William Wallace gets the Irish onside

Season 9, Ep 26: In the early years of the colony, Irish politics were very much Australian politics. Ned Kelly wrote the Jerilderie Letter, Catholics and Protestants brawled into the Bradman era. Now comes a modern intervention. CA chair Earl Eddings plays William Wallace in this version, calling in the Irish as reinforcements. Are they coming? Also this week, all the happenings in the Shield, in India, and the results that we recently pleaded for in the WNCL. Your Nerd Pledge numbers: 5.54 – Jono Baruch 4.16 – Sebastian Goldsmith 2.02 – Harrison Payne Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Get a discount Wisden Cricket Monthly subscription at bit.ly/wcmtfw Check out CBUS Super at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices