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Trying Times

Trying Times

By: Jack Dolan
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Trying Times is a rugby podcast where two comedians talk the sport they love that doesn't always love them back.


Nghia Mai and Jack Dolan talk all things rugby with people they barely know to see if people are as obsessed with the game as they are.


In this series they talk rugby to the fairweather fans, the obsessed and the utterly repulsed about their life in the sport.




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Episodes
  • Ep. 25 Six Nations 2025 Week 5 Recap
    Mar 27 2025

    And with that the 2025 Men's Six Nations Season comes to a close.

    Ep.25 France have won and where do we go from here? Who's happy? Who's Sad? Who's thrilled that Stand-up Comedian and 1/3 of the sketch comedy group the Cronie Bros Patrick Conlan is here to join us? WE ARE.

    Are Irish Fans overly pessimistic? Will Scottish Fans ever know joy? Are headbutts now legal? It's all here.

    You can follow Patrick Conlan @patrickconlan123

    Thank you to Eoin Brosnahan (@brostheman) for the theme music. Thank you to Becky Cheatle for the artwork (@becky.cheatle).

    Please like and share this pod with your friends/lovers/enemies and acquaintances. You can follow the pod on all social media @tryingtimesrugby and keep up to date with the hosts gigs and other activities by following @nmaicomedy and @goodenoughgang on Instagram/Bluesky/TikTok/Threads etc


    If you like this please review it. If you don't go away.





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    54 mins
  • Ep. 24 Six Nations 2025 Week 4 Recap
    Mar 13 2025

    Well there goes that dream...

    Ep 24 and Week 4 of the 2025 Six Nations was where France establish themselves as one of the most frightening teams on the planet.

    Lose your captain and best player- no worries, lose a centre and have to play a flanker in the middle of the park- too easy, go to your biggest rivals for the tournament who beat you last season- completed it mate.

    My god France were good. Like Soo soo good.

    Joining us this week to talk about how good France were is the equally good Sinead Walsh (@sineadwalshcomedy). Sinead is a phenomenal standup, host of the "Queer as Fluich" podcast, and all round delight. You can catch Sinead's Work In Progress "Bye Bye Baby" in Sin é in Dublin at the Hysteria Comedy Club on the 19th of March.


    There were also two other games on but who cares?



    Thank you to Eoin Brosnahan (@brostheman) for the theme music. Thank you to Becky Cheatle for the artwork (@becky.cheatle).

    Please like and share this pod with your friends/lovers/enemies and acquaintances. You can follow the pod on all social media @tryingtimesrugby and keep up to date with the hosts gigs and other activities by following @nmaicomedy and @goodenoughgang on Instagram/Twitter/TikTok/Threads etc


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr
  • Ep 23. Six Nations 2025 Week 3 Recap
    Feb 28 2025

    Ep 23. Six Nations 2025 Week 3 recap.

    So Wales can still play...Who knew? Join us for another Six Nations 2025 recaps as we review week 3 with the fantastic Allie O'Rourke. We talk Wales resurgence, Scottish frailties, Italian pain and French ruthlessness as well as what kind of world Gatland leaves behind. Are Ireland building depth? Are they too cocky? Are we the baddies? We talk about it all.

    Allie is about to bring her show " Girl Dick Energy" tour so be sure to follow her at @allie.orourke to get more details of these dates.


    Thank you to Eoin Brosnahan (@brostheman) for the theme music. Thank you to Becky Cheatle for the artwork (@becky.cheatle).

    Please like and share this pod with your friends/lovers/enemies and acquaintances. You can follow the pod on all social media @tryingtimesrugby and keep up to date with the hosts gigs and other activities by following @nmaicomedy and @goodenoughgang on Instagram/Bluesky/TikTok/Threads etc


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 hr and 5 mins

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