Ronan O’Gara, Stephen Ferris, James Downey and Fionn Carr join SportsJOE’s Pat McCarry and guest host Joe Harrington on The Hard Yards.
1:00 – James and Fionn remember their Churchill Cup appearance in ’09
2:40 – The boys react to the three changes to the Lions starting XV
4:00 – ROG on the inclusion of both Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell
8:20 – James on what Owen Farrell brings to the number 12 jersey
10:40 – The thinking behind including Sam Warburton ahead of Peter O’Mahony
12:40 – Is it a better team with Warburton ahead of O’Mahony?
15:20 – Whose decision was it to pick Owen Farrell at 12 ahead of Ben Te’o?
18:25 – The sudden importance of Liam Williams to this Lions side
20:10 – ROG on the combination of players on the bench
23:30 – Why how Ireland beat New Zealand is no use to the Lions
29:00 – How big a bearing will French referee Jerome Garces have on the game?
35:00 – Stephen Ferris tells us about golfing and going on the beers in New Zealand
37:00 – The New Zealand team and the guys reaction to the two changes
39:20 – That Kieran Read pass
42:30 – Ferris on Warburton and Itoje being brought into the team
47:21 – Has the New Zealand media gone too far with the criticism of Warren Gatland?
49:31 – Marcus Horan’s theory on why the media are going in so hard on Gatland
50:45 – Predictions for All Blacks vs Lions II
54:26 – Hayley O’Connor from Ladbrokes with all the odds for the second test
