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On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of a potential move to the English Premiership for Leinster and Ireland out-half Ross Byrne.
We hear from Ireland centre Robbie Henshaw on this week's Six Nations clash with Wales.
Warren Gatland speaks for the first time since leaving the Wales head coach's job.
Michael Cheika has emerged as a frontrunner to replace Joe Schmidt in Australia's top job.
And a two-time Champions Cup winner with La Rochelle is forced to retire.
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Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to talk about the win over Scarlets, Gavin Coombes' good run of form, Ireland's clash with Wales and more.
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Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.
This morning on the show, Tom English looked back on Celtic's heartbreaking exit from the Champions League.
We began our look ahead to the League of Ireland weekend with former goalkeeper Barry Murphy.
And we were also joined by writer Sam Peters, author of Concussed: Sports Uncomfortable Truth, joins Ger & Colm to take a deep dive into the issue of concussion in rugby.
And it's with rugby we take this morning's bite, looking ahead to the Calcutta Cup clash of England and Scotland with the BBC's Tom English, followed by a snippet of that chat with Sam Peters.
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On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you confirmation of Ireland's return to Soldier Field in Chicago.
We hear from Robbie Henshaw and Andrew Goodman ahead of Saturday's clash with Wales, as a trio of experienced players will miss the game in Cardiff.
James Botham discusses the changes made by Matt Sherratt with Wales.
France are set to go with a 7-1 split on their bench as they look to atone for defeat at Twickenham.
England make one change for the Calcutta Cup game.
And we hear from Louis Rees Zammit as he continues to chase his NFL dream.
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On Monday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest from the Ireland camp which has gone through significant change over the weekend due to injury.
We hear from Aled Walters and Alan Quinlan on the Wales game ahead, and on Sam Prendergast's physical development.
There's a new addition to the Wales coaching staff ahead of Ireland's visit to Cardiff.
And changes galore between Scotland and Wales with the Calcutta Cup to be decided this weekend.
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On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest from the Ireland camp a week out from their Six Nations game away to Wales.
Aled Walters provides us with a fitness update, and Garry Ringrose discusses his contentment with Simon Easterby's centre rotation.
Josh Wycherley returns to the Munster fold for the first time since September.
Pete Wilkins says he's not feeling any more pressure as Connacht look to arrest their URC losing streak.
James Hume, Jacob Stockdale and Stuart McCloskey are back for Ulster.
And Melvyn Jaminet discusses the racist Instagram story that almost ended his career.
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On Thursday's Rugby Daily, new contracts for Ireland duo Tadhg Beirne and Garry Ringrose.
Bordeaux fly-half Joey Carbery admits it’s difficult for him to watch Ireland in the Six Nations,
And Calvin Nash reveals there’s much more to come from the Men in Green as they chase a third title in a row.
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Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes as they look ahead to the Scarlets clash at Thomond Park, discuss a new deal for Tadhg Beirne, and look at the Six Nations so far. -
Welcome to Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.
Things got started this morning with Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig and Arthur James O'Dea looking back at the drama in last night's Merseyside Derby at Goodison Park.
Gareth Roberts and Sarah Deboe, Liverpool and Everton supporters respectively, then joined Ger and Colm to reflect on the game from the fans' perspective.
In the build-up to the new League of Ireland season, Bohemians COO, Daniel Lambert, and Shamrock Rovers CEO John Martin joined the lads in studio to discuss how the league can maximize on its current popularity.
Right now now, we're going to bring you a small section of this morning's chat with the brilliant Joey Carbery. Joining us live from Bordeaux, he began by discussing how he feels watching Ireland matches a few years removed from the international set-up.
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On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Connacht head coach Pete Wilkins offers a positive update on Mack Hansen's new contract,
Will Greenwood gives his thoughts on whether Simon Easterby would be suited to the Wales head coach role,
And London Irish saved by an Eddie Jordan-led consortium - are they on their way to the URC?
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Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.
On this morning's show, Mayo legend Colm Boyle assessed the lay of the land after a couple of rounds of the Allianz Football League, and his own county's fortunes.
The Hard Shoulder (and Dicksboro's) Kieran Cuddihy joins us for his 'You Had To Be There'.
And we spoke to ex-England centre Will Greenwood for his half-term report on the Six Nations.
And it's there we took our Bite, with Will following Ger, Colm and Arthur in giving their view on the departure of Wales head coach Warren Gatland.
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On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has details of the news that has set the cat among the Six Nations pigeons with Warren Gatland leaving as Wales head coach.
We hear from WRU chief executive Abi Tierney, and the man who has been installed as interim head coach - Matt Sherratt.
Scott Bemand's revealed his Ireland squad for the Women's Six Nations, with one big-name absentee.
Romain Ntamack must serve the second game of his suspension against Italy.
Ulster have major front row concerns going into their URC trip to Benetton.
And we hear from Pete Wilkins as Connacht look to get their URC season back on track against Cardiff.
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On Monday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you all the reaction to Ireland's bonus point win at Murrayfield yesterday.
We hear from interim head coach Simon Easterby, man of the match Sam Prendergast and Alan Quinlan.
A trio of Munster players have signed new contracts at the province.
Leo Cullen discusses his returning international contingent.
And a Biarritz player is sacked for biting the cheek of a teammate.
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Welcome to Monday's Off The Ball Breakfast Bite, your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.
On this morning's show, League Of Ireland director Mark Scanlon helped us break the news that Off The Ball will be broadcasting 30 live Premier Division matches this season.
Alan Quinlan and James Tracy broke down Ireland's dominant win over Scotland at Murrayfield.
We rounded up the weekend's hurling action with Seamus Hickey.
And - as always of a Monday - we brought you the Performance Rankings.
But today's Bite takes a look back on Ireland's victory at Murrayfield with Ger, Colm and Arthur assessing Sam Prendergast's place in the Lions pecking order now, plus we get the view of Alan Quinlan and James Tracy.
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On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the team news for Sunday's Six Nations clash of Scotland and Ireland.
We hear from Simon Easterby, Bundee Aki and Gregor Townsend.
Ronan O'Gara tackles the rumours linking him with the Wallabies head-on.
And a French club have turned their attentions to an Italian international having courted John Cooney.
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On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of, and reaction to, Joe Schmidt's impending departure as Wallabies head coach later this year.
Munster have signed an Irish-qualified centre for next season.
Romain Ntamack has apologised following his two-game ban, while Mathieu Jalibert returns in one of two changes for Le Crunch with England.
England will be able to call upon Henry Arundell later this year.
And Jamie Ritchie's off to the South of France.
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'This Is Leinster' is a five-part documentary series charting the 2024 Interprovinicial success for Tania Rosser and her squad, featuring exclusive conversations with head coach Rosser, and leading players Hannah O'Connor, Ruth Campbell and Eimear Corri.
Cameron Hill caught up with the stars of the documentary at the premiere at the Bank of Ireland branch, College Green.
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Welcome to this morning's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.
On this morning's show, former Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw helped us look ahead to Sunday's game with Ireland at Murrayfield.
We also heard from The Roar's Christy Doran for immediate reaction to the news that Joe Schmidt will leave Australia after the Lions tour.
Martin Lipton joined us after Arsenal saw the chance for another trophy slip away on Tyneside.
And a very special edition of 'You Had To Be There' came from the man responsible for The Day Today, the birth of Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It, Veep and now the stage production of Dr Strangelove - Armando Iannucci.
And it's there we take our Bite this morning, with some of Armando's chat with Ger and Colm. And we also sample the Scotland-Ireland chat with Greig.
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In case you missed it, here is episode five of our Settle In series, a bonus listen for our rugby fans!
Irish golfer, Sara Byrne joined Nathan Murphy in our sixth instalment of our 'Settle In' series. In this deep dive into her golfing career, Sara recounted the sacrifices she made to play golf as a young girl, her dreams of making the LPGA, and the difficult decision to end her amateur career and turn pro.
Settle In on Off The Ball is brought to you by Guinness 0.0
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On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest news from the Ireland camp ahead of Sunday's trip to Murrayfield.
We speak to Dan Sheehan and scrum coach John Fogarty regarding the recent edge to Scotland fixtures.
Both France and England are to change their 10s for Le Crunch on Saturday, while Richard Wigglesworth addresses concerns regarding the England squad's fitness.
James Hume, Jacob Stockdale and Stuart McCloskey are back for Ulster and their one-off fixture with Les Kiss' Queensland Reds, and we hear from head coach Richie Murphy.
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