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On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack puts the final touches to Ireland's Women's Six Nations preparations. We hear from Linda Djougang and Fiona Tuite on the test that awaits in Belfast against France.RG Snyman and Jordie Barrett are back to reinforce Leinster in Pretoria. Ulster are getting stronger as they prepare to slay the Dragons. While Connacht shuffle their pack for their trip to the Ospreys.

John Duggan is back with us after a week of Cheltenham Racing along with Johnny Ward to give us their thoughts and reflections on the week of festival racing. As well as that, they'll get into the upcoming cards at Naas and Navan as flats racing begins!To hear all this and more, make sure to subscribe at offtheball.com/join  The Racing Pod on Off The Ball with William Hill, see Gamblingcare.ie 

On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you all the reaction to the Republic of Ireland's Nations League playoff win away to Bulgaria. We speak to goalscorers Finn Azaz and Matt Doherty, as well as Troy Parrott to get their views of the first leg in Plovdiv. Plus, Phil rounds up all of last night's Nations League playoff and World Cup qualifier action. And here at home, Kerry add some international flavour to their attack.

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the team news ahead of Ireland's Women's Six Nations opener with France in Belfast. Eve Higgins discusses what success looks like for Ireland in this year's tournament, plus head coach Scott Bemand shares his reasons for picking a new captain. Munster have rung the changes for their URC trip to Glasgow.Peato Mauvaka has received a ban for his headbutt against Scotland.And former Ulster lock Jeremy Davidson has a new job.

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan puts the finishing touches to the Republic of Ireland's preparations for tonight's Nations League playoff first leg with Bulgaria. Heimir Hallgrimsson discusses Evan Ferguson, Troy Parrott, Rocco Vata and his goalkeeping conundrum. A Liverpool stalwart leaves the Dutch camp carrying an injury.Brazil's preparations for their World Cup qualifier with Colombia have been hit by drone drama.

Legendary F1 team owner Eddie Jordan passed away on Thursday following a fight with pancreatic cancer. During the depths of Lockdown in 2021, the ebullient Dubliner looked back over his unique career in motorsport with Joe Molloy. Eddie looked at his days of working with a young Michael Schumacher, his recollections of Ayrton Senna, and his own travails on the F1 grid.

This is Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Nathan Murphy joined Kathleen and Colm from Plovdiv where he previewed the Republic of Ireland's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria. They, of course, aren't the only international teams in action this week, and football writer Graham Hunter examined the state of play elsewhere. We previewed the Women's Six Nations with former Ireland player Grace Davitt & The Telegraph’s Fiona Tomas. Plus, there was live reaction to the death of former F1 boss Eddie Jordan. And it's there we take our Bite this morning, with former Jordan F1 designer Gary Anderson reacting to the passing of his former boss, and then we check in on that W6N chat with Grace and Fiona. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Gary Anderson, former technical director of Jordan F1, joins Off The Ball Breakfast to reflect on the life & times of the great Eddie Jordan.Off The Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum Nutrition | #unlockmoreyouCatch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest injury news ahead of the start of Ireland's Women's Six Nations campaign, and it's fair to say France have the worst of it. France men's head coach Fabien Galthié continues to moan about Ireland, despite their Six Nations title. Two more Leinster backs have extended their stays with the province. Another England winger has his Lions hopes dashed. And the RFU want a relaxation of the licensing laws around Twickenham.

On Wednesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the latest from the Republic of Ireland camp ahead of tomorrow night's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria. Heimir Hallgrimsson discusses the importance of staying in League B, what they've learned since their chastening trip to Wembley, and how best to utilise Finn Azaz. Jimmy Dunne talks Northern Ireland interest, and his hereditary resilience. Renee Slegers has her say on that 'disgraceful' pitch in Madrid. And could Dean Huijsen be heading back to Spain?

On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack checks in with Ireland's preparations for the start of the Women's Six Nations. Defence coach Hugh Hogan believes Ireland can ask questions of France in Belfast on Saturday. Three Leinster players have extended their stays with the province, and we hear from Jacques Nienaber ahead of their double bill in South Africa. There's also contract news from Connacht today, with assistant coach Colm Tucker providing a squad update. Georgia head coach Richard Cockerill renews calls for promotion/relegation playoff from the Six Nations.Peato Mauvaka could be in hot water following his yellow card against Scotland. And the English Premiership remains a closed shop to Ealing.

On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan continues the build-up to Thursday's Nations League playoff with Bulgaria in Plovdiv. We hear from James Abankwah, Matt Doherty and John O'Shea, with Abankwah encouraging more young Irish players to try their luck on the continent. Mauricio Pochettino still harbours hopes of a reunion with Tottenham. Dougie Freedman's swapping South London for the. Saudi second tier.

