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Podcast: LaoisToday
Episode: Rugby World Cup Podcast: Anthems, history and Trevor Brennan's old pal over Tonga!
Description: The 2023 Rugby World Cup is up and running in France, and what an opening weekend it was.
Mark Comerford is joined by Alan Hartnett and Steven Miller look back at all the action from Round 1, including the controversy surrounding the national anthems.
Having won well in their opening game, we look ahead to Ireland's Round 2 fixture with Tonga.
There is also an impromptu Romanian history lesson, a fantasy rugby mystery and a brief profile of Tonga's manager Toutei Kefu and his battle with Trevor Brennan way back in 1999.