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The Knock On Rugby Podcast

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Stephen Byrne presents The Knock On with Scoreline.ie, our regular look at what's happening in the world of rugby in Kilkenny, Carlow and beyond.

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The Knock On S03E01: Leinster League return nears for Carlow, Kilkenny, Tullow as the Rugby World Cup is underway in France 11.09.2023 49:12

The Knock On is back for a third season and with the Leinster League two weeks away from a return for Carlow, Kilkenny and Tullow, we'll explore how pre-season is going for each of the clubs along with an update on the latest from SETU Carlow. Plus, the Rugby World Cup is underway, so it's time to have a look at Ireland's prospects. Can they advance past the quarter-final stages at long last?

Season 2 E27: Tullow's terrific season, Kilkenny begin rebuild in Division 1B, Carlow to up it a gear 11.05.2023 42:05

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... We look back at Kilkenny's season for the first, seconds, ladies and youths. We look ahead to Kilkenny's plans for next season including personnel changes, coaching,...

2023 Provincial Towns Cup Final part 2: Tullow Rugby Club 21.04.2023 48:32

Continuing our look at the 2023 Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup, we joined some of Tullow Rugby Club at Black Gates to talk all things rugby including - Womens' captain Lana Brennan - Directory of Rugby Tom Nolan - Club president Pat Byrne - Former player and club great Pat Nolan - Club chair Robin Johnson - Rugby analyst and coach Johnny Tobin This preview is with thanks to Carlow Concrete T...

2023 Provincial Towns Cup Final Preview part 1: Kilkenny Rugby Club 20.04.2023 53:09

The first part of our 2023 Bank of Ireland Provincial Towns Cup Final preview show, focusing on Kilkenny Rugby Club, .ith thanks to Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan, Kilkenny’s leading law firm. See a full list of their services at pkhl.ie . For this preview, Brendan Hennessy is joined by Kilkenny Rugby Club PRO James Blanchfield, team manager Ray Pembroke, last year's Provincial Towns Cup-winning coach St...

Season 2 E26: Towns Cup Semi Final Previews - Carlow v Tullow, Kilkenny v Cill Dara, Seconds Towns Cup review, Tullow Ladies win in Paul Flood Cup and more 06.04.2023 42:10

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... We preview the big Towns Cup semi-final clashes this weekend as Carlow and Tullow get ready to battle it out while Kilkenny faces the mighty Cill Dara. We look back a...

Season 2 E25: Tullow crowned Leinster League Division 1B champions, Seconds Towns Cup previews, Women's Rugby, Youths and more 31.03.2023 35:11

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... Tullow crowned Leinster League Division 1B champions after win over Cill Dara, they'll play Division 1A next season. Carlow finish their league in style with a win ov...

Season 2 E24: Blow for Kilkenny as they're relegated to 1B of the league, Tullow on cusp of promotion and the three clubs reach Towns Cup semi finals 24.03.2023 36:49

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... Kilkenny relegated from Division 1A of the Leinster League to Division 1B, we chat to James Blanchfield about that. We look at the Towns Cup Quarter final wins for Ca...

Season 2 E23: Carlow secure league safety, Kilkenny in battle to stay up, Tullow's searing form continues, Women in cup action and more 10.03.2023 35:10

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... Carlow secured safety in Division 1B of the league after a strong Cill Dara win. Kilkenny into a battle to stay in Division 1A after the weekend's loss to Boyne. Tull...

Season 2 E22: Tullow scrape by in Towns Cup, Nine tries for Carlow, Kilkenny back on the horse, crowds back out, women's and youths rugby 03.03.2023 33:55

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... Kilkenny gets back on the horse with a good win over Ashbourne in the Towns Cup, we look back at that and preview their league clash this weekend against Boyne. Carlo...

Season 2 E21: Much needed win for Kilkenny in league, Towns Cup previews with home ties for the clubs, women's rugby and more 23.02.2023 36:41

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... We look back at last weekend's league action including a last-gasp but much-needed win for Kilkenny. Carlow loses by a single point to Dundalk after traveling up for...

Season 2 E20: Wins for Carlow & Tullow in the Towns Cup, preview of weekend's Leinster League games and why we need more front row players 16.02.2023 35:45

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show... We look back at the weekend's Towns Cup action where there were wins for Carlow and Tullow and review the other games. We preview Monkstown v Kilkenny, Dundalk v Carl...

Season 2 E19: Provincial Towns Cup Previews, Tullow v Athy, Carlow v Dundalk and youths rugby 10.02.2023 13:43

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show.... We preview Carlow's away trip to Dundalk in the Towns Cup, Carlow is also against them in the league next week. Preview of Tullow's home game against Athy in the Tow...

