# Ep 3482: Ireland Hammer England, Gibson Park's 10, Rugby Makes No Sense - 23/02/26

An episode of [The Second Captains Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/647893016), 23 Feb 2026, 1 h 03 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/e/699c8d16dc0d51c3f1285767/media.mp3

Italy beat Scotland. Scotland destroy England. Ireland hammer England; the rugby punditry predictions flag is flying at half mast today. Shane Horgan, author and journalist Brendan Fanning and 3 time Six Nations winner with England, Mike Brown, join us to try and make sense of a competition that makes no sense. Ireland now score tries from deep, from transition, throw offloads, have pace on both wings, and have a scrum half who appears to have seen the exam papers before the exam. Plus there's Farrell's celebrations, Finn Russell's restart and England's total collapse of the heart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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