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On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of Gregor Townsend adding experience to his second row ahead of Ireland's visit to Murrayfield. Ronan O'Gara assesses Sam Prendergast's Six Nations debut. Jonny Bell is ending a 30-year association with Ulster, who have given an update on Ethan McIlroy's ACL injury. Wales haven't given up hope of a back row duo playing against Italy. And the Six Nations/Eurovision crossover you've all been waiting for.

Welcome to Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.On this morning's show, Keith Treacy joined Colm on hosting duties, and along with The Athletic's Mark Critchley to assess the business done - and not done - on transfer deadline day.Tommy Rooney joined us to look back on the weekend's League action.And we were lucky enough to have Ronan O'Gara, Alan Quinlan and James Tracy in to look back on Ireland's Six Nations win over England.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 Friday's Rugby Daily, Ireland captain Caelan Doris describes how much Sam Prendergast has developed since his under-20 days,Ronan O'Gara gives a blunt assessment on why Jack Crowley has only made the bench for tomorrow's Six Nations clash with England,Aoife Wafer details the culture shift in the Ireland women's team in the last 18 months,And Stuart Lancaster is leaving Racing 92 with immediate effectRugby Daily on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Irish Rugby. Never Stop Competing.

It was a packed house that the 3Olympia Theatre on Wednesday and Off The Ball's Eoin Sheahan and Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll co-hosted our Six Nations preview roadshow! Former English scrum half and perennial thorn in Ireland's side Austin Healey was joined by former Munster and Irish flanker Alan Quinlan, former Old Belvedere outhalf Andy Dunne and the Irish Times' Gerry Thornley to look back on Ireland-England matches past, as well as look ahead to the start of this year's championship! Rugby on Off The Ball in association with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.Things got started with Ronan O'Gara joining Shane Hannon and Colm Boohig on the show for a look ahead to the weekend's Six Nations clash between Ireland and England. Football journalist Andy Mitten then joined us live from Bucharest to discuss Manchester United's 2-0 defeat of FCSB and how likely success in the Europa League might be. Alan Quinlan was in studio next for more chat about the weekend's rugby, before author Peter Bills was back in the OTB studio to discuss his brilliant new book about Irish rugby. Right now, we'll hear about Colm's decision not to attend the Aviva Stadium this weekend and Ronan O'Gara's thoughts on the importance of home advantage in rugby. 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

Coming up on Thursday's Rugby Daily: Simon Easterby names his team for Ireland's Six Nations opener with England, Jonny Gray makes his first appearance for Scotland in two years for the visit of Italy to Murrayfield, And Michael Cheika is leaving Leicester Tigers at the end of the season - could he be a candidate for the vacancy at Munster?Rugby Daily on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Irish Rugby. Never Stop Competing.

Rising Irish superstar Aoife Wafer joined Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll and Off The Ball host Eoin Sheahan live on stage at the 3Olympia Theatre on Wednesday night as part of a star-studded Roadshow. She reflected on her second breakthrough year of international rugby, Ireland's winning record over the Black Ferns, and their hopes for the 2025 season ahead of the Six Nations and World Cup. Rugby on Off The Ball in association with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Former Lions and England scrum half Austin Healey was in spectacular form at the 3Olympia theatre as part of the Off The Ball Six Nations Roadshow on Wednesday night!He joined co-hosts Eoin Sheahan and Brian O'Driscoll on stage, living up to his reputation as the perfect villain for Irish rugby, as he expressed his true feelings on the B&I Lions, as both Brian and Austin gave their own sides to the infamous boxing story that has followed the pair since 2001!Rugby on Off The Ball is in association with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting

Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to look at the impressive win over the Dragons, the Reds' new signings, the search for the new head coach and there's a look ahead to the Six Nations as well!

Welcome to Thursday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize sample of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.Things got started with a look back at last night's Champions League action, Jhon Duran's potential move to Saudi Arabia and some rugby chat. The former Celtic, Monaco, Fulham and Scotland midfielder John Collins joined us then to reflect on Celtic's Champions League campaign and a little bit about his own illustrious playing career. On the Gaelic Football front, former Kerry footballer and coach Mike Quirke joined the lads to consider the implementation of the new Gaelic football rules and why he thinks patience is required. Up first though, we'll hear from the top of this morning's show where Ger and Colm discussed today's reports that Sam Prendergast is set to start for Ireland against England, and hear from English Rugby World Cup winner about just how good he thinks the young Irish out-half might be. Catch Off The Ball Breakfast LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for Off The Ball Breakfa

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Tadhg Beirne on whether last year’s heartbreaking defeat at Twickenham still lingers for the Ireland players,France welcome a huge name back to their team for Friday’s Six Nations opener with Wales,And Munster poach two young Leinster stars ahead of next