Season 2 E18: J1 bragging rights for Tullow over Carlow, Kilkenny drop down the table, Towns Cup draws, Womens & Youths rugby and more 27.01.2023 32:32

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. On the show.... Kilkenny's loss to Bective in the league and preview this weekend's clash at home to Gorey. We look back at Tullow's win over Carlow in the league derby, Carlow's wi...

Season 2 E17: Kilkenny look to salvage their season, it's derby time as Tullow and Carlow lock horns, women's rugby, youths and more 19.01.2023 42:11

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss... Kilkenny lose their game in the last moments to Suttonians, they're away to Bective this weekend, and we preview the game. Tullow was beaten by a point by Mullin...

Season 2 E16: Tullow ladies fall to Old Belvedere, Youths Rugby, and previews of Carlow, Kilkenny & Tullow Leinster League games 12.01.2023 34:24

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss... Tullow ladies lose to Old Belvedere 53-10, we pick apart the loss and look ahead to their game against Railway Union. We talk about youth rugby in Carlow, Kilken...

Throw Back - Listen back to a 2009 show featuring Sean O'Brien and Tullow Rugby Club 10.01.2023 41:48

This is a special show from the 7th of January 2009 where Stephen Byrne speaks to Sean O'Brien, Cora Browne, Tom Nolan and Sean Rowan about the club at the time and Sean's progress with Leinster. It was part of KCLR community programme at the time so obviously, all references to people, events and things mentioned are 14 years old and were relevant at the time. The panel was Sean Rowan, club presi...

Season 2 E15: Carlow scratch their heads over South East J1 Final not going ahead, how the teams fare after Christmas period, Youths, Women and more 06.01.2023 33:16

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss... The lads scratch their heads over why Carlow's South East J1 final can't go ahead this weekend, it's been postponed twice already. We get an update from the club...

Season 2 E14: Wicklow frustrate Carlow, Tullow up next to try topple the leaders, Kilkenny get the better of Seapoint, Tullow ladies flying it, youths rugby and more 02.12.2022 45:25

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss... Kilkenny's win over Seapoint in 1A and their trip to Ashbourne this weekend. Tullow get a win over Cill Dara however they've a big task against table toppers Wic...

Season 2 E13: Kilkenny v Seapoint, Carlow v Wicklow, and Tullow v Cill Dara, big wins for Kilkenny and Tullow ladies, youths and more 24.11.2022 44:56

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Previews of this weekend's games, Kilkenny V Seapoint, top of the table clash of Carlow v Wicklow, and Tullow v Cill Dara. We chat women's rugby an...

Season 2 E12: Kilkenny, Carlow and Tullow suffer league losses, youths and ladies games and Ireland v Australia and Fiji 17.11.2022 46:34

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. We analyse Kilkenny's loss to Boyne in Division 1A of the Leinster League. Tom Crotty described Carlow's game against Cill Dara as "weird", they lo...

Season 2 E11: Carlow hammer Dundalk, Tullow beat Longford, Kilkenny prepare for Boyne and we look at the local youths and women's teams 10.11.2022 36:18

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow's big win over Dundalk in the Leinster League, and preview their trip to Cill Dara this weekend Tullow gets the better of Longford, we look...

Season 2 E10: Carlow v Dundalk and Tullow v Longford previews, the Ireland A's and Ireland v South Africa in the Autumn Series 04.11.2022 56:09

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow welcomes Dundalk to Oak Park in the Leinster League, we preview the big clash. Tullow host Longford in the Leinster League, a big day planne...

Season 2 E9: Tough weekend for Kilkenny and Tullow, Carlow get long awaited away win over Longford, and what we learned from Leinster v Munster 27.10.2022 51:35

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny lose out to Monkstown in the Leinster League, we look a what went wrong on the day and why we should be optimistic for the future. Carlow...

Season 2 E8: Tullow do a Carpe Diem on Carlow, Kilkenny go down to Gorey, Leinster v Munster and Ireland's Autumn International Squad 20.10.2022 37:47

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Tullow gets the bragging rights after beating Carlow in the Leinster League (Carpe Diem Cup). Kilkenny lose to Gorey in Division 1A, we review wher...

Season 2 E7: All smiles as Kilkenny & Tullow get good wins, Carlow & Athy goes dark, Sean O'Brien to Naas and more 07.10.2022 53:24

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow and Athy’s game was canceled due to a technology failure with flood lights, we preview the game which was refixed for this Sunday. We look b...