Master Of None

We recap Munsters amazing win against the Stormers and reflect on their run to finish the season.

We also discuss the Irish squad that was announced yesterday.

Plus a huge recap of Connacht's Season and what we loved and hated.

The European season has come to an end and we have two champions to celebrate.

We also break down the Leinster loss and discuss what could have went differently.

What a season its been but unfortunately its over.

We recap the action from both semis and look at the appointment of Mark Sexton.

We are down to the final 4 in the URC and Connacht are still alive.

We recap all the action from the 4 quarter finals.

We recap all 4 matches remaining in Europe.

We also discuss the Womens 6 Nations before looking ahead to Connachts game away to Ulster.

ITS PLAYOFFS BABY!!!

We recap all the action from round 18 and preview the quarter finals.

A clean sweep for the Irish provinces with only one round to go.

Connacht guarantee a playoff spot with a win over Cardiff.

Munster have an exceptional win in SA.

Leinster continue to impress with the kids.

Ulster primed for a deep run in the playoffs.

Plus the signings Connacht have made.

Overall a disappointing weekend for Irish rugby as 3 of the 4 provinces have been eliminated.

We talk about all the games and give our honest reactions to some disappointing performances.

Connacht are on the up and currently sit 6th in the league.

We recap a big win against Edinburgh.

We chat about a bad day for Munster and their tough end to the season.

We chat about Leinsters incredible attitude.

We also touch on ulster's redemption, the women's 6 nations and Connacht signing Santiago!!!

What a weekend for Irish rugby and we recap it all.

We discuss just how good this team is and also what are the potential downfalls?

We also recap the Fanzo league which had a surprising winner.

We were lucky enough to be joined by Connacht legend Kieran Marmion to discuss his career so far and his exciting upcoming move to Bristol. 

Round 4 is in the books. 

Ireland impress once again. England get humbled by France and Wales avoid the Wooden Spoon. 

Its an away win for Connacht and keeps the dream of 7th place alive.

We also discuss Alex Woottons retirement announcement. 

We touch on the other provinces before ranting about Facebook. 

Ireland win a tad ugly but its another step in the right direction.

We recap all the 6 Nations action and then look at some big Connacht news with a Head Coach announcement and player renewals. 

Its a win for Connacht but I ask the question, are Connacht mentally weak?

Plus we chat about the inclusion of Scott Penney in the Irish squad and the message it sends. 

Ireland continue their incredible run by beating France in Dublin.

Scotland prove they are here by dismantling Wales.

England quietly going about their business.

Plus we preview the URC returning. 

Ireland start amazing and Wales look poor.

Scotland are here...but for how long?

England playing the long game.

Italy are soooo dangerous and France get a kick up the ass. 

Four wins from four from the Irish provinces and we recap all the action.

Plus we preview the opening round of the 6 Nations and pick our Irish team. 

Connacht miss a big chance to have a deep run in the Challenge Cup.

Ulster get a gutsy win, Munster looking dangerous and surely Leinster are winning it all?

Plus 6 Nations chat and Fanzo are back!

Huge weekend for Connacht as they destroy Brive and John Porch signs on til 2025. 

Munster battle to a big win and Leinster continue to cruise.

Ulster nearly win the weirdest game ever but yet heartbreak again. 

Big weekend of rugby to chat about with 3 of the provinces getting wins.

Connacht get the full 5 points but a second half that was far from impressive.

Munster hammer the Lions and keep looking better.

Leinster dig deep against the Ospreys.

Ulster lose again and seem to be spiralling out of control.

We have plenty of URC InterPro action to recap.

We chat about Jack Carty.

We chat about Ulster and their issues plus much more. 

It is nearly Christmas but that doesn't mean the Podcasts have stropped and neither has the rugby.

Connacht win away in France but a second half to forget.

Leinster were ruthless.

Munster continue their form and Ulster show some fight. 

Connacht get a win to kick off the challenge cup but some Connacht fans are never happy

What the hell has happened to Ulster?

Leinster are boring!!

Munster keep showing improvements

Connacht get a bonus point win and two of the crew are severely hungover because of it.

We ask about the elephant in the room when it comes to Ulster rugby and a huge win for Munster on the road. 

Munster defeat Connacht in a scrappy affair. 

leinster and Ulster continue to impress.

Are Wales and England in big touble?

Irelands last game of 2022 is in the books. We recap the action and chat about Jack Crowley.

We discuss whats going on with Wales.

We chat about the report that Eddie Jones will take over USA for the 8 years leading up to their world cup.

Plus more. 

I am delighted to be joined by Brian Moylett, host of the off-field rugby podcast to chat about the mental side of rugby and what it takes to be a professional. 

Sad news today as Andy Friend announced he will be leaving at the end of the season. We chat about his impact on Connacht.

We also recap the headlines from another round of the Autumn Nations series.

Plus a wonderful women's rugby world cup final. 

We do love an International window.

Ireland beat the world champs in a thrilling encounter in Dublin.

We also react to the other results and we chat about the current central contracts. 

The opening 7 week slog of the URC came to an end with all provinces in action.

We also look ahead to the Autumn Internationals and give our Fanzo predictions. 

We have the second Connacht win of the season to talk about and it was a good one.

We also discuss the strange Leinster Munster game and see what both sides take from it.

We also recap the Autumn Internationals panel and we have an exciting partnership to announce. 

Leinster beat Connacht in a very strange game.

Munster impress against the Bulls.

Ulster going with the "whatever you score, we will score more approach"

The sad news from the premiership. 

Connacht finally get some points on the board after defeating arch rival Munster on their brand new pitch.

Leinster beat Sharks in a game of the season contender already.

Ulster continue cruising and we chat about their big new signings. 

Round 3 is in the books and its unfortunately another loss for Connacht.  We recap the game and try to figure out what is going wrong.

We also discuss Ulster v Leinster and Munster getting back to winning ways. 

Hugh Foley has had an unbelievable season this year in the amateur ranks and made history.

He joins me to have a chat about and for me to pick his brain about golf.

Round 2 is in the books and its a miserable time to be a Connacht fan and a Munster fan.

We recap all the provinces and try and find the positivity among the misery. 

URC 2022/23 season kicked off this weekend with all provinces in action.

Leinster sneak out of Italy with a win, Munster looked sluggish in a defeat and Ulster destroy a lifeless Connacht in Belfast.

URC is back so I got some friends on to discuss each province and chat about the year ahead.

Thanks again to Peter Lockhart who discussed Ulster, Owen Harrison who discussed Munster, Jeff Pagano who discussed Leinster and then of course Sam who discussed Connacht. 

New season is here and we are back with a big one. Mack Hansen joins us for a chat. His incredible journey so far. His 6 Nations and NZ tour experience.

The upcoming season and His love of Will Ferrell.

Ronan Mullarney joins me again to chat about qualifying and playing at The Open at St. Andrews.

What an on incredible achievement that is. We also chat about Ronan spending 3 days with Bryson and what he learned from him. 

Another historic win in new Zealand and this irish team continues to go from strength to strength.

how far can this team go and just how good was this performance?

We witnessed history on Saturday morning as Ireland beat the All Blacks for the first time in New Zealand. 

We recap a great performance and some individual performances.

We also look at the other games in action this week. 

The first test of the NZ tour is in the books and its a heavy defeat for Ireland.

Where did it go wrong? How bad was the performance? What do Ireland do next? 

The NZ tour is underway with an underwhelming performance but lets not panic.

We recap the game and look ahead to the first test. 

We have an Irish Squad to react to!! 

Plus a recap on the two UTC semi finals.

We recap the 4 Quarter Finals from the URC with 3 pretty entertaining games and one hammering.

We also take questions regarding Connacht and discuss Jack Carty's injury and his Irish future. 

La Rochelle defeated Leinster in the final of the Champions Cup on Saturday in a very entertaining game.

We discuss the La Rochelle game plan that defeated Leinster and why Leinster have not solved this puzzle.

We also preview each of the URC Quarter finals this weekend. 

NBA Finals are nearly here and Killian and I recap the conference finals so far. We also discuss the Phoenix Suns and what they should do this off season. We check in on the all NBA teams and discuss any shocks. 

Final week before the play offs start in the URC and we have plenty to discuss.

Ulster get a great win and we discuss their expectations going into the Quarter finals. 

Leinster beat Munster again and we chat about what the problem for Munster is.

We finish with Connacht and a nervy win against Zebre. We also answer some listener questions about the Season.

Leinster were at their ruthless best this weekend and have booked a final against La Rochelle in two weeks.

We recap both games and also chat about the huge contract news coming out of Connacht that both Mack Hansen and Cian Prendergast penned long term deals

An epic weekend of Champions Cup rugby happened and we need to talk about it.

Munster lose in heart-breaking fashion and Leinster easily dismiss Leicester. 

Plenty to cover today with the announcement of Matt Healy's retirement. 

Sharks beat Connacht, Ulster hang on and Munster continue to impress.

Plus a huge weekend for women's sports in Ireland.

NBA Playoffs are underway and my oh my is there plenty to talk about.

We recap all the series so far and the major talking points.

Connacht get a big win in SA, Munster were very impressive to beat Ulster and a young Leinster run the Bulls very close.

We also touch on the Irish women's tough day against England and the problem between 7s and 15s. 

Connacht's champions cup run has come to an end. We recap the loss to Leinster and also discuss Ulster's heart-breaking loss to Toulouse and Munster marching past Exeter. 

We recap all the action from an amazing weekend of Champions Cup.

We also recap the Women's Irish teams first win. 