Newstalk's Henry McKean was in Dublin Airport to get reaction from Team Ireland's incredible campaign at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin.

Here is a taster of what you can expect from Adrian Barry, who was joined by Hugh Farrelly & Jackie Shiels for this weeks edition of The Sunday Paper Review on Off The Ball.Catch the full thing in the SPR+ feed NOW!Catch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest from the Ireland camp ahead of their Six Nations closer away to Italy tomorrow. We hear from Ronan O'Gara on the enemy of complacency, and Alan Quinlan discusses those Jack Crowley links to Leicester. The Six Nations is set to remain on free-to-air television. Connacht lock down an out-half to a new two-year deal. The World U20 Championship is going back to Italy for the first time in a decade, and the draw's been kind to Ireland. Plus, Rocky Elsom has his prison sentence in France reduced on appeal.

On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan previews tonight's action in the League of Ireland. We hear from Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley ahead of our live game on OTB Sports Radio tonight - the clash of Drogheda United and the Hoops. There's brilliant news for Derry City on the financial front.Shelbourne's preparations for the visit of Cork City to Tolka Park have been ravaged, and we hear from the Leesiders' boss Tim Clancy. Keith Long on a tricky trip for Waterford out west. Arne Slot and Eddie Howe look ahead to Sunday's Carabao Cup final. And Chelsea's spending shows no signs of slowing down.

Gold Cup Day is finally here and Thom Malone and John Duggan are here with us once again to preview the last day of the Cheltenham racing festival!Horse Racing on Off The Ball is brought to you by William Hill

The much vaunted sports writer John Feinstein died on Thursday at the relatively young age of 69. He leaves behind a legacy as one of the best authors in his field, with a string of critically acclaimed books carrying his name. In December of 2006, he joined Off The Ball to discuss one of those titles, 'A Good Walk Spoiled', which captured a year on the PGA Tour pre-Tiger. Following that, from the depths of Covid, OTB's John Duggan shares why he sees 'A Good Walk Spoiled' as one of his favourite ever sports books.Another of John Feinstein's books 'A Season On The Brink', which covered the fiery Bob Knight and his Indiana Hoosiers basketball team was captured in a conversation on Off The Ball from February 2008.

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the final batch of team news from this year's Six Nations. Jack Crowley is back in the Ireland no.10 jersey for Saturday's game away to Italy, and we hear Simon Easterby's explanation behind the changes he's made. The interim Ireland head coach has also fired back at France boss Fabien Galthié. Matt Sherratt's made a couple of tweaks to his Wales team as they look to extinguish any lingering England hopes of the title. Plus, Gregor Townsend names the Scotland team that Ireland hope will do them a massive favour in Paris.

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you news of the Republic of Ireland squad for the Nations League playoff with Bulgaria. Ange Postecoglou singles out Troy Parrott for praise ahead of tonight's Europa League second leg involving Tottenham and AZ. Ruben Amorim discusses Jim Ratcliffe's disparaging of the Manchester United squad. Ruesha Littlejohn is a Hoop. And Joshua Kimmich has ended speculation regarding his future.

It's day three of Cheltenham and Thom Malone is back with John Duggan and Johnny Ward (when his internet connection allowed it!) today as Ireland look to continue their winning ways at Cheltenham. The Cheltenham Show on Off The Ball with William Hill

This is Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show we looked ahead to Ireland's Six Nations game away to Italy with former Azzurri back turned truck driver, Mirco Bergamasco. Day 3 of the Cheltenham Festival was previewed from Prestbury Park by John Duggan. Leitrim senior men’s football manager Steven Poacher chats about his first season in charge of the team. And we were joined by European Indoor gold medalist Sarah Healy following her sensational 3000m victory. And that's where we take this morning's Bite, as Ger and Colm catch up with Healy. But first, Mirco Bergamasco gives his view of this Saturday's game in Rome. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Irish Olympian Sarah Healy joins Ger Gilroy & Colm Boohig on the show fresh off her gold medal at the European Indoor Championships.Off The Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum Nutrition | #unlockmoreyou

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig and Arthur O’Dea talk through this morning’s papers on Off The Ball Breakfast.Off The Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum Nutrition | #unlockmoreyou

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of Romain Ntamack pouring more petrol on the fires of last week's clash of Ireland and France at the Aviva. Andrew Porter defends himself after Fabien Galthié attempted to get him cited for his part in the injury sustained by Antoine Dupont. Rabah Slimani is among the Leinster players extending their stay at Leinster. And Ronan O'Gara's refresh of the La Rochelle squad continues.

On Wednesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the latest on the massive rift between the FAI and League of Ireland clubs. Last night's Champions League second leg defeat to PSG has come with added cost to Liverpool ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final. Unai Emery discusses Aston Villa's second leg with Club Brugge. And we hear from Steve Clarke on his future as Scotland head coach.

Thom Malone is joined by John Duggan live from Cheltenham to look ahead to day two of the racing festival.The Racing Pod w/ William Hill.18+ | Bet responsibly | http://GamblingCare.ie

This is Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, journalist Philippe Auclair reflected on a breathless night of Champions League action at Anfield. John Duggan joined us from a snowy Presbury Park ahead of day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival. OTB’s Dara Smith-Naughton predicted the Ireland XV that will start their Six Nations finale against Italy on Saturday. And we spoke to Donald McRae about his excellent new boxing book 'The Last Bell'. And it's there we take our Bite, as Donald discusses his latest book. And first, a sample of Philippe's view of PSG's win over Liverpool. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest from the Ireland camp as attentions turn to Saturday's trip to Italy. We hear from attack coach Andrew Goodman and loosehead Andrew Porter as the inquest into the defeat to France continues. There's Premiership interest in Jack Crowley. Munster and Leinster have both been signing members of their existing squads to new contracts. And New Zealand Rugby secure the services of one of their top prospects.

On Tuesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you the news of Manchester United's plans to build a new 100,000-seater stadium. The Manchester United Supporters Trust have responded to the news with a series of questions. And we hear Jim Ratcliffe's claims of how close United were to insolvency. Away from Old Trafford, Arne Slot looks ahead to Liverpool's Champions League second leg with Paris Saint-Germain. Phil has the latest on the international tug-o-war for Rocco Vata. And the Bulgarian FA are refusing to accept their manager's resignation ahead of Ireland playoff.

Join Thom Malone as he chats to John Duggan and Johnny Ward about the first day of Cheltenham.The Racing Pod w/ William Hill.18+ | Bet responsibly | http://GamblingCare.ie

Welcome to Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, we were honoured to be joined by European Athletics bronze medalist, Kate O'Connor. We continued our inquest into Saturday's Six Nations defeat to France with Mike Sherry. John Duggan set the table for the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. Newstalk's Jess Kelly joined us to discuss her involvement in the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon, which is supporting the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.And Football Pod host Tommy Rooney provided the latest update on his Football Power Rankings.Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Kate O'Connor picked up the Bronze in the Pentathlon at the recent European Indoor Championships on Sunday, now she joins Ger and Dara to discuss her multi-event career so far and her plans for the future!Off the Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum NutritionTo become a member and access our exclusive content simply click: here:http://offtheball.com/join

On Monday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest on the health of an Ireland squad still licking their collective wounds after Saturday's defeat to France. FFR president Florian Grill seethes over their treatment at the hands of match officials. England's Ollie Lawrence is now a doubt for the Lions tour this summer. And Richie has the latest on Rabah Slimani's status as a Leinster player.

On Monday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you what Mike Arteta DID say in response to the title race question. Ruben Amorim heaps praise on his Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes. Florian Wirtz could have already played his final game for Bayer Leverkusen. And Real Madrid have injury doubts over three key players ahead of their Champions League second leg with Atletico Madrid.

Welcome to Monday's Off The Ball Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. You can listen to that here. On this morning's show, Alan Quinlan joined us for the post mortem on Ireland's Six Nations defeat to France. Football writer Jonathan Wilson reviewed the weekend's Premier League action, and the further dwindling of Arsenal's title hopes. Sarah O'Donovan and Jamie Wall looked back on the weekend's hurling. And John Duggan began our coverage of this week's Cheltenham Festival.And, as ever of a Monday, we brought you the Performance Rankings. But this morning's Bite takes in some of Quinny's dissection of the Ireland loss on Saturday before we cross to Prestbury Park for the first time this week. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

Here's a snipped of our Sunday Paper Review, after a disappointing night for the Irish Six Nations campaign, Adrian Barry is joined by former Irish Rugby international Grace Davitt, and sports journalist, Clíona Foley, to discuss the sports news of the week.

Shane, Adrian & Ann-Marie bring you all of the major sporting stories on this Sunday morning, the after Ireland Six Nations hopes were dashed at the hands of a largely Dupont-less France…

On Friday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack completes your build-up to tomorrow's titanic battle between Ireland and France at the Aviva. We speak to Caelan Doris and Simon Easterby at today's captain's run, plus Antoine Dupont piles further pressure on tomorrow's referee Angus Gardner. Ronan O'Gara, Alan Quinlan and Andy Dunne all have their say on tomorrow's crunch clash. Plus Italy make half a dozen changes for their test with England on Sunday.

