The Hurling Pod

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan on a live edition of the pod on YouTube to take listeners and viewers' questions after a controversy-filled weekend in the National Hurling League. Tipperary consolidated top spot in One A with an impressive win at Kilkenny in a red-card-dominated second half. And Cork hit All-Ireland champions Clare for six goals, edging Br...

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill are back to review a dramatic weekend in the National Hurling League. On a week where Clare lost their Hurler of the Year Shane O'Donnell for the season, the Banner rallied to beat their rivals Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds. Diarmuid Healy seized his chance for Cork in their victory over Kilkenny on Leeside, while Galway made it three wins in-a-ro...

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill are back, joining Will O'Callaghan to discuss a weekend where Tipperary avenged their recent defeats to Cork at Semple Stadium. Wexford pushed Clare closer to the relegation trap door in Division 1A, while Davy Fitzgerald questioned his Antrim players following another loss. While Dan Ravenhill scored a remarkable late free, securing a dramatic win...

On this week's edition of The Hurling Pod, Paul Murphy, James Skehill, and Will O'Callaghan were joined by former Galway defender and now performance coach Tony Óg Regan. Tony opened up on the pain of being dropped from the panel twice, his anxiety around big games as a player, and working with top teams like Limerick and Ballygunner in recent seasons. The lads also chat about Laois's vital win at...

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to break down the third weekend of the National Hurling League, which featured another second-half blitz in a Limerick win over Tipperary and a stunning Sean Kenneally goal. Galway seem to be finding their groove after a win against the holders Clare, Wexford were left bemoaning their first-half display against Kilkenny, and...

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to look back on an action-packed second weekend of the National Hurling League. Carlow made history by registering a first competitive win over Waterford, blowing the Division One B promotion race wide open. Galway bounced back from their Tipperary thrashing to beat Kilkenny on the road. Tipp sit top of the top-flight after...

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review an opening weekend of the National Hurling League where Kilkenny struck late to beat holders Clare, Tipperary handed a beating to Galway and Cork eased past Wexford. They also chat about the saga around Cork and Limerick initially not being broadcast, and whether hurling is losing out to football's brave new world....

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Muphy are back alongside Will O'Callaghan for the first episode of the fourth series of The Hurling Pod. The lads bring you up to date on their off-seasons, why Will's crumbling WiFi and Skehill buying a gun in Mayo delayed the pod at the weekend. They also touch on Na Fianna's win in the All-Ireland Club final, Waterford's lengthy injury concerns, Galway...

On the last regular pod of the season, All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to select their team of the year and moments of the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. We also learned which events the lads reckon they'd excel in at the Olympics and Skehill's unorthodox biscuit eating techniques... The Hurling Pod with Bord Gais Energy, proud sponsors of t...

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to take questions from listeners and to discuss Clare's one-point win against Cork to seal their fifth All-Ireland title in an epic of epic finals at Croke Park. They looked at some of the controversial decisions within the match, chatted about who the leading contenders are next season and the dark arts of being a corner-ba...

In part two of Off The Ball's All-Ireland Hurling Final roadshow, Will O'Callaghan and Paul Murphy were joined by two-time All-Star goalkeeper with Cork, Anthony Nash and 2013 All-Ireland winner with Clare, Podge Collins. Limerick's Seamus Flanagan and Kilkenny legend Tommy Walsh also took questions from the audience ahead of the All-Ireland final. The lads were at the Bord Gais Theatre to help ra...

In the first part of Off The Ball's All-Ireland Hurling Final roadshow, Will O'Callaghan and Paul Murphy were joined their Hurling Pod co-host James Skehill from Galway, as well as Kilkenny legend Tommy Walsh and Limerick forward Seamus Flanagan. The lads were at the Bord Gais Theatre to help raise funds for Focus Ireland, and part two features Cork's Anthony Nash and Clare's Podge Collins. Hurlin...