Myself and the boys recap last weeks win for Connacht and then do a bumper preview of this weekends Champions cup action.

We select our Connacht team to face Leinster, ask if Ulster are ready to join the elite and if Munster can get out of their own way. 

Its ok Connacht fans, this is a safe space.

We also cover Munster's win against Benetton and Ulster getting robbed by a late incorrect decision.

We also chat about the Irish women's team and their opening loss to Wales.

A big weekend of 6 Nations rugby and we discuss it all.

We also have another guest that has been attacked by an animal, this time Sam is in the wars.

Plus we announce the Fantasy 6 Nations winner.

Ireland get the away win to the arch rival and boy was it dramatic.

We recap all the action from the 6 Nations plus the 3 provinces in action in the URC.

We also discuss Connacht's new signings and whether or not the club are targeting the right areas. 

Less said the better really. New Batman is supposed to be good at least. 

Connacht win again!! 

We recap a gutsy performance from Connacht against a physical Stormers team.

We also recap Leinster's win and Rhys Ruddock's phenomenal career and 200 caps.

Then we chat about Irelands strange win and performance against Italy. A game remembered for a law rather than anything else.

We have a Connacht win to chat about for the first time in a few weeks so happy days!!

We recap the game and some huge performances plus some less impressive officiating.

We also touch on the other 3 provinces games.

Connacht and Ireland prop Finlay Bealham joins us to chat about:

- Six Nations

- Moving to Ireland when he was 19.

- Connacht's season so far

- His love for wrestling.

- His massive dog Bane.

Myself and the boys recap another disappointing loss for Connacht against Ulster on Friday.

We then chat about Mack Hansen's incredible debut for Ireland against Wales on Saturday plus all the action from round 1 of the Six Nations.

PUT SOME RESPECT ON JACK CARTYS NAME!!!!

I may go on a Jack rant but we also preview the visit of Wales to Dublin, we choose the likely starting line up and I get all the Welsh build up with Welsh writer Ben James.

On what we hoped would be a fantastic day for Connacht fans with Tiernan's 200th, Buckley being back and Forde's debut turned into a disappointing day in Galway. We recap the action and answer your questions. We also recap the other provinces games and a huge upset by Cardiff. 

On the surface another disappointing Connacht loss but given the circumstances was it as bad as it seemed?

We recap the action from Paris plus look ahead to the last 16 and some knockout rugby.

Its a heart-breaking loss yes, but lets look at the bigger picture.

We recap the game plus look at the other 3 provinces in action at the weekend.

We recap a gritty Munster win over a disappointing Ulster.

We also chat about why Ulster have not taken that next step and if Billy Burns is the 10 they need.

We chat about Van Graan and the Munster fiasco.

Plus a look ahead to Leicester's visit to Galway. 

Myself and the boys recap a great win for Connacht against Munster in the Sportsgrounds.

We chat about Connacht's mental strength.

We also chat about Munster and their situation currently.

We also answer your questions.

3 provinces in action this weekend.

Connacht come away from Welford Rd with a well deserved point but could it have been more?

Munster beat Castres but what was Castres game plan?

Ulster beat Northampton but are Ulster missing that killer edge?

This one is pretty much dedicated to Steph Curry.

Appreciate him while he is still playing. 

A successful weekend for each of the provinces. Connacht start their campaign with a fantastic win against Stade. We also look ahead to the trip to Leicester this weekend. 

A promising start against Leinster but a disappointing loss at the end.

Ulster look sluggish against Ospreys.

A look ahead to the European champions cup. 

The day has finally come.

We are delighted to be joined by the big man himself, Big Papa.

Really fun to record this, well worth a listen purely for Abraham, an absolute gent. 

In Episode 4 I cover the Zion issues and I am joined by my cousin Killian to chat Russ, the Lakers, LeBron and up and coming East teams. 

Ireland finish off a very successful Autumn with a beat down of Argentina.

We recap all the action from the game and ask ourselves are we getting ahead of ourselves again?

We also look ahead to the return of the URC as Connacht host the Ospreys.

Lastly we chat about the fantastic news that Jack Carty signed an extension with Connacht. 

What a victory in Dublin. We recap all the action and discuss what this means for Ireland going forward.

Episode 3 is here.

I recap the drama between the Jokic bros and the Morris twins.

I chat about Lukas game winner.

I then discuss the troubles the Celtics are having and how much fun the Warriors are to watch. 

A dominating win against Japan but what did we learn from it? 

We also look ahead to the big game this weekend and set realistic expectations.

International rugby is back.

We preview the Japan game.

We discuss the team selection and of course Mack Hansen making the squad. 

Episode 2 is here.

This week I cover the Lakers again, the disappointing Trail Blazers and Dame.

I also cover the Mavs and my boy LUKAAAAA plus i chat about the enjoyable Bulls. 

What a win in Dublin. We recap all the action from a memorable night.

