Ronan O’Gara’s praise for Chris Farrell will get each and every Munster fan excited

The Ulster native should be an exciting addition to a revived Munster team.

The future of Munster and Leinster and how players perceive the media is covered by the lads and Ronan O'Gara comments on three Munster signings that should spark their backline. A brand new episode of The Hard Yards has landed with O'Gara, Kev McLaughlin, SportsJOE's Pat McCarry joining host Andy McGeady this week. https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/857487596309671936 While many have lauded Leinster for their signings of Scott Fardy and James Lowe, O'Gara [from 20:00 below] offers a glowing take on three Munster recruits for 2017/18 - Chris Farrell, James Hart and old/new boy JJ Hanrahan. https://soundcloud.com/thehardyardssportsjoe/episode-13-the-future-for-munster-and-leinster-dealing-with-the-media-and-mike-ross-stories On Farrell, the Racing 92 coach says:

"I think we'll see him in the red and green jersey next season. "At six-foot-five and with his variety of skills, he has something to offer at national level that we haven't seen. The guy is the same size as Joe Rokocoko or Donnacha Ryan and he's playing in the centre. "His passing game, left to right and right to left, is really good. He's working with an under the radar coach in Mike Prendergast down at Grenoble and he has been mentoring him for two years. He has been drilling skills into Chris; he's not just a gym monkey."

We also hear from Ulster and Ireland winger Andrew Trimble about what it's really like dealing with the media. 1:00 - The Mike Ross appreciation society 3:20 - The task of replacing John Hayes 4:35 - Kev on the impact Mike Ross had on his career 7:07 - What Munster learned from that defeat to Saracens 10:51 - Did Munster have a Plan B? 13:20 - What will Leinster take away from their defeat to Clermont? 15:25 - ROG on the Munster players who drove them on after the Northampton game in 2000 16:40 - Kev's brilliant insight into a broken Leinster dressing room in 2008 20:00 - Ronan's view on Munster's new signings Chris Farrell, James Hart and JJ Hanrahan 24:15 - Kev on Leinster and Munster taking it to the next level and challenging Saracens 26:28 - Andrew Trimble's refreshingly honest words about how players deal with the media 29:00 - Kev on how the players are prepped for an interview 32:30 - ROG on his dealings with the media 34:50 - ROG on how the media portrayed him during his playing days 38:40 - The boys speak about how obsessed they were with player ratings 42:50 - Do the guys accept that the media and the teams need each other? 48:55 - Hayley O'Connor from Ladbrokes on this week's Pro12 action