The42 Podcasts

Eight-time All Star and four-time All-Ireland winner Jenny O'Leary joins Gavan Casey and Sinead O'Carroll to preview this weekend's camogie final between Cork and reigning champions Kilkenny. We also get a prediction from another Cork legend - Anna Geary.

Close Calls #4 previews Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling final between Galway and Waterford. Joining Gavan Casey are former Tipperary All-Star Shane McGrath and The 42's GAA editor, Fintan O'Toole, while we will also hear from Kilkenny's nine-time All-Ireland winner, Jackie Tyrrell. Due to some technical issues this is a slightly edited version of Friday's Live show. Leave your prediction in th...

Former Kildare captain Johnny Doyle joins Gavan Casey and Niall Kelly to look back at Dublin's win over Tyrone yesterday, including Con O'Callaghan's mature performance and the death of the blanket defence. They also look at the Mayo and Kerry game and whether Mayo have the potential to end their All-Ireland drought this year. Finally, as we head towards the ultimate game of the season, the lads w...

Gavan Casey is joined by boxers Jason Quigley and Eric Donovan, as well as UFC fighter Joe Duffy, who beat Conor McGregor by submission a few years ago, to preview the big fight in Vegas tomorrow night. We'll also hear from Conor's coach, John Kavanagh, about his future in the octagon/ ring.

Former Irish centre Lynne Cantwell joined Gavan Casey to look back at a disappointing rugby World Cup for Ireland's women and the positives and negatives from the last few weeks.

Former Mayo midfielder David Brady joined Fintan O'Toole and Gavan Casey to look back at yesterday's semi-final draw between Kerry and Mayo, including the interesting decision to play Aidan O'Shea at full-back against Kieran Donaghy and next Saturday's decider.

Cork senior football captain Paul Kerrigan joined Gavan Casey and Fintan O'Toole to preview Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final clash between Mayo and Kerry in Croke Park. Having played against both teams this year, the Nemo Rangers man is in a unique position to judge the clash.

Former Ireland centre Lynne Cantwell joined Gavan Casey to cast an eye back over Ireland's exciting win over Japan in the Women's Rugby World Cup at the weekend, including a dominant display from winger Alison Miller. They also looked ahead to tomorrow's game against France, which will be a tough test for the team.

Eight-time All-Ireland winner Richie Power joined Gavan and Fintan for another episode of The GAA Show this morning to look back at Waterford's win over Cork yesterday and tee up an exciting All-Ireland Final. Apologies for the poor sound quality. We experienced some technical difficulties during the broadcast.

Miguel Delaney, chief football writer with The Independent, joins Gavan Casey and Niall Kelly to look ahead to a brand-new Premier League season. Close Calls is brought to you by eir Sport

Former Irish centre Lynne Cantwell joins Gavan Casey to look back at Ireland's opening match of the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup against Australia.

Dublin hurler Liam Rushe joined Gavan Casey and Fintan O'Toole for the latest episode of the GAA Show, where they looked back at the weekend's GAA action. The guys discussed Galway's heroic single-point victory over Tipp, Waterford's chances without De Búrca and how the football championship is shaping.

Former Roscommon goalkeeper and All-Ireland club winner Shane Curran joins The42's Fintan O'Toole and Gavan Casey to discuss the weekend's GAA action including the Rossies' draw against Mayo, a resurgent Kieran Donaghy, and how Monaghan can try to trouble the Dubs next weekend.

Tipperary All-Star and All-Ireland winner Shane McGrath joins The42's Fintan O'Toole and Gavan Casey to discuss the weekend's GAA action including Davy Fitzgerald's latest shot at the media, Tipp's leaky defence, Mayo's resilience, and the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Theme music credit: Otis McDonald - 3rd Eye Blimp (Creative Commons licence)

And so the Lions' 2017 tour of New Zealand comes to an end in what was a huge anti-climax. Former Ireland head coach, and 2005 Lions coach, Eddie O'Sullivan joined Gavan Casey for a review of the tour, looking at Gatland's calls, the future of the Lions and the closing gulf between the northern and southern hemispheres.

In the final test of the Lions 2017 tour of New Zealand, a 15-15 scoreline meant that they drew a series for the second time, with the last time being the 1955 tour of South Africa. Murray Kinsella joined Gavan Casey from New Zealand with his reaction to the match, including the late penalty that Romain Poite denied, which could have changed the result.

Murray Kinsella joins Gavan Casey from New Zealand to discuss last night's squad announcements, with Steve Hansen handing first starts to both Jordie Barrett and Ngani Laumape. Gatland has decided to name an unchanged squad for the Lions, despite question marks over certain players.

Former Ireland head coach Eddie O'Sullivan joins Gavan Casey to analyse the good and bad from last Saturday's test and weigh up the Lions' chances of pulling off an historic win.

Gavan Casey is joined by Murray Kinsella on the line from Wellington to look back on the Lions' 24-21 win in their second Test against the All Blacks.

Murray Kinsella joined Gavan Casey from New Zealand to discuss the team selections of the Lions and All Blacks for the second crucial Test this coming Saturday. Peter O'Mahony missed out the most, as he went from captain for the first Test, to not making the match day 23 for the second one. The guys also look at Alun Wyn Jones making the team at the expense of George Kruis and the Sexton/ Farrell...

Former Ireland head coach and Lions coach Eddie O'Sullivan joined Gavan Casey to cast a quick look back at the Lions' draw with the Hurricanes in Wellington, before looking ahead to their crucial second Test against the All Blacks this Saturday.

The42's Murray Kinsella dials in from Eden Park to analyse the hosts' 30-15 win over Warren Gatland's side.

Ryan Bailey was joined by Murray Kinsella live from Hamilton, where he watched the Lions put in a convincing win against the Chiefs. The match was the last chance for any of the midweek team to stake their claims on a test jersey but did any of them do enough? Murray and Ryan also look ahead to the match against the All Blacks at the weekend.

Murray Kinsella joins Ryan Bailey from Rotorua to look back at the Lions' win over the Maori All Blacks this morning, where Johnny Sexton threw down a huge claim for the No. 10 test shirt and Peter O'Mahony his own claim for the captaincy. They guys also look at the controversial decision to call up extra Lions members based on their geographic proximity.

Murray Kinsella joins Sean Farrell live from Dunedin with reaction to the Lions' loss to the Highlanders this morning.