A massive Heineken Cup weekend, painkiller use and Lancaster's future

There's a mouth-watering round of Heineken Champions Cup action in store this weekend. The42's Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey were joined by Andy Dunne to get stuck into the week's main talking points.- Brian O'Driscoll opened up on Off The Ball about the use of painkillers in rugby; Andy, a physio, gives his thoughts on the topic (1'30)- The rejection of a Pacific Islands team in Super rugby (9'30)- the impact of David Nucifora on Irish rugby and the future of Stuart Lancaster (13'10) - We speak to Irish coach Mike Prendergast about his life in Paris, coaching at Stade Francais and Paul O'Connell's French lessons. (25'00)- We preview the big games as the Heineken Cup returns, get the panels' predictions, get your questions and more. (42'00)Subscribe to and rate the show and send and questions to heinekenrugbyweekly@the42.ie. Thanks for listening.

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