We also discuss the Irish squad ahead of the November internationals. 

Starting a weekly NBA show with me myself and I.

I recap the opening night of basketball and chat through my favourite storylines throughout the NBA. 

Get involved and let me know what you think I should cover on the show. 

Plenty to chat about this week.

Connacht lose in heart breaking fashion in Thomond.

We recap the game, performances and some poor decisions by the ref. 

We also look ahead to the Ulster game this weekend. 

Week 3 is in the books and we recap a disappointing performance from Connacht.

Is it the same old Connacht or is there positives amongst the mistakes?

Much more positive this week as Connacht get their first win of the new campaign.

We cover all the talking points and give our opinion on a fantastic performance.

We also touch on the other 3 provinces games. 

I am delighted to be joined by mike Carroll.

Mike is a S&C in California and mainly focuses on Golf.

A must listen for all the golf nerds out there. 

The first game week of the new URC is complete.

Connacht got off to a disappointing loss and is it the same old problems from last year?

We also briefly touch on the remaining 3 provinces who all got off to winning starts. 

The season is finally here. Myself and the boys are back previewing the season ahead for Connacht. 

Will Connacht be a force at home again and is European qualification possible? Plus much more. 

Its Munster's turn for the URC preview and I am joined by a good friend in Owen Harrison.

What kind of year will it be for Munster? Are they in a transition stage? Will Van Graan last the season? Plus much more. 

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday morning ulster were heading into a new season and we were wondering if they had improved at all, now after signing Duane Vermeulen they look like a completely different beast. 

The URC is nearly here and I am doing a preview podcast for each province.

To kick it off we have Cian aka RugbyKino join us to chat about the powerhouse that is Leinster.

To kick of the new season I was joined by Tom Daly from Connacht to chat about his time off, his experience with the Irish set up, his views on the previous season and his thoughts on the upcoming season plus much more.

Myself and the boys chat about the 3rd test and a wasted chance by the Lions to take a rare win in SA.

We also chat about how amazing Finn Russell was and how blind Liam Williams was.

Myself and Westy are joined by Owen Harrison aka OverTheHillprop to preview the upcoming 3rd test on Saturday.

We chat about the 2nd test and how the Lions had a bad day, the Rassie circus and what needs to be done, team selection and BUNDEEEEEEE plus our predictions for Saturday.

The Lions win game 1 of their test series with South Africa. We recap the action and tell you where the Lions got the upper hand. We also discuss the Irish 7s team in the Olympics and the Neil Francis news.

I am joined by David from the Bogey Men to have a good auld chat about Golf.

We recap The British Open, how good can Morikawa be, The Bryson circus and much more.

The first test is only days away so me and the boys pick our Lions XV to face the Boks. 

Me and the boys discuss an incredibly positive Irish performance this weekend with some new faces.

We also chat about the Lions win against the Sharks and the upcoming South Africa "A" team. 

We recap the action from a busy weekend of Rugby.

Ireland got a win against Japan but what did Ireland learn from it?

The USA played a great game against England and we also recap an easy win for the Lions.

The Lions have played their first game against japan and it was a pretty decent start bar injuries.

We discuss all the talking points from an eventful weekend.

The NBA Playoffs are nearing the end but they are as entertaining as ever.

Myself and Jonny B recap KDs heroic performance against the Bucks, Clippers being 2-0 down again, the incredible hawks and the dead Sixers plus much more.

The first annual Nonesies!!!

The end of season award.

We also chat about the URC and the Summer Irish squad.

The NBA Playoffs are well and truly up and running.

Myself and Jonny B get stuck into the 4 series currently ongoing and discuss the talking points in each series.

What a difference a week makes.

Last week the Clippers looked in trouble and the Lakers looked to be cruising. That has all changed.

We also chat about how Dallas need to get Luka help and Dame's insane stat line last night.

Myself and the boys are back after a week off and unfortunately its not a result we were hoping to chat about.

What should have been a great day turned into an awful one.

We also chat about Connachts new signing and an unimpressive Munster.

NBA Playoffs are here and I am joined by Jonny to chat about LUKAAAAA and the sorry Clippers.

We also chat about the inconsistent Lakers plus much more.

Myself and the boys chat about a fantastic win for Connacht, plus we talk about the sad retirement of Stephen Fitzgerald.

We also talk about Leinsters win against Ulster and a poor few weeks for Ulster. 

This week we are joined by Owen Harrison aka OverTheHillProp. We chat both InterPros, Quinn Roux's departure and viewing figures of Super Rugby AU.

Myself and the lads recap two losses for the remaining Irish provinces in Europe and we alsi discuss Big Papa signing for one more year and the addition of Dewald Senekal to the Connacht coaching staff.

I am joined by Connacht Senior player Niall Murray and Connacht academy player Cathal Forde for a chat about all things Rugby.

We recap fantastic wins for both Connacht and Munster.

