Love/Hate's Nidge gives no-nonsense team talk to the Irish rugby team in Gift Grub

Fran, Paul O’Connell and Joe Schmidt also feature in this morning’s skit.

MANY WILL ARGUE that there are two main reasons to look forward to this weekend — Ireland’s first November international against South Africa on Saturday and the season 5 finale of Love/Hate a day later.

In this morning’s Gift Grub, the brilliant Mario Rosenstock combines the two as gangsters Nidge and Fran enter the Irish dressing room to give Paul O’Connell and the lads a talking to ahead of their clash with the Springboks.

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