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Trying Times
by Jack Dolan
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Ep. 25 Six Nations 2025 Week 5 Recap
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...
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Ep. 24 Six Nations 2025 Week 4 Recap
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...
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Ep 23. Six Nations 2025 Week 3 Recap
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...
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Ep. 22 Six Nations 2025 Week 2 Recap
Ep. 22 Six Nations 2025 Week 2 Recap. THIS IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. The Six Nations is in full swing as we have our first upset as England downed France in the last minute, Scotland and Ireland served up business as usual as Scotland fail to land a punch, and Italy marked a passing of the guard...
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Ep. 21 Six Nations 2025 Week 1 Recap
It's the most wonderful time of the year! The Six Nations is back and we are all in on the action. Join Jack Dolan and Nghia Mai as they talk to friends and colleagues about all things Rugby. This week, regular guest and charm personified Neil Green(@neilgreencomedy) joins the hosts to discuss…
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Ep. 20 Olympic 7s: An Introduction and Overview with Guest Conor Fennell
Ep. 20 Olympic 7s: An Introduction and Overview. Friends, once every 4 years we are greeted to loads of random ass sports every hour of the day for a glorious few weeks. In 2016, Rugby joined the party. But not Rugby like you remember it, sleek, fast, shorter rugby. 7s is all the bullshit of…
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Ep. 19 South Africa vs Ireland: Tie-Game, Tied Series.
Ep. 19 Ep. 19 South Africa vs Ireland: Tie-game Well, it ends in a draw. Ireland land a killer blow right at the death and we leave it honours even as Jack's blood pressure probably couldn't hack a third test. We talk to resident South African Neil Green and breakdown the second test in Durban.…
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Ep. 18 South Africa vs Ireland 2: Electric Boogaloo
Ep. 18 South Africa vs Ireland 2: Electric Boogaloo. It's advantage South Africa. All that talk from Rassie was backed up by a big performance who shot out of the blocks to score early and strike a blow at Ireland's (not really a thing but people try to sell papers and get clicks say it's a thing...
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Ep. 17 Ireland vs South Africa Preview with Neil Green
We are back for Season 2! Join Jack and Nghia as they continue to make their way through these Trying Times. In today's episode we are joined by one of our favourite guests, Mr. Neil Green, as we talk Ireland vs South Africa and the fastest rising rivalry in international rugby. It's the World...
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Ep. 16 Malinda Perera
Ep.16 Malinda Perera. Join us today as Malinda Perera talks to us about his life in Rugby. Malinda is a Sri-Lankan stand-up comic based in Dublin who has performed all across Europe. He released his debut show " Not a Drug Dealer" in 2020 before releasing it in 2023 online at malindaperera.com ,...
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Ep. 15 Sinead Walsh
In this Episode of Trying Times we interview the Super Sinead Walsh. Sinead is a comedian and podcaster who has been performing across Ireland, the UK and Canada and probably more! We talk to Sinead about their love of sport, their most recent gig supporting Ashley Gavin at Liberty Hall and how a...
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Ep 14. Allie O'Rourke
Episode 14. Allie O'Rourke In this episode we interview Allie O'Rourke, a stand-up/writer/hysteria comedy club founder/class giver/many more hyphener. We talk to Allie about her life in rugby from bad pitches out west, to running into Munster Rugby greats and ask the question how serious are...
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Ep. 13 Trying Times Six Nations Awards Part 2: Team of the Tournament
Welcome to Part 2 of the Trying Times Six Nations Awards as we pick our Team of the Tournament. Don't like our choices? Head to instagram to tell us who should be there instead. We will post a final team of the tournament soon after we see your opinions. Thank you to Eoin Brosnahan for the theme...
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Ep 12. The Trying Times Six Nations Awards Part 1
In this bumper Six Nations Review, we hand out our Trying Times Awards. PART 1! Yes, the Oscars may be over but there is a new award show in town! So grab your tuxes and your frocks and lets get talking hypothetical rugby awards for hours at a time. We crown the Best Game, Worst Game, Happiest...
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Ep 11. Six Nations Week 4: Italian Jubilation & Irish Heartbreak
Who needs a Grand Slam anyway? We're not bitter, winning a grandslam is so 2023. We're all in on Italy now anyway. FORZA! Join us as we talk Irish Heartbreak, Italian joy, English vindication, French flair and Scottish Suffering. Wales also played. In this episode we reviewed what went right and...
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Ep. 10 Six Nations Full Contact Review 2
In this Episode of Trying Times we review the second half of Netflix's Six Nations Full Contact series. We discuss the highs, the lows, the huhs, and everything in between this Netflix show. Thank you to Eoin Brosnahan for the theme music. Please like and share this pod with your...
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Ep. 9 Six Nations Week 3 Review
No seriously?! How does it fall? Join us as we review Week 3 of the Guinness Six Nations and make our predictions for Week 5. We talk heartbreak in Lyon, dull spoons in Edinburgh and irritation in Dublin before giving highly informed and educated takes that will not at all make us look like fools...
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Ep. 8 Neil Green
In this Episode of Trying Times we talk to the fantastic Neil Green in Sin É about all things rugby. Neil is a South African Stand up Comedian based in Dublin. He has gigged all over Ireland and South Africa and everywhere in between. We talk about the Springboks winning yet another World Cup,...
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Ep. 7 Six Nations Week 2 Review
Join us on Trying Times as we review Week 2 of the Guinness Six Nations Championship. In a week of controversies and general mediocrity Nghia and Jack apply their 'expert' analysis of the weekends Rugby as we mercifully survive the break week. Please like and share this pod with your...
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Ep. 6 Six Nations Week 1 Recap
In this Episode of Trying Times, Nghia and Jack review the first game week of the Six Nations. They give their takes on the weekends action, who performed well and who didn't and where the tournament goes from here. Please like and share this pod with your friends/lovers/enemies and…
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Ep. 5 Eoghan Collins
In this episode of Trying Times, Nghia and Jack interview Eoghan Collins an excellent musical comedian and actor making waves on the Irish Comedy scene. Eoghan had to sit with the two hosts and set the whole podcast up as they were too useless to figure out how an interface works. In the Episode,...
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Ep. 4 Six Nations Preview
On Episode 4 of Trying Times, the pod talks about the Six Nations 2024. Rugby's favourite competition is back and we sure are excited about it. We pick our winners, losers, overperformers and underperformers ahead of the start of the tournament. Be sure to listen and ridicule us when we get it…
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Ep. 3 Six Nations Full Contact Review Part 1
In the 3rd Episode of Trying Times, Nghia and Jack Discuss the recent documentary series launched by Netflix 'Six Nations: Full Contact'. In this Two-Parter, they review the first four episodes of the show talking about their favourite parts and whether they think it will be good or bad at…
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Ep. 2 Louis Rees-Zammit and Any Other Business
In this bonus episode, Nghia and Jack talk about the biggest news in Rugby in January 2024; the switch of Wales Star Child Louis Rees-Zammit from Rugby to American Football as he pursues a career in the NFL. The guys talk about whether they believe he can make it, how transferable the two sports...
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Ep. 1 Nghia Mai.
Trying Times is a rugby/comedy 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 pilot episode, the hosts talk...
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Trying Times Trailer
Coming out January 20th, Trying Times with Nghia Mai and Jack Dolan. Coming soon… two idiots (comedians) talk rugby to anyone who stay still long enough to listen. Introducing Trying Times with @nmaicomedy & @goodenoughgang Premiering this Monday 22nd of January join us as we start trying to make...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED 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...
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