As Cork and Clare prepare to contest this Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling final, former winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy join Will O'Callaghan to try and predict where the game will be won and lost. Naturally, the lads can't agree on a winner, where Clare should play Tony Kelly, or who Cork should use to make him... Tickets are still available for Friday's live roadshow at the Bord Gais E...

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan on a live edition of the pod to take your questions after this weekend's All-Ireland semi-finals. Limerick's bid for five-in-row All-Ireland titles was brought to a halt by a brilliant Cork performance which saw the Rebels set up a repeat of the 2013 decider against Clare. Clare put their losses to Kilkenny in the last two y...

After Davy Fitzgerald confirmed that he's stepping down as Waterford manager after two years in charge, All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan on (a slightly delayed) Hurling Pod! The lads also looked at where this weekend's All-Ireland semi-finals will be won and lost as Limerick continue their bid for 5-in-a-row by taking on a resurgent Cork, and Clare look to...

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan a review a pair of lacklustre quarter-finals on a live edition. of The Hurling Pod! They faced accusations of not rating Clare, while marvelling at Shane O'Donnell's skills in the Banner's defeat of Wexford. They discuss whether Rory O'Connor's reds were merited and if Cork have lost momentum since the Munster Championship....

Former Clare dual star Podge Collins, All-Ireland under-20 winning manager Leo O'Connor and Cork legend Séan Óg Ó hAilpín joined Skehill, Murph and Will at the Hurling Pod's live show to look ahead to this Saturday's All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Finals. The Hurling Pod, live in Dolan's in Limerick, with Bord Gáis Energy - proud sponsors of the All-Ireland Senior Championship.

Cork legend Séan Óg Ó hAilpín joined All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill and host Will O'Callaghan at The Hurling Pod's live roadshow in Dolan's in Limerick, where the night supported Focus Ireland. The Hurling Pod with Bord Gáis Energy - proud sponsors of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

After Cork manager Pat Ryan described their performance against Offaly as 'sloppy' and Lee Chin struck 11 points for Wexford in their win at Laois, All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review the preliminary quarter-finals. The lads also looked ahead to the quarter-finals next weekend, where Dublin and Clare look to bounce back from provincial final defeats....

Kilkenny forward Eoin Cody joined Will O'Callaghan on a midweek bonus Hurling Pod to chat about their 16-point win against Dublin in the Leinster final, why he feels the team aren't getting enough credit for winning 5-in-a-row in Leinster, Adrian Mullen's performance, and why TJ Reid is chasing medals rather than records. Bord Gáis Energy has announced new customers can avail of 33% off their resi...

Paul Murphy made his return to join James Skehill and Will O'Callaghan for a live pod to react to the Munster and Leinster Hurling finals. Limerick overcame Clare by six-points to become the first county to win six Munster titles in-a-row, while Kilkenny. eased to victory against Dublin at Croke Park. The lads took live questions from the Hurling Pod community, Skehill revealed why he's not allowe...

With Paul Murphy away this week, the lads drafted in 2013 All-Ireland winner with Clare, Podge Collins, for this week's slightly delayed edition of The Hurling Pod. Having both recovered from illness, James Skehill and Will O'Callaghan chatted to Podge about this weekend's Leinster and Munster Hurling finals where Limerick are chasing six in-a-row and Kilkenny five in-a-row in their provinces. The...

All-Ireland winners Paul Miurphy. and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to review the final day of games in the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships and tackle listeners' questions on a live edition on the Off The Ball YouTube page. Skehill discusses if Henry Shefflin should now depart after Galway's early exit from the Championship, the lads look at whether Clare can topple Limer...

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to discuss the penultimate. weekend of games in the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships. Cork hammered their neighbours Tipperary by 18-points on a day described as a 'dark day for Tipp hurling' by their manager Liam Cahill, as the Premier crashed out of the Championship. Davy Fitzgerald fumed at the decision t...

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to review a game for the ages between Cork and Limerick in the Munster Hurling Championship with the Rebels keeping their summer alive with a victory against the reigning All-Ireland champions in a thriller on Leeside. The surprises continued in the Leinster Championship, with Carlow earning a draw against their neighbours K...