Podcast 3.31 : “Opposition view : Italy & Benetton” featuring @RugbyItalian

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This week with Ireland set to play Italy on Sunday and Leinster bound for Treviso the following weekend, I invited the author of The Italian Rugby Blog back onto the pod to give us a sense on how their squads are looking and also how despite all the simplistic negativity in the media these days about Italian rugby, there are actually a lot of signs that things are set to improve.

Twitter account for this week’s guest:

Tom Golden > https://twitter.com/RugbyItalian

Check out his site > https://theitalianrugbyblog.blogspot.com/

Tom’s first appearance on the pod > http://www.harpinonrugby.net/2021/05/podcast-s02e45-italian-rugby-new.html

Podcast 3.07 : "Preseason Pod Series #5" - URC Nations squads 21/22 feat. @Cardiffrugbyweb (WAL) @scrum5ive (RSA) @theburghwatch (SCO) & @RugbyItalian (ITA)

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In the fifth of our preseason series of pods, I spoke to a fan from each of the non-Irish URC nations about the various clubs and players we should be looking out for.

Follow Dan Pearce on Twitter > https://twitter.com/CardiffRugbyWeb

And his Cardiff website here > https://cardiffbluesblog.com/

Follow Andy Daniel here > https://twitter.com/scrum5ive

And his website here > https://www.scrum5rugby.com/

The Evan Roos try he mentions can be seen here > https://youtu.be/_l_nwhREALo

Follow Sandy Smith here > https://twitter.com/theburghwatch

Follow Tom Golden here > https://twitter.com/RugbyItalian

Tom's post on the Italian franchises > https://theitalianrugbyblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-new-season-part-1-franchises.html

Podcast S02E45 : “Italian Rugby - New President, New Era introducing Tom Golden from The Italian Rugby Blog (@RugbyItalian)”

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With so much talk about the addition of South African teams to the Pro14 I thought it wouldn’t hurt to check in on Italian rugby to see how they are set for all the changes to come and I found a great English language resource online in The Italian Rugby Blog, penned by Tom Golden who joined me on the pod to chat about the new President of the FIR as well as all the challenges he has ahead of him.

The article “New President, New Era” on The Italian Rugby Blog > https://theitalianrugbyblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/new-president-new-era.html

Follow The Italian Rugby Blog on Twitter > https://twitter.com/RugbyItalian