The Left Wing

On the latest episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined by former Ireland and Leinster scrum-half Eoin Reddan to discuss whether the PRO 14 gets the respect it deserves. The league often comes in for criticism, in particular for the amount of games that the frontline Irish internationals are rested for, but Reddan argues that having played in the Premiership, he knows...

On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald preview the Champions Cup with Irish Independent rugby correspondent Ruaidhri O'Connor. The lads do a pool-by-pool guide, with all three tipping the Irish provinces to make the quarter-finals. They also make their tournament winner prediction, and Luke gives a surprising answer when asked whether the current Saracens team a...

On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined by Irish Independent rugby correspondent Ruaidhri O'Connor and Kitman Labs CEO Stephen Smith. Will, Ruaidhri and Luke look ahead to Leinster vs Munster this Saturday and discuss how the provinces are shaping up after five games of the PRO 14 season. The lads then chat to Stephen Smith about the future of technolo...

On the latest episode of The Left Wing, Luke Fitzgerald and Will Slattery are joined by Munster captain Peter O'Mahony. The back row looks back on his eventful summer with the Lions that saw him captain the side in the first test, before he was dropped from the squad for the remaining two tests with the All Blacks. And with Munster currently looking for a replacement for Rassie Erasmus, O'Mahony t...

On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Luke Fitzgerald and Will Slattery are joined in studio by Sunday Independent columnist Paul Kimmage. Kimmage takes Fitzgerald up on a tweet where the former Ireland international referred to the ex-pro cyclist's use of amphetamines, while Fitzgerald was unhappy with Kimmage characterising Dublin pulling down Mayo players late on in the All-Ireland final as...

Will Slattery talked to Jamie Heaslip and Tony Ward at last week's National Ploughing Championships for a special episode of The Left Wing recorded in front of a live audience. Heaslip admits that he still isn't sure when he might return from a back injury while Ward says Irish fans must be patient as the PRO 14 continues to take shape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode of The Left Wing, Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald are joined by former Ireland and Leinster second row Mike McCarthy. McCarthy discusses how he came to terms with the end of his career after a move to France was scuppered by an injury - something that Fitzgerald can relate to having been forced out of the game at 28. The former lock also looks back on his career, including...

On the first ever Left Wing podcast, Luke Fitzgerald and Will Slattery are joined in studio by Ireland international Sean O'Brien. The Tullow Tank gives plenty of insight into the successful Lions tour to New Zealand, including what they got right - and wrong. He also discusses how he bounced back from his recent injury trouble as well as the influence that Michael Cheika and Joe Schmidt have had...