Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsOpening Radio and Podcast...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast shows and categories...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsFetching podcast episodes...
Every Monday, Malachy Clerkin talks sport with his Irish Times colleagues.
During the week, it was announced that Leinster’s Champions Cup semi-final with Toulon had sold 30,000 tickets. Now, closer to kick-off, tha...
Provincial action, women’s Six Nations and the business end of the AIL club season - this weekend had plenty. Gordon D’Arcy joins Nathan Joh...
John O’Sullivan joins Nathan Johns to preview the weekend’s rugby action. From Munster’s key interpro with an injury-ravaged Ulster to Irela...
Gordon D’Arcy joins Nathan Johns to pick through the weekend’s rugby action. Did Ulster let themselves down against a Leinster shorn of firs...
John O’Sullivan joins Nathan Johns to talk through Ireland’s home start to their Six Nations campaign against Italy this Saturday after defe...
Leinster are in the Champions Cup semi-finals after beating Sale while Ulster find themselves in the Challenge Cup last four thanks to victo...
Gerry Thornley joins Nathan Johns to pick through the wreckage of Munster’s European campaign. The rot on the pitch appears to stem from dee...
After Leinster impressed but confounded in equal measure in their latest Champions Cup outing, what to make of their tournament hopes? How h...
Rugby is experiencing a wave of positivity after the recent Six Nations. We saw a record number of tries scored in the competition as attack...
With word on Ireland eyeing up an Australian rugby prospect, Nathan johns and Gordon D’Arcy look at Ireland’s prop development pathway. Plus...
Plenty of rugby news warrants further discussion as a thrilling conclusion to the Leinster Schools Cup warranted a replay. Munster are also...
A week after the conclusion of the Six Nations, the provinces returned to action. Bundee Aki headlined a statement win for Connacht over Uls...
The Six Nations finished with a bang with Ireland’s Triple Crown win over Scotland and France’s thrilling escape act against England, a late...
Heartbreak for Ireland as England’s late penalty concession and Thomas Ramos’ right boot cost Andy Farrell’s side a Six Nations title. Gerry...
Mark Palmer, Scottish rugby correspondent at The Times, joins Nathan Johns to preview Ireland’s clash with Scotland. The winner takes home t...
A sensational weekend of Six Nations action leaves us anticipating a bumper Super Saturday to decide the title. Gordon D’Arcy joins Nathan J...
This was a much-changed Ireland side from the one who performed heroics at Twickenham against England two weeks ago. And there was much to a...
Andy Farrell has made five changes to the starting XV ahead of Friday’s clash with Wales. Unusual, perhaps, to mix up a winning formula afte...
Sam Larner has, quite literally, written the book on data in rugby. In his recent publication, Attacking the Space: Inside rugby’s data and...
Everyone loved a crisis talk after Ireland U20s and Ireland XV lost on the same weekend the senior side struggled in Paris. Since then, thou...
How many of you saw that coming? A record Irish victory in Twickenham was some way for Andy Farrell and co to change the narrative surroundi...
Ireland’s team for the weekend is out with a big decision made at outhalf. Will the changes improve Ireland’s chances of securing an upset?...
Ireland responded to their disappointment in Paris with a win over Italy. Albeit an unconvincing one. Did new faces in Andy Farrell’s team d...
John O’Sullivan joins Nathan Johns to pick through some big selection decisions made by Andy Farrell ahead of Ireland’s Six Nations clash wi...
Ireland suffer a heavy defeat to France while Italy are on a high following a win over Scotland. Does that make for a potential banana skin...
A difficult night for Ireland saw them lose heavily to France in Paris. Nathan Johns and Gerry Thornley were at the Stade de France to pick...
Ireland have named their team for Thursday’s Six Nations opener. There are surprises, namely Jacob Stockdale in for James Lowe and Cian Pren...
The new head coach of the US team is an Irishman from Skerries. After winning a medal with the Canada Sevens team in Paris, Jack Hanratty ha...
Ireland’s front-row injury crisis plummeted to a further low when Jack Boyle was carted off with an Achilles issue for Leinster against Conn...
It’s squad week ahead of the upcoming Six Nations. Both the senior group, the squad selected in the second string and the U20s have all been...
The final European weekend for a while threw up plenty of intrigue. Munster are out of the Champions Cup, their latest love affair with Euro...
Gerry Thornley joins Nathan Johns to pick through the rugby news of the day. The quality of the on-field product certainly improved during l...
Leinster get out of jail against La Rochelle while Munster fall in Toulon in the Champions Cup. Meanwhile Ulster are snowed off while Connac...
An ex-Ireland captain is now in charge of the rugby department at one of the country’s four provinces. Rory Best, Joe Schmidt’s on-field lie...
The end of the festive interpro season is nigh but that means Europe is back in focus as the provinces gear up for continental rugby once mo...
The now infamous 7-1 forward split on the bench hit the headlines last year when World Rugby announced they would not be outlawing the pract...
The Christmas interpros have been and gone, Leinster and Ulster prevailing over Munster and Connacht respectively. Thomond Park was notable...
Inevitably, before their success in the United Rugby Championship last season, plenty of public commentary focused on Leinster’s inability t...
Another week, another round of games featuring Irish provinces winning ugly. Leinster and Munster secured bonus point victories despite bein...
Not for the first time this year, Welsh rugby is awash with speculation of the downfall of one of its clubs. The Ospreys, four-time winners...
Leinster won on their travels but looked far from convincing against Leicester. Munster also flattered to deceive albeit they got a winning...
With Leinster and Leicester squaring off in Europe this week, Jimmy Gopperth - a former outhalf for both sides - joins ex-teammate Gordon D’...
Round one of European action has been and gone as Leinster won in unconvincing fashion over an understrength Harlequins side, Munster fell a...
Two years out from the World Cup, Ireland now know who they are playing after Wednesday’s draw. The fixture dates come next February as Worl...
During the November window, the IRFU released their financial accounts for the previous year. Inevitably, they were asked about rising ticke...
There have been postmortems aplenty on the state of Irish rugby after the November window. But what of the international window as a whole....
Saturday was shambolic. Chaotic. Insert your choice of adjective here. A rugby match took over 130 minutes to complete. Seven cards were han...
South Africa come to town this weekend with two World Cup winners’ medals in the back pocket of plenty of squad members. Yet one of the few...
Ireland secured a record victory over Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies on a wet Saturday night at the Aviva Stadium. It was comfortably the best disp...
After beating the Lions in the last Test and running them close in the series as a whole, Australia have gone downhill. They started this No...