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Welcome to another Sunday Rugby Daily with Susanna Mollen. Live from Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, she chats to Munster headcoach, Clayton McMillan, and backrow, Jack O'Donoghue, on Munster's shaky start but bonus-point win against Gloucester. #Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, just hours to go before Leinster take on Leicester in the Champions Cup. Munster head coach Clayton McMillan pulls no punches on last weekend's defeat to Bath, Ulster and Connacht name their teams for this weekend's Challenge Cup action, And everything you need to know ahead of a busy weekend of rugby. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank o...

Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, the Leinster team is out for tomorrow night's trip to Leicester Tigers. Munster gear up for the visit of Gloucester to Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday, And could New Zealand make a play for Ronan O'Gara to join the All Blacks backroom? Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Happy Thursday! It's your weekly dose of Word On The Street. Champions Cup #Rugby kicked off last weekend to a familiar groan of 'boring' pool stages... So the WOTS team head out to see what the Irish public think about the changing formats in so many of our great competitions. Have a thought or topic in mind? Send us a DM at @OffTheBall or get in touch on 087 9 180 180.

It’s the return of You Had To Be There - and it’s an absolutely brilliant edition by way of journalist Brendan Fanning! Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join Off The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

With sports streaming becoming increasingly expensive, one fifth of Irish households are said to be using ‘dodgy boxes’ in order to watch live sport and television. Eoin Sheahan is joined by Newstalk’s Jess Kelly, as well as Clubber’s Jimmy Doyle, LOI TV’s Mark Scanlon and Adam Leventhal of the Athletic to discuss the consequences of the dodgy box, both for the individuals using them, and for the...

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill, Coming up today, we hear from Jack Conan ahead of Leinster's Investec Champions Cup clash away to Leicester Tigers, Is rugby being ruined by the recent increase of kicking in the game? And Aoife Wafer is in line to make her debut for PWR side Harlequins this weekend. 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 discuss the disappointing defeat to Bath at the Rec, and to look ahead to the huge clash with Gloucester in Cork. Subscribe to The Rugby Channel for new episodes every week! #TheRed78 The first twenty minutes of this week's podcast is unlocked, but to listen to the full podcast, get on over to the Go Loud ap...

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Munster issue an injury update after their sobering defeat to Bath in the Champions Cup, Ireland's home venues are confirmed for their upcoming women's Six Nations campaign, And 4,347 days since his last appearance for the club, Leigh Halfpenny could don the Cardiff jersey this weekend... Rugby on Off The Ball with...

In our final episode of Back Seat Pundits, Dara Smith-Naughton was joined by retired professional Irish rugby player, Gordon D'Arcy, as he reflects back on an important Autumn Nations series for Ireland.    Back Seat Pundits on Off The Ball is brought to you by Renault #RethinkRenault 

Welcome to Monday's Rugby Daily, with David Wilson. Leinster lose two, but could gain two more. Munster's expectations under Clayton McMillan. England suffer an injury doubt ahead of the 6 Nations. And is the Champions Cup losing it's allure? Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with David Wilson. Munster suffer an injury blow to their star fly-half. Connacht's Bundee Aki to skipper. And Nigel Owen's questions Eben Etzebeth's ban length. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Rieko Ioane in line for his Leinster debut in the Champions Cup this weekend, Gerry Thornley warns against Ireland fans counting their World Cup quarter-final chickens after yesterday's draw, And the length of Eben Etzebeth's ban for an eye gouge is revealed... Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Ireland find out their opponents for the Rugby World Cup in Australia, Mack Hansen is in a race to be fit for the Six Nations, The Stormers head coach has come out strongly against yellow cards for scrum penalties, And could we see a league-union crossover next year? 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 talk about the defeat to the Stormers that sees The Reds' unbeaten start to the season come to an and, and to look ahead to a big clash with Bath in the Champions Cup Get in contact on X @rugbychannel15 or email therugbychannel@bauermedia.ie Subscribe to The Rugby Channel for new episodes every week! #TheRed...

Welcome along to Monday’s Rugby Daily with Susanna Mollen. Coming up today, Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber responds to the controversy around his comments in the SuperSport interview when South Africa were in town two weeks ago. Munster head coach Clayton McMillan is disappointed in the province’s first loss of the season against the Stormers on Saturday night.  And Alan Quinlan discussions...

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. The Irish provinces return to URC action this evening, Anna Caplice slams the decision to introduce a smaller ball size in women's sevens. And another blow for the breakaway R-360 league - I'll tell you more later in the pod. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Former Ireland international Anna Caplice, now coaching in Laos, joins on the line to chat all things rugby with Shane and Colm.

Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Munster, Leinster and Ulster all welcome back a number of Ireland internationals for the return of the URC this weekend, Chris Jones on the changing fortunes of Ireland and England in 2025, And Antoine Dupont could return to play this weekend after eight months out with injury. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopC...

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, after the Autumn Nations Series, attention turns to the domestic and European action for the provinces this weekend. Brian O'Driscoll on the one element that Ireland have noticeably lost in their attack, 35 players have signed central contracts as part of the IRFU's Women's High Performance Programme, And why the Irish system...

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, we'll round off the reaction to Ireland's defeat to South Africa on Saturday. Squad updates from the provinces with the URC back this weekend, and the start of the Champions Cup fast approaching. And Felipe Contepomi reveals the physical confrontation he had with an England star at Twickenham this weekend... Rugby on Off Th...

Shane Hannon is joined by Adrian Barry and Aidan Delaney for today’s headlines, dominated by Ireland being defeated by South Africa 24-11 at the Aviva Stadium. 

In Andy Farrell's own words it was a "chaotic" 80 minutes in the Aviva Stadium last night as Ireland went down 13-24 to the visiting World Champions. In this Sunday Special of Rugby Daily, hear from Farrell, Rassie Erasmus, Irish players, and former Leinster and Connacht professional, Andy Dunne, straight after the final whistle. #Rugby Daily is on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCom...

Rugby Analyst Brent Pope and former Ireland International Shane Byrne join Shane Hannon in studio to talk all things Irish Rugby and preview this evening's fierce encounter between Ireland and South Africa in the Aviva Stadium   The Saturday Panel is presented by Heineken 

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up today: it's nearly here - I'll have your final preview of Ireland against South Africa: We'll hear from Ireland head coach Andy Farrell and captain Caelan Doris about tomorrow's huge test at the Aviva Stadium Two-time World Cup winner Steven Kitshoff on how Ireland can really frustrate the Springboks tomorrow. And what else is on this w...