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On Friday's Football Daily, Phil Egan brings you a full preview of tonight's League of Ireland slate of fixtures. We hear from Keith Long, Stephen Bradley, Joe Redmond and Reece Hutchinson ahead of tonight's games. Don't forget, Waterford v Bohemians is live and exclusive on OTB Sports Radio tonight which you can hear on the Off The Ball app. Troy Parrott discusses the AZ goal that downed his former side Tottenham in the Europa League last night. Arne Slot talks Liverpool's 'luck' with injuries. And Newcastle's injury problems have gotten even worse.

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has your team news ahead of that huge meeting of Ireland and Scotland. Mack Hansen is out of that game, and Simon Easterby explains why. He also discusses his bench composition, Tadhg Furlong's progress and more. Fabien Galthié has begun piling the pressure on Saturday's referee Angus Gardner + he discusses Thierry Henry's visit. And we hear from Gregor Townsend and Matt Sherratt on Saturday's meeting of Scotland and Wales.

Ronnie Delany was born on this day in 1935. To mark his 90th birthday, we've delved into the OTB archives to bring you a very special, feature-length interview that Ger Gilroy conducted with the 1956 Olympic 1500m gold medalist in 2012. Sit back and enjoy Ronnie's wonderful tales of an incredible sporting life.

A trilogy fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano has been confirmed for Friday July 11th at Madison Square Garden, on a card that will be screened by Netflix. To remind you of how the last bout went, we've compiled our peerless coverage from the week that followed. First up, Kevin Byrne joins us to review the fight itself. Eoin Sheahan then spoke to Serrano's promoter Nakisa Bidarian who was himself in spiky form. And we close out with an in-depth chat with Taylor's trainer, Ross Enamait. Keep tabs on the OTB Daily feed for all of our build-up to that trilogy contest.

On Thursday's Football Daily, Phil Egan previews tonight's European action, as the last-16s of the Europa League and Conference League get underway. We hear from AZ forward Troy Parrott ahead of his latest reunion with former club Tottenham. Arne Slot defends his goalkeeper Alisson amid claims of time-wasting away to PSG. We've the latest on the international tug-o-war for Rocco Vata. Sean Boyd gives an insight into working with Damien Duff.

Welcome to Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, we were joined by the one and only Danny Dyer for a very special edition of 'You Had To Be There'. We previewed the Six Nations clash of Ireland and France with Les Bleus legend Philippe Saint-André. And Jean-Philippe Leclaire reviewed Liverpool's smash-and-grab win away to Paris Saint-Germain. And this morning's Bite has a distinctly French flavour as we check in with Saint-André, and first we look back on last night's events at the Parc des Princes. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

The one, and only, Danny Dyer joins Ger & Colm in the OTB studio to give a very special edition of Off The Ball Breakfast's You Had to Be There. Off The Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum Nutrition.Off The Ball Breakfast w/ Optimum Nutrition | #unlockmoreyouCatch The Off The Ball Breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/joinOff The Ball Breakfast is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you the latest from the France camp ahead of their departure for Dublin. And there's an update on the fitness of Gregory Alldritt. We hear from Mack Hansen and John Fogarty on France's deployment of a 7-1 bench. Marcus Smith has been sensationally dropped by England for the visit of Italy to Twickenham. And Rassie Erasmus addresses chatter that Felix Jones was sent to 'spy' on England.

Welcome to Wednesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize sample of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. This morning, Gavin Cooney talked last night’s Champions League fixtures, including the Madrid derby and Arsenal’s emphatic win over PSV. Wexford hurling legend Matthew O’Hanlon joined to discuss his retirement from hurling and future plans. And OTB’s Dara Smith-Naughton predicted Ireland XV for this weekend’s Six Nations clash with France.Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfast and get the podcast on the Off The Ball app. This morning's Bite begins with Gavin's review of last night's Champions League action, and then we talk retirement with Matthew O'Hanlon.SUBSCRIBE at OffTheBall.com/join

On Wednesday's Football Daily, Phil Egan helps preview tonight's Champions League action and we hear from Arne Slot ahead of Liverpool's game away to Paris Saint-Germain. Alponso Davies addresses Joshua Kimmich's contract impasse as Bayern Munich prepare for another showdown with Bayer Leverkusen. Newcastle's left flank has been further decimated ahead of this month's Carabao Cup final. And the World Cup final in 2026 is to get its own Super Bowl-esque half-time show.