Episodes

  • Rugby's financial crisis: How do we give the game a more prosperous future?

    Rugby's financial crisis: How do we give the game a more prosperous future?
    Jun 4 2025

    Bernard Jackman and Murray Kinsella join Gavan Casey to explore the financial state of professional rugby in Ireland and around the world.


    The lads discuss the R360 concept, the elephant in the room about World Cups, the provinces' efforts to find new revenue streams, TV deals, copyright claims on online clips, the Netflix fumble, how the club sport in France offers a blueprint for a more prosperous future, and much more.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Connacht’s Stu coup, Munster’s Durban drama, and Leinster’s foggy win over Scarlets

    Connacht’s Stu coup, Munster’s Durban drama, and Leinster’s foggy win over Scarlets
    Jun 3 2025
    Murray Kinsella, James Tracy and Gavan Casey reflect on Leinster and Munster’s URC quarter-finals and react to the breaking news of Connacht’s new head coach appointment, with Stuart Lancaster returning to Irish rugby.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Leinster-Scarlets/Sharks-Munster look-ahead, plus main-character Pollock

    Leinster-Scarlets/Sharks-Munster look-ahead, plus main-character Pollock
    May 28 2025
    James Tracy gives Gav his thoughts on Henry Pollock and Bordeaux's Champions Cup final celebrations, why he was so annoyed by the injury to James Ramm, and Leinster and Munster's respective URC quarter-finals this Saturday.

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    39 mins
  • Pulse-checking the Champions Cup final, UBB's glory, and Saints' rise

    Pulse-checking the Champions Cup final, UBB's glory, and Saints' rise
    May 26 2025
    Bernard Jackman joins Murray Kinsella to reflect on Bordeaux's victory over Northampton in last weekend's decider and what it all means for the future of the competition.

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    41 mins
  • Thursday night 6N: are fans getting shafted? Plus Ulster's big signing, Munster's lineout, and Leinster's Scarlets lesson

    Thursday night 6N: are fans getting shafted? Plus Ulster's big signing, Munster's lineout, and Leinster's Scarlets lesson
    May 21 2025

    James Tracy, Murray and Gav discuss Ulster's impending signing of a world-leading loosehead in Angus Bell. The lads chat about the fixing of next year's France-Ireland Six Nations game for a Thursday night, fielding frustrations from match-going supporters about attending Ireland games and raising their own concerns about the Aviva Stadium.


    Plus, JT provided a detailed analysis of Munster's lineout improvements against Benetton, the set play that both the Italians and Munster themselves scored from in the same game, and where Leinster will need to be wary of Scarlets in a couple of weekends' time.


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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Munster's hopes, Leinster's response, and Ireland 7s fallout

    Munster's hopes, Leinster's response, and Ireland 7s fallout
    May 19 2025
    Bernard Jackman joins Murray Kinsella to discuss how the URC quarter-finals are shaping up and the questions that remain after the IRFU's decision to shut down the men's sevens programme.

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    49 mins
  • Will this young Ulster generation actually be good enough to compete?

    Will this young Ulster generation actually be good enough to compete?
    May 14 2025
    On today's pod, Murray and Gav focus on Ulster alone: the lads explore the province's fortunes during Richie Murphy's first full season in charge, fans' frustrations, whether Ulster's current generation of academy talents are actually as good as we once thought they were, seven seasons of recruitment with mixed success, and expectations for 2025/26.

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    49 mins
  • Vintage POM, Connacht’s strategy after a miserable season, and how rugby’s free agency works behind the scenes

    Vintage POM, Connacht’s strategy after a miserable season, and how rugby’s free agency works behind the scenes
    May 12 2025

    Murray, Berch and Gav review Munster’s victory over Ulster, in which Peter O’Mahony’s biggest moment arguably wasn’t even his soaring try.


    The lads try to make sense of a turbulent season for Connacht, and whether there’s cause for optimism in their homegrown-heavy strategy.


    Berch gives an insight into how players are navigating rugby’s free agency in a shrunken market, which he believes may ultimately lead to the betterment of Irish rugby.


    Plus, Terenure College RFC appoint Carlos Spencer as their new head coach: eh, what the…?


    Note from Gav: Apologies for the first few minutes of my audio -- I knocked a mic cable loose without realising. It improves after about 10 minutes.


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    1 hr and 20 mins
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