We also chat about how the Chiefs have gone from zero to hero in under a year.

Paul Boyle joins us for the 100th episode of the Podcast.

We talk early days at Gorey, to getting his break through with Andy Friend and to this season and the potential of this Connacht team.

Myself and the boys don't chat about Connacht this week amazingly enough.

We do chat about great wins for Ulster and Leinster plus a big signing which everyone is happy about......

We recap all the action from the Champions/Challenge cup and answer your questions about Connacht.

Myself and the lads recap an uneventful Pro14 final.

We then chat about the 2 Super Rugby Aotearoa games and finally we look ahead to Connacht's big game against leicester.

Formula 1 is back and Eoghain joins me to chat about pre-season testing and then we go through each team and discuss the good and the bad.

Finally an Irish performance that leaves us all happy.

That cant be said for Connacht and Sams beloved Hurricanes. Plus much more this weeks Rugby Recap.

Second time guest Paul Mullen joins to chat about life in Utah and how he and the team are prepared ahead of the opening round of the MLR.

Plenty of action to recap. 

I am joined by Owen Harrison AKA OverTheHillProp to have a good old chat about Rugby.

We cover several topics including Connacht V Munster, the upcoming Pro14 final, the European cup draws and of course the current state of Irish Rugby.

Myself and the lads recap all the action from the 2 InterPro games which happened at the weekend and plus the two Super Rugby Aotearoa games. 

I was lucky enough to be joined by Steve Surry who is an English Pro Golfer who plays mainly on the sunshine tour in South Africa.  

Steve was a joy to chat to and very knowledgeable on golf and the golfing world.

A bumper episode for you today.

We cover all the games across 3 competitions and give you our thoughts on all the talking points.

Myself and the lads recap the action from a great weekend for the Irish provinces.

We also look ahead to the Italy game and give our thoughts on what has become a very important game. 

Tonight I am joined by Jeff Neville from the Loose Head to chat all things Irish Rugby.

Myself and Jeff tend to have different views on the state of Irish Rugby and where it should go so its always nice to have a friendly debate.

Another entertaining weekend of 6 Nations rugby is over.

We recap a lacklustre performance by Englad over a promising Italian team.

The game of the tournament so far between Scotland and Wales.

We also do a deep dive on the Irish game and I explain why I am pretty optimistic for the first time in a long time.

After an entertaining opening round to this years 6 Nations, myself and the lads recap all the action from the 3 games. 

I am joined by the great PaddyPigskin to preview the upcoming Superbowl this Sunday between the Bucaneers and the Chiefs.

We talk about just how crazy it is that TB12 is back in another SuperBowl and who has the better weapons on offense and defense.

Plus much more. 

Connacht Head Coach Andy Friend joins myself and Westy for a good old chat.

We chat about his early days working with Eddie Jones, to being a head coach in Japan, going to the Olympics and finally getting to Connacht.

We also chatted about this season for Connacht and get his views on what has been and up and down year. 

Its that time of the year.

Myself and the lads preview the opening weekend of the 6 Nations championship.

The Irish squad for the first 2 games of the 6 Nations was released today.

We give our thoughts on the squad.

We also recap the Munster V Leinster game and the frustrating Connacht game.

Johhny B joins me again to recap 4 great games of American Football from the past weekend.

We discuss if Lamar is the real deal, if Brees is done, will Mahomes play and just how good Rodgers looks.

We also chat about the upcoming UFC fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.

Luke Carty joined us to chat about his upcoming move to Los Angeles to play for the MLR's newest team, the Giltinis.

We also chat about his time with Connacht and what he expects from his new life in Venice Beach.

Myself and Jonny Byrne chat some NBA hoops.

We cover a few topics but mainly the blockbuster trade which saw James Harden get traded to the Nets.

I am joined by Jonny Byrne to discuss the 6 games from last weekends Wildcard weekend.

We go through each game and chat about the headlines and why you should never chat shit about a team you are about to play.

I host a therapy session for the boys as we discuss the ending to the Connacht v Munster game.

We also discuss if Leinster are back in form. 

What an occasion for the rugby boys of Sam and Westy. Connacht only went and defeated Leinster at the weekend and played some beautiful stuff.

We react to the incredible performance on what was an amazing evening.

We also react to Ulster remaining unbeaten with a win over Munster. 

Last episode of the year.

We recap round 2 of the Champions Cup.

Connacht and Ulster with tough losses and two wins for the Juggernaut Munster and Leinster.

Galway golf pro Ronan Mullarney joins me to chat about his amateur career, playing on a team with Viktor Hovland and against Colin Morikawa and Mathhew Wolff, how he deals with a bad round and what the future holds. 

After a full weekend of rugby we review how each province got on.

Two spirited defeats for Ulster and Connacht.

Two good wins for Munster and Leinster.

We also touch on the World Cup draw which took place yesterday.

