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Ireland back-row & 2025 Women's Six Nations Player of the Year Aoife Wafer is signing for Premiership Women's Rugby side Harlequins this summer! Cameron Hill spoke to Wafer, and Quins women's head coach Ross Chisholm, about the move to one of English rugby's top club sides, with the PWR currently experiencing a significant boom ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of...

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, Ulster sign Wallabies prop Angus Bell, raising questions over IRFU's overseas prop embargo, Leinster face a opening-weekend trip to South Africa with the fixtures out for the 2025/26 URC season, And Dara Smith-Naughton picks his Ireland XV for the Six Nations opener against France... next February! Rugby on Off The Ball, with...

Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to look back at the win over Benetton that has secured a top 8 finish and Champions Cup rugby for next season, and ponder the question - can Munster actually win the URC?

Welcome to Tuesday’s Rugby Daily, I’m Cameron Hill. Coming up, we will hear from Aoife Wafer after she was freshly crowned Guinness Women’s 6 Nations player of the year for 2025. James Tracy's thoughts as Leinster begin their preparations for the URC playoff push, And an England stalwart retires - with a call-to-arms to those responsible for the future of the game. Rugby on Off The Ball, with...

Welcome to Monday's Rugby Daily, with David Wilson. We hear from newly crowned Women's 6 Nations POTY Aoife Wafer. Munster believe their destiny is in Europe. More Welsh region controversy. Schmidt wants Wallaby roar against the Lions. And Ardie Savea the cream of the Pacific crop. Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill Coming up, Munster are gearing up for what will be a decisive night in the URC. Leinster name their team for tomorrow's clash with defending URC champions Glasgow, And Antoine Dupont has taken an ownership stake in a Major League Rugby side. Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Alan Quinlan helped preview the final round of regular season fixtures in the URC. Conal Keaney looked ahead to another massive weekend in the Munster and Leinster hurling championships. And we previewed tonight's League of Ireland action in the company of Owen H...

Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill Coming up, former Ireland Sevens captain on the IRFU's decision to wind up the men's programme. Munster name their team for their do-or-die clash with Benetton in the URC, And South African rugby is in mourning following the sudden death of an ex-Springbok. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster Legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to look back on an impressive win over Ulster, and to look ahead to their final game of the regular season - a huge clash with Benetton in Cork

Welcome to Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast . On this morning's show Underage Football Development Co-ordinator Gavin Devlin joined Ger Gilroy to explain how Louth have improved so much over the years. Also former Ireland Sevens star Harry McNulty was on the line to express his disappointment on the cancellation of the men's pro...

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill Coming up, the IRFU is discontinuing the Men's Sevens programme. Former Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster on whether he would return to Ireland, And Hollie Davidson will become the first woman to referee a European final. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast . On this morning's show Westmeath football star Luke Loughlin joined Colm Boohig and Ger Gilroy on why he nearly took up a hurl instead of playing football this summer. And after missing out on the Australian head coaching job, Stuart Lancaster joined the lads to explain what had act...

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, Munster and Leinster begin preparations for a huge weekend in their respective URC hopes, Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle have their sights set on a Connacht star as a potential new signing this summer, and former Connacht boss Pete Wilkins has landed a new coaching gig. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopC...

Welcome to Monday’s Rugby Daily with David Wilson. Coming up today, we hear from the Leinster camp as Caelan Doris is ruled out for 6 months. Hugo Keenan explains where he watched the Lions announcement after making the touring squad. Tyler Bleyendaal wants his side to build momentum in the business end of the season. Denis Leamy looks for Munster consistency as they aim to back up last week's win...

Welcome along to Friday’s Rugby Daily with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, more reaction to the Lions squad announcement, while a key player has emerged as a major doubt for the Wallabies this summer. A big night for Munster and Ulster in their URC clash at Thomond Park, and Leinster and Connacht name their sides for this weekend's domestic action. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland |...

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Alan Quinlan joined us in studio to give his view on Andy Farrell's Lions squad, and he looked ahead to this weekend's massive URC interpro. We previewed tonight's League of Ireland action with Owen Heary & Barry Murphy, with OTB's live game the Dublin derby...

Welcome to Thursday’s Rugby Daily with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, it's a Lions squad announcement special - we'll hear from head coach Andy Farrell, assistant coach Johnny Sexton, and The Irish Times' Gerry Thornley There's also team news for an interpro derby in the URC, and tragic news from France after the sudden death of Castres and Fiji winger Josaia Raisuqe

Welcome to Thursday’s Rugby Daily with  Cameron Hill. Coming up today, Ruaidhri O'Connor on which Irish players could miss out on the spot in Andy Farrell's Lions squad. Josh van der Flier on how Leinster are fully focused on securing a URC title, And worrying times for the future of the Welsh regions. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast . On this morning's show Graham Hunter was on the line to talk last night's classic between Inter and Barcelona, plus Ruaidhri O'Connor was in studio to reflect on that stunning Leinster loss on Saturday. Just how good are this Inter side and will Barca rue their missed opportunity? D...

Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to preview a massive inter-pro clash with Ulster at Thomond Park. The first twenty minutes of this week's podcast is unlocked, but to listen to the full podcast, get on over to the Off The Ball app, or become a member at offtheball.com/join.

Cameron Hill brings you the latest from the world of rugby this Tuesday. Coming up today, the fallout continues from Leinster's shock defeat to Northampton Saints in the Investec Champions Cup semi-final. Jacques Nienaber offers an update on the injury to Leinster and Ireland captain Caelan Doris, And Connacht's interim head coach Cullie Tucker looks ahead to their do-or-die clash with Edinburgh i...

Welcome to Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast . On this morning's show Alan Quinlan was live in studio to talk yet another European defeat for Leinster, whilst comedian Dara O'Briain selected his top five 'You Had To Be There' moments. Did Leinster take Northampton for granted? And is this defeat a worry for Irish rugby in general?...

Cameron Hill brings you everything you need ahead of Leinster's Investec Champions Cup semi-final with Northampton Saints at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. We'll have the team news, the thoughts from both camps, and what Alan Quinlan believes may leave Leo Cullen's side vulnerable heading into the weekend... Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland. #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast . On this morning's show, Shane Hannon and Colm Boohig were joined by Alan Quinlan to look ahead to the weekend's Champions Cup semi-finals, plus David Brady and Shane McEntee were in studio to look ahead to the weekend's Gaelic football action. Can anyone stop the Leinster juggernaut as...

Cameron Hill has all your news from the world of rugby this Thursday. Coming up today, we'll hear from Gerry Thornley and Hannah O'Connor ahead of Leinster's Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Northampton Saints. Another injury blow for Toulouse ahead of their final-four clash with Bordeaux. And the officiating teams have been revealed for all three tests for the Lions' summe...