Rugby Weekly Extra

James Tracy, Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey look ahead to a massive weekend for the four provinces as Leinster welcome Munster to Croke Park and Ulster return home from South Africa to face a buoyant Connacht. The lads also put World Rugby's proposed law changes, including the 20-minute red card, under the microscope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A whopper pod begins with Murray Kinsella, Bernard Jackman and Gavan Casey dissecting the provinces' performances from the weekend's URC action, with Munster (3:50), Leinster (19:30) and Connacht (43:50) impressing in different ways ahead of interpros this weekend. (There's also Ulster chat from 37:50). The lads dig further into strong rugby autobiography fare from Johnny Sexton and Dan Biggar (49...

James Tracy joins Gav and Murray to discuss the fascinating extracts from Johnny Sexton's upcoming book. They also talk about Munster's performance against Zebre, with James recounting Leinster struggle's against the Italians. And the lads ponder whether Jack Conan should move to Stuart Lancaster's Racing 92 next season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gav, Berch, and Murray discuss Ireland Women's brilliant win over New Zealand at WXV 1, while they try to get their heads around Munster's defeat to Zebre, as well as discussing Connacht's turnaround success against the Sharks, Leinster's scrappy win over Dragons, and Ulster's loss to the Lions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Tracy joins Murray Kinsella and Gavan Casey to analyse Leinster's victory over Edinburgh from both sides of the ball, with a particular spotlight on Sam Prendergast, Charlie Tector and Max Deegan. The lads also look ahead to the URC weekend, discuss Marty Moore's retirement, and get James' first-hand account of being hit by former England back row Courtney Lawes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Murray Kinsella and Bernard Jackman join Gavan Casey to run the rule over an enthralling opening weekend of URC action for all four provinces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Tracy joins Murray and Gav to discuss the Emerging Ireland squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa. The lads also discuss the new signings, and new captains, at both Leinster and Connacht as they preview big seasons for the eastern and western provinces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernard Jackman is back after a big summer at the Olympics! He joins Gavan Casey and Murray Kinsella to catch up on how things went in Paris, as well as previewing big seasons for Munster and Ulster. The lads also discuss an exciting win for Ireland Women over Australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The podcast returns from its summer hiatus with Murray Kinsella and Ciarán Kennedy joining Gavan Casey to run the rule over the Rugby Championship, international coaching movements, and Ireland women's upcoming test against Australia. The ever-evolving Springboks are storming to the title in the southern hemisphere, but have New Zealand shown enough in back-to-back defeats in South Africa to sugge...

Bernard Jackman and James Tracy join Gavan Casey to look back over the final test of the season: Ireland's second ever victory on South African soil, and arguably Andy Farrell's greatest coaching performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murray Kinsella joins Gavan Casey from 'The Shark Tank' to give his immediate reaction to Ciarán Frawley's moment of magic and Ireland's sensational win over the back-to-back world champions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back at sea level in Durban, Murray Kinsella joins Gavan Casey from Durban with the latest from Springbok camp, where Bongi Mbonambi and Jaco Peyper have been making headlines but Rassie Erasmus far less so. After a trip to another top-end South African rugby school, the lads discuss South Africa's struggles at U20 level and whether they even matter when the senior team has won back-to-back World...

Murray Kinsella and Bernard Jackman join Gavan Casey to review Ireland's 27-20 defeat to world champions South Africa in Pretoria. The lads discuss Jamie Osborne's debut, Craig Casey's big performance and why Ireland are annoyed by the circumstances which led to his head injury, and an uncharacteristically poor defensive outing by Andy Farrell's men. Full credit, too, is given to the Boks whose tr...

Murray Kinsella joins Gavan Casey from Loftus Versfeld in the immediate aftermath of Ireland's 27-20 defeat to South Africa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Tracy and Gavan Casey are joined by Murray Kinsella from Johannesburg as the Springboks continue to give it the big'ne ahead of the first Test at Loftus Versfeld. The lads' discuss South Africa's strawman who has apparently been going around calling Ireland the best team in the world, Rassie Erasmus' mastery of both strategy and motivation, and the impressive South African 23 named on Tuesda...

Bernard Jackman joins Gavan Casey to discuss Toulouse's spectacular destruction of Bordeaux in the Top 14 final, Ireland U20s' Sam Berman-inspired win over Italy at the World Cup, and a hostile build-up -- from the South African side at least -- to the first test in Pretoria this weekend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Tracy joins Gavan Casey to give his views on the respective conclusions of Leinster and Munster's seasons. The former Leinster and Ireland hooker assesses Leinster's scrum problems against the Bulls and the potential effects of the arrival of Rabah Slimani from Clermont. James also gives his thoughts on Munster's long-term future, which he believes is cause for massive optimism in the southe...

Bernard Jackman joins Murray Kinsella to discuss the URC final, two entertaining Top 14 semi-finals, and his concerns ahead of Ireland's tour of South Africa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ciarán Kennedy and Murray Kinsella join Gavan Casey to give their impressions of the Ireland squad named by Andy Farrell to take on world champions South Africa in Pretoria and Durban. The lads discuss Ireland's out-half depth chart, the role of the potential new caps, and those unfortunate to miss out -- a fair few of whom are from Munster. They also assess South Africa's team to face Wales and l...

Murray Kinsella and Bernard Jackman join Gavan Casey to dissect the reasons behind Leinster's failure to win a trophy for the third successive year, as well as how Munster let a golden opportunity to secure a home URC final slip through their fingers, almost literally. Full disclosure: Murray and Gav are also unbelievably sad about Rory McIlroy's US Open collapse, while Berch extends his sympathie...

James Tracy joins Gavan Casey and Murray Kinsella to pick his Emerging Ireland XV for next season's tour, which the lads discuss in depth. They also look at Sam Prendergast's continued growth as an out-half, as well as previewing this weekend's URC semi-finals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murray Kinsella and Bernard Jackman join Gavan Casey to discuss the weekend's URC quarter-finals as Munster and Leinster earned victories that ensure they remain on a collision course for a Thomond Park showpiece. But each side must first pass a stiff test this Saturday.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gavan Casey is joined by James Tracy and Murray Kinsella to look ahead to the URC quarter-finals. Can Munster make home advantage count? Will Leinster hit their peak? Should Cormac Izuchukwu be in the Ireland mix? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernard Jackman joins Murray Kinsella to look back at the inter-pro derbies on the final weekend of the URC regular season. Munster finish top of the pile ahead of the play-offs but Connacht end on a disheartening note. Berch discusses the Leinster/Irish rugby depth chart at out-half but is encouraged by Ulster's form. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Murray Kinsella is joined by former Leinster hooker James Tracy for a detailed review of Leinster's defeat to Toulouse after extra time in the Champions Cup final. The lads discuss an epic encounter and mention Antoine Dupont at least 50 times. They also consider the tight calls and opportunities Leinster let slip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.