Devin Toner: The Leinster Legend

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week, the most capped Leinster Rugby player of all time Devin Toner, joined Jarlath for a rare and in-depth conversation about his life and career. Devin opens up about the Joe Schmidt era, how he manages the uncertainty of pro sports and his plans to avoid becoming a “rugby Dad”. There are some big laughs in this chat too with Jar quizzing Dev on the worst team building events he’s been forced to attend and whether he might consider fighting Jake Paul if the offer ever came in. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 500 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. The Irishman Abroad Liveline is now open. You can now get in touch with us and feature on our shows by sending your WhatsApp voice note to 0044 7543 122 330. Why not pose a running question to Irish Olympic Legend Sonia O'Sullivan or ask our America Correspondent Marion McKeone her thoughts on a current talking point Stateside? Of course, if you have an issue with traffic or elephants on the loose in your area, Jarlath can do his best to sort that out too. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	Devon Toner has been a cornerstone of Irish rugby for the guts of two decades, winning multiple European Cups Pro 14s and the hearts of the fans with his graft week in, week out.
0:16.0	As part of the national squad, he's won almost everything there is to win, including that unforgettable victory
0:21.3	over New Zealand in Chicago, which we talk about here. This year, though, Devin Toner made history
0:26.9	by making his 262nd appearance for Leinster the most of any player ever. Seems like there's
0:35.1	never been a better time to sit down with him to look back on it all.
0:38.3	If you'd like to hear the full conversation, including a further 40 minutes on Joe Schmidt,
0:44.8	his experience of online trolls, concussion and more. Just head over to patreon.com
0:51.4	4.Sash Irishman abroad and become a premium member for as little as a
0:55.4	fiver. You'll gain access to hundreds of rugby episodes including Jerry Flannery, Keith Wood,
1:01.9	Ronan O'Gara, Shane Horg and Peter Stringer, Dunaco, Callahan, and many, many more. My chosen charity
1:08.1	partner is, as always, jigsaw.aE, Irish Youth Mental Health Charity,
1:13.4	doing incredible work to help young people through this pandemic and beyond. That's Jigsaw.
1:18.3	dot IE, my chosen charity partner, who I'm also running 2,000 kilometres for. Yeah, I took this on
1:23.7	with Sonia Sullivan eight months ago to run 2,000 kilometres for Jigsodati. It's the Irishman
1:29.2	running abroad challenge. You can be part of it. Just listen to the Sanya Sullivan podcast every Tuesday
1:35.1	with me and I've been taking people from couch to beyond 5K. People have joined up who've never
1:41.9	run before like me, never ever run run I couldn't run a bath till
1:45.3	the start of this conversation with Sonia and here I am now well on my way to 2000 kilometers
1:51.1	support me on that journey on Idonate.i but if you're into running or even thinking about getting
1:57.8	back into it it's not a bad place to start with Sonia Sullivan on a Tuesday.
2:02.3	Of course, Marion McKeown put an episode in on Friday that really blew my mind.
2:08.3	The Enron episode that we've been working on for a long, long time, doesn't disappoint.
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