I am joined by Jimmy Duffy who is Connacht's forwards coach.

We chat about how he got into coaching.

That infamous 2016 season.

And a loom at this weekends massive game against Racing 92. 

The Autumn Nations Cup has drawn to an end and we finally saw a decent Irish performance.

We eventually saw a Fiji team play rugby and by god they did not disappoint.

An Italy team that continue to frustrate us.

And a young French team that scared England.

We have a special guest on tonight's podcast. We are joined by the great John Porch. John plays full back for he Connacht Senior Rugby team.

We chat about his career with Connacht so far including how he handles games being cancelled and also who has the weirdest pre game ritual.

We also touch on his career with the Australia 7s team and his time at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Finally we find out what his favourite take away in Galway is and if he will be Sam's Childs godfather.

A poor performance against Georgia but was it all negative?

Also we touch on the two other games this weekend and the most important topic of the weekend, just how handsome is Shane Daly?

Its NBA Free Agency and there are trades happening all over the league.

Jonny Byrne from the Atlantic Sports podcast joins me as we give our good trades, our bad trades and our darn right ugly trades.

Yet another disheartening loss to the English. What went wrong?

Me and the lads sit down and chat about the game in depth and give our opinions on what didn't work against an excellent English side.

We also touch on the two other fixtures between Scotland and France, and Wales and Georgia. 

With the team named we chat about the upcoming game between Ireland and England.

Is this team good enough to put it up to England?

We also chat about the controversy around project players such as Lowe and give our opinions on that. 

A comfortable win for Ireland on Friday but just how good was the performance?

We look into what we loved and what we didn't and we also review the other two games that happened at the weekend between Scotland and Italy and then England V Georgia.

We preview the opening weekend of the Autumn Nations cup.

We do a deep dive on the Irish team named to play Wales and what we liked and disliked.

We also touch on the 3 other games happening this weekend.

Paul Mullen grew up on Inis Mor. He then ended up representing USA at the Rugby World Cup in Japan in 2019. 

We chatted about his journey to get there and it is a fun one. Was great chatting to Paul, he is a gent and a joy to chat to.

We review the painful loss to France and also the two other fixtures from the final day of the 6 Nations.

We then dive deep into Irish Rugby and what we want to see change under Andy Farrell and what we want to see in the upcoming Autumn Nations League.

The final day of the 6 Nations is here and Ireland have the ball in their court.

Can they do enough to beat France and hold off England?

Also a preview of Wales vs Scotland and Italy vs England.

We finally had some Six Nations rugby back in our lives and Ireland get a big win against Italy.

We discuss what we liked and a few glaring issues with Saturdays performance.

We also chat about 3 massive wins for Connacht, Ulster and Leinster.

We discuss the upcoming 6 Nations game between Ireland and Italy.

We go through the starting 15 and bench and give our thoughts on what we like and what we didnt like.

We also touch on Exeter winning the Champions cup against Racing 92 and yet another cracking Bledisloe game.

Jarlath Regan who a lot of you know from the Irishman abroad podcast series joins me to talk about Basketball.

We both list our top 5 NBA players of all time and give our opinion on the Lebron vs Jordan debate.

The usual rugby crew discusses the Pro14 action from the weekend.

An impressive Ulster, sloppy Connacht, a spirited Munster and a still undefeated Leinster.

We also chat about the incredible New Zealand vs Australia game on Sunday.

Myself and Jonny Byrne recap a one sided game 6 between the Lakers and the Heat.

The Lakers were incredible last night and Lebron and AD were in fine form.

The Heat looked exhausted but what a season that was and they will be back.

The usual Rugby crew chat about the opening weekends action of the Pro14.

We go into each provinces games and give you our thoughts on what worked and what didnt.

-WIll anyone stop Leinster?

-A youthful but nervous Ulster game.

-Connacht looking really good in patches.

-And just what are Munster doing?

The Lakers are 3-1 up and only 1 game away from clinching another NBA title.

Myself and Jonny chat about Jimmy Butlers epic Game 3 performance and we also question the Heat coaching staff on why they didnt play Myers Leonard in game 4.

Myself and Jonny Byrne sit down and chat about game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Lakers and the Heat.

We chat about the disappointing injuries to Bam and Dragic.

The Lakers shooting the shit out of the ball.

Expecting more from Jimmy Butler in game 2.

And how the Laker refocus after the blowout.

The Villain that is Saracens are finally beaten and dead thanks to the magic of Finn Russell and Vakatawa.

Exeter beat down a Toulouse side in the battle of play styles.

We touch on the Cheetahs being snubbed for the Pro16.

And we congratulate Westy on making his Senior rugby debut.

Myself and the boys review the past weekends Quarter Finals and give our thoughts on why both Irish teams failed to perform.

We also predict the semi-finals and finally decide who our European Player of the Year is.

