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The Red 78 is BACK for a new season! Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes join Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan to discuss the defeat to Glasgow Warriors, to look ahead to the season as a whole and to discuss Peter O'Mahony's comments on the club as a whole.

This is just part of a much larger conversation, that is available for Off The Ball Members now! Become a member and sign up at offtheball.com/join . Liam Toland and Gerry Thornley join Eoin Sheahan for this week’s Wednesday Night Rugby, off the back of the opening weekend of the new URC season, with all four provinces off to a losing start for the first time since 2009!   Wednesday Night Rug...

Dara Smith-Naughton was at the launch of the Investec Champions Cup season, and he spoke with Munster’s Jack Crowley about his injury, the unknowns of his unique condition, and his goal to be bak in the New Year, fit and ready for the World Cup!   Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

David Wilson is back with Tuesday’s Rugby Daily, with Peter O’Mahony reflecting on a “bizarre” end-of-season situation at Munster after the 2023 World Cup — and why, despite the business side of rugby, the province will always be “home”. There’s also Munster team news ahead of the URC weekend, with Craig Casey and Jeremy Loughman returning, while injuries bite elsewhere. Alan Quinlan weighs in on...

Munster and Ireland legend Peter O’Mahony joins Eoin Sheahan live in studio to discuss his new book, ‘All In’, detailing his life in rugby, as well as how he has handled retirement.   Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Dara Smith-Naughton was on hand as Ireland bounced back from last week's disappointing defeat in Tallaght Stadium against the USA with a comfortable win over Japan in the Dexcom Stadium in their second WXV match. Firstly, hear from Dara as he gives his FT report, then hear from Head Coach Scott Bemand and Erin King, debutant Beth Buttimer and finally, Ireland's record try-scorer; Beibhinn Parsons....

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, all the team news ahead of the URC finally kicking off this weekend, and Ireland target a big response against Japan, as the WXV Global Series heads to Galway. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Gerry Thornley is not happy that the domestic season is only kicking off this weekend. James Tracy's dream pick for the next Leinster head coach, And could New Zealand Rugby scrap their Super Rugby sides to secure their financial future? Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, I'm Cameron Hill. Coming up, the extent of Munster's injury crisis at out-half becomes clearer - and more concerning... Brian O'Driscoll on what he feels Ireland lacks at the minute, And James Tracy's big question as Joey Carbery returns to Leinster action. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to a brand new series on Off The Ball where Brian O'Driscoll sits down with legends of Irish sport who have retired their sporting career for something new. In episode one, Brian spoke to former professional footballer for Ireland, Arsenal, Manchester City and Sunderland, Niall Quinn about the transition from athlete to running a business. The Next Play on Off The Ball is brought to you by...

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Stuart Lancaster sheds some light whether he'll stay at Connacht, or go for the head coach role at Leinster. Could Andrew Porter make a switch to tighthead this season? And Henry Pollock has signed a new deal at Northampton, but for far less than his agent Eddie Hearn would like... Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverSt...

Welcome to Monday's Rugby Daily, I'm Cameron Hill. Coming up, the fallout from Ireland's shock defeat to the USA in Tallaght yesterday. A mad weekend in the WXV, as France are shown five cards, but held on to beat Australia. And Munster head into a new URC campaign with a spurned out-half among their two choices for the 10 jersey this weekend. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverSto...

Cameron Hill was on hand in Tallaght Stadium to get immediate reaction as Ireland blew a 19-point lead in the second half to hand the victory to the United States in the first WXV match of the year. Firstly hear from Cameron as he gives his report of the events that unfolded in South Dublin Then, hear from Scott Bemand and Erin King in their post-match press conference Finally, hear from US Head C...

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, I'm Cameron Hill. Coming up, the Ireland team news ahead of Sunday's W-X-V opener against the United States. John Muldoon opens up on the regrets he still holds about his playing career, And could New Zealand Rugby face a Welsh-style overhaul of their professional game? Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

In the second of our four Bank Of Ireland Rugby Roadshows, Eoin Sheahan and Andy Dunne were on stage at the Dexcom Stadium, speaking to some of the stars of the current Connacht and Ireland setups! They were joined by props Finlay Bealham and Billy Bohan, as well as loose forward Paul Boyle, looking ahead to the new season, with the prospect of the World Cup at the end of it as well! This was the...

In the second of our four Bank Of Ireland Rugby Roadshows, Eoin Sheahan, Brian O’Driscoll and Andy Dunne were on stage at the Dexcom Stadium, speaking to ‘Mr Connacht’ himself, John Muldoon, the assistant coach to Stuart Lancaster and former teammate of both Brian and Andy. This was the second of our Rugby Roadshows, as the new domestic season begins in a just over a week. We will also be going to...

Finn Russell joins Eoin Sheahan for our latest episode of Inner Drive, for a wide-ranging chat on the journey from Bridge of Allan to the very top of world rugby.  Finn reflects on growing up playing every sport going, breaking through as a “late developer”, and balancing rugby with a stonemasonry apprenticeship before the pro dream properly took off.  He opens up on New Zealand’s influe...

Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, I'm Cameron Hill. Coming up, Ronan O'Gara won't be the next head coach of Leinster, The injury crisis that's ravaged Munster - BEFORE the new URC season. And the IRFU hit Leinster coach Seán O'Brien with a 10-match touchline ban... Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Ireland get a busy WXV Global Series campaign underway this weekend, with the USA coming to Tallaght Stadium on Sunday. Our own Cameron Hill caught up with a number of Ireland stars ahead of another massive season, with both England and France coming to town for the 2027 Women's Six Nations. Enjoy our chats with captain Erin King, stalwarts Eve Higgins and Anna McGann, Robyn O'Connor - the breakth...

In the first of our four Bank Of Ireland Rugby Roadshows, Eoin Sheahan and Andy Dunne were on stage at the new LAYA Arena, speaking to some Leinster legends and current stars! For the second part of the Leinster edition of the Roadshow, Eoin and Andy were joined by head coach entering his final year Leo Cullen, as well as two-time World Cup winning coach and Leinster assistant coach Jacques Nienab...

In the first of our four Bank Of Ireland Rugby Roadshows, Eoin Sheahan and Andy Dunne were on stage at the new LAYA Arena, speaking to some Leinster legends and current stars! They were first joined by current Leinster and Ireland stars Josh van der Flier and Joe McCarthy, before Leinster legend Malcolm O’Kelly jumped on stage. This was just the first of our Rugby Roadshows, as the new domestic se...

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, could the Ireland men's team move a Six Nations game out of the Aviva to the US? Will the Ireland women's team be back at the Aviva against England or France in next year's Six Nations? And England head coach Steve Borthwick is set for a contract extension... Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, Rassie gets out early once again with his team to face the All Blacks, Alan Quinlan on why ROG would be the wrong choice as the new Leinster coach, And how Leinster prop ALex Usanov could've gone down an entirely different sporting path. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up today, a new lead candidate has emerged in the hunt for Leo Cullen's successor at Leinster, Another big injury blow for Leinster and Ireland ahead of the new season, And New Zealand name their team to face South Africa in the third test of their Greatest Rivalry series. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeti...

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill. Coming up, South Africa supposedly name their team for their third test against the All Blacks, Why the refereeing of the scrum is becoming the Culture War at the heart of the Greatest Rivalry Tour... And how the Irish provinces fared in their pre-season games, and the women's interpro series at the weekend. Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank...