST
They're really powerful up front.
Donal LenihanGUEST
Um, so I fear that that strength may cast against Connacht.
Murray KinsellaHOST
Mack Hansen is gonna sit this one out, but it's a pretty strong, very strong Connacht team again.
Murray KinsellaHOST
Like, they're going all out for this against the Saracens side that includes Maro Itoje and Jamie George and Ben Earl and Nick To- Nick Tompkins and Eoin Farrell at 10 and Elliot Daly.
Murray KinsellaHOST
So very familiar looking Sarries team.
Murray KinsellaHOST
Do you think, Ciaran, that Connacht can sort out the scrum and sort out the maul and really give this a, a proper crack to celebrate their return to Champions Cup rugby?
WillHOST
Obviously we saw Olumide Odeyele come in for, for a first start along with George Martin, which I think provides a super powerful and aggressive second row pair, which is, which is awesome to see.
WillHOST
Maro Itoje then shifted to six, which was interesting, not seen him do that for a little while.
WillHOST
As James alluded to on, on last week's podcast, we actually saw Ben Earl come in and start at eight this week, assuming that Alfie Barbary had some sort of injuries, he was not in the side at all.
WillHOST
Obviously Jack Bracken had an excellent performance on the wing.
Jake HumphreyHOST
It's such a difficult sort of balancing act f- to, to get right, I think.
Damian HughesHOST
Well, to me, like, a, a real seminal moment, Jake, was when Maro Itoje sat down with us, when he was the first guest that called us out, didn't he? When we started with the question, "What is high performance to you?" And he said, "Can I just ask for a definition? Are you asking for high performance, or are you asking for world-class performance?"
Jake HumphreyHOST
Mm.
Damian HughesHOST
"'Cause world-class is a set of objective measures that you're striving to get to.
Dan ColeHOST
But again, every year you kind of think this might be Saracens' year because you look at Farrell's aging, Jamie George's aging.
Dan ColeHOST
Like, even Maro's not the young man he once was.
Dan ColeHOST
You know, they've got a lot of sort of veterans, Elliot Daly.
Dan ColeHOST
So you're not ever writing them off, but you sort of- They have that ability and the potential to have a performance, have a good performance.
Anthony WatsonGUEST
We're Saracens, we do what we want.
Anthony WatsonGUEST
Do you know what I mean? I think that that might get the team going a little bit.
Ben YoungsHOST
And we talked about that last week, didn't we? With our chat with Maro Itoje, which of course is out and available, so you can check that out.
Dan ColeHOST
A final dark horse we'll mention, um, 'cause I'll get told off otherwise by our old captain, Julio Montoya, is Pau.
DaveHOST
Some big hits, yeah
RoryHOST
... uh, you know, parceling players, you know, George Martin, Maro Itoje, you know, all Castleford's, uh, the, the lad, uh, again, another one of our tips at the start of the season to, to kick on, Halliwell, sending, uh, [laughs] Thomas Williams into row Z as he carried into it, you know?
DaveHOST
Yeah, that was lovely.
DaveHOST
That was nice.
DaveHOST
Mm
RoryHOST
... you know, for his size.
RoryHOST
And, you know, in, in terms of mentors, he's got Maro Itoje and George Martin right there to learn off.
DaveHOST
Yeah.
Brett McKayGUEST
Now he, he made his test debut last year, and at the time he was brought in, it was like, "Oh, gee, are we, are we really sure about Jeremy Williams international?" And within, oh, you know, within a few games it was very clear that he was, um, he was well-credentialed and well-performed at this level.
Brett McKayGUEST
And he, um, with every outing, and it doesn't matter whether he's jumping against, um, you know, E- Even Etzebeth or Maro Itoje or, uh, you know, Scott Parry as it was on the weekend, he is, he has unraveled some very good lineouts in international rugby, uh, on his, on his own right.
Brett McKayGUEST
And, and Josh Cannon didn't play in this game, but, but he's, he's very much coming along the same way.
Brett McKayGUEST
And, um, you know, even, you know, someone like Josh Cannon has, has made us sort of ...
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