Myself and Jonny sit down and chat NBA Basketball.

We dissect the Clippers collapse and wonder where they will go from here?

An incredible Nuggets team that somehow happened to be 3-1 down twice.

A very competitive Heat vs Celtics series and just how impressed we are with both teams.

 Myself and the rugby crew dissect the pro14 final between Ulster and Leinster and tell you why we disagreed with Ulsters tactics.

We then look ahead to this weekends 4 exciting Champions cup quarter finals.

I sit down with Gary Sommerville AKA PaddyPigskin and chat about the upcoming NFL season.

Gary is a gent and very knowledgeable on the sport so was an absolute pleasure to chat football with him.

Topics covered include:

⦁ What or who can stop the Chiefs from repeating? 

⦁ Can Lemar and the Ravens get the 1 seed again? 

⦁ How good do we think Cam and the Patriots will be? 

⦁ How exciting will the bucs be? 

⦁ Will the 49ers have a superbowl hangover? 

And much more.

With the first round of the Playoffs completed and the second round well underway I chat with Jonny Byrne about what we have thought so far,

We also go deep on Giannas and what the bucks should do going forward.

We review the two Semi Finals at the weekend which included a frustrating night for Munster and an incredible come back win by Ulster.

We also discuss the incredible North vs South Island game on Saturday morning. Why cant this game be every month?

We look ahead to the final and we try to convince ourselves that Ulster have a good chance.

We break down the madness that was the Connacht v Munster game and discuss Frank Murphys performance. 

 We also preview the upcoming Semi-Finals this weekend and why I dont give Munster any chance.  

Finally we preview this weekends North vs South game in New Zealand. Both teams are stacked and some of the match ups are invredible.

David is the first Irish person to get a full scholarship to an American College for Football.

He chats about his move to Australia to train with ProKick and work towards getting a scholarship.

He also describes the nuances when it comes to Punting that most people would not understand.

I am joined by two very happy chaps as Connacht got a big win over Ulster at the weekend. I provide non biased comments on the game, i cant promise the same for Sam and Westy.

We also review a cracking game between Munster and Leinster and discuss a missed opportunity for the men in red.

Irish Rugby Returns!!!

We preview the long-awaited return of provincial rugby with a mouthwatering double bill of InterPro action at the Aviva this weekend. 

We touch on all topics here including:

- Carberrys injury,

- What form will Murray and Sexton be in?

- Will Madigan take the 10 jersey at Ulster

- And a first look at the starting Connacht team.

Myself and the lads sit down and pick our Super Rugby Aotearoa Team of the Season.

There was several stand out players this season and picking a team was tough.

Listen and see if me and the boys agree on selections.

Myself and Johnny Byrne sit down and chat all things basketball.

-We talk about how impressed we have been with the bubble so far.

-The Suns have gone 8-0 (no really!) and missed the playoffs

-Clippers pissed off Damian Lillard and now he is destroying the world.

-We also go through each playoff match-up and give our predictions.

We review the two games of week 9. 

-Hurricanes the second best team? 

-Chiefs to just forget this ever happened?

-Highlanders played their best game and still lost. 

-Crusaders literally go into a different gear on 60 minutes.

We sit down and chat to Connacht second row Niall Murray. 

- The step up to Senior level 

- How having his first season cut short by Covid. 

- How growing up playing GAA helped him become a better Rugby Player. 

- His future with Connacht and the upcoming Interpros.

This week we chat about all the talking points between two entertaining games.

Poor Damien McKenzie nearly getting killed.

Was it a knock on or not?

Can the Blues put a great 80 minutes together?

Can the Highlanders defeat the Crusaders and keep this competition alive?

I sit down and chat with Dr. Brian Higgins.

Brian is a doctor here in Galway but has also worked on TV3, RTE and writes articles for the papers.

We chat about common sport Injuries, Injury prevention and what he thinks of cold water therapy.

After yet another great two games at the weekend myself and the boys recap all the action.

The Jordie vs Beauden show.

The Chiefs mega collapse.

The inevitable Warren Gatland situation.

We sit down and recap all of Week 5 action from Super Rugby Aotearoa.

We also discuss how we think Leinster would do in this competition.

Who has been the best player so far in the tournament? 

Myself and the biys recap two exciting games at the weekend.

-Crusaders finally get challenged.

-Highlanders looking good.

-Hurricanes have some serious talent.

-#GatlandOut

Myself and Jonny Byrne from the Atlantic sports podcast have a chat about all things NFL and NBA.

We discuss the mega trade of Cam Newton signing with the Patriots and also select some other key off season moves we think will make a difference.

Then we discuss the NBA's return in Orlando at the end of July and what we think about the positive test results so far.

We sit down and discuss the latest action from week 3 of Super Rugby Aotearoa.

Scott Gregory's game to forget.

Barrett is a class act.

Just how good is Richie Mounga?

How bad are the Chiefs really?

We discuss all the action from week 2 of the Supe rRugby Aotearoa.

The weekend games were Blues vs Chiefs and Hurricanes vs Crusaders.

RUGBY IS BACK!!!!!!!

Myself and the boys have recapped the opening two games of Super Rugby.

We also discuss what we thought of the new rules and whether we liked them or not.

Its Quiz night again. This week its me vs Westy with Sam being the quiz master.

This is General knowledge so play along and see if you can beat us.

Myself and the lads oick our best match day squad for the Lions tour of South Africa for 2021.

Let me know what your match day squad would be and if you agree or disagree with our selections.

I quiz the boys on the subject they love the most.

Lets see how they get on.

Play along at home and let me know how you did compared to the lads.

I interview the only ever Irish born basketball player to play in the NBA.

Pat Burke was born in Offaly and when he was 3 his family moved to Ohio.

From never having played basketball until he was 16 to playing in the NBA for 3 seasons and a very successful European career, Pats career has been fascinating. He has played with some all time greats such as Tracy McGrady. Horrace Grant and Steve Nash. He also played against Michael Jordan.

This is a long one but it will fly by as Pat chats about his amazing career. Enjoy! 

Its the last pod for the last dance. We recap the final two episodes of what has been a fantastic documentary.

We sit down and recap our favourite moments from episodes 7 and 8 of The Last Dance.

Episode 7 has been my favourite so far. It was so emotional and a side to MJ we had never seen.

Myself and the boys sit down and we each give our greatest Irish Rugby 15 of the professional era.

See if you agree with our choices and wait for the unexpected player that Westy chooses.

We sit down and discuss episodes 5 and 6 of the Last Dance. These episodes touched on the Dream team in 1992 and the Bulls winning their second and third titles.

We recap episodes 3 and 4 of The Last Dance. The documentary which follows the Chicago Bulls during the 1997/1998 NBA season. Episodes 3 and 4 introduce Dennis Rodman and we also get introduced to the Detroit Pistons.

I give the two lads a full podcast to talk about Connachts best ever season. They review what was so good about that season and how far away they think they are from returning to the glory days. We also talk about the Pro 12 win over Leinster.

I sit down with Tadhg Leader of the New England Free Jacks for a chat about his journey in rugby so far.

Tadhg grew up in Galway and was on Connaughts books early in his career but a combination of injuries and a summer in Boston made him realize he might want something different.

Find out all about Tadhg's career to date and how meeting his girlfriends parents for the first time went. 

We discuss our thoughts having re-watched the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final between England and Australia. We talk about what we remembered and what we had forgot since watching this game 17 years ago. Did Australia throw this game away? Do you remember Wilkinson missing 3 drop goals before slotting the game winner? 

I have a chat with Ciaran O'Sullivan. Ciaran is the head coach of the Irish Wolfhounds, which are the Irish American Football team. We discuss Ciarans history with the game and how he got involved in the sport and what goes into coaching the Irish national team. 

Me and the lads review the two games at the weekend, well try too anyway, we may go off topic which is not like us at all.

Join me and the lads as we recap a scrappy Italy V Scotland game, game of the tournament so far in Wales V France and then..........................thats it, nothing else to see here. 

Myself and Westy preview the upcoming Round 3 6 Nation games.

Also listen out for some great Finn Russell puns.

Myself and Westy  review round 2 of the 6 Nations. 

We also give each team a Grade after the opening two rounds.

I have a really interesting chat with Robbie Owens A.K.A Squidge Rugby.

Myself and the lads review the 3 games at the weekend and then preview this weekends round 2 fixtures.

I am coming off a 3 - 0 start last weekend unlike these other two losers so take my advice.

Myself and Neil from the Two Green Browns Podcast sit down and discuss the Superbowl.

It would not be right to have Neil on and not discuss some Browns so we threw some in towards the end.

Myself and the lads discuss the Irish starting 15 and what we like and don't like.

We also preview all 3 games this weekend and give our predictions .

Myself and Sam sit down and review both NFL championship games last night.

Is Mahomes an actual wizard and why was Jimmy G so reluctant to throw?

We also do a brief Superbowl preview.

We start with a round up of round 5 for the Irish provinces in the European cup.

Then we review Andy Farrell's first Irish squad for the 6 nations and discuss the good and the bad.

We review round 3 and 4 of the European Rugby cup for the 4 Irish provinces and discuss where they stand in their individual pools before taking a look at Andy Farrells 'Stocktake' and seeing what it means for certain players.

We look back on rounds 1  and 2 of the European Rugby cup and see how the 4 Irish provinces got on. We then look ahead at round 3 and give our opinions on how the teams will do and what they need to do to qualify.

We review the Rugby world cup and discuss who over performed and who under performed. We also get into Ireland's performance, what went wrong,  and we give our opinions on where Ireland could try and improve.