17-02-2023, 12:32 AM
To be fair, Johnny Sexton is probably the greatest Irish rugby player since Brian O’Driscoll, and he has no RTE connection - I don’t recall him having done any media work whatsoever (that might change once he retires, as expected, after the World Cup).
But yeah, the general point still stands - the show is heavily reliant on RTE personalities, and has been for years. While it’s trading on a combination of past glories and how good a host Tuburdy is (your mileage may vary on that point, and that’s okay) it’s still RTE’s flagship. It fails to fill its running time more often than not these days - it ended about 20 minutes short of schedule last week and that was the Valentines special where they really should have been able to fill that time.
But yeah, the general point still stands - the show is heavily reliant on RTE personalities, and has been for years. While it’s trading on a combination of past glories and how good a host Tuburdy is (your mileage may vary on that point, and that’s okay) it’s still RTE’s flagship. It fails to fill its running time more often than not these days - it ended about 20 minutes short of schedule last week and that was the Valentines special where they really should have been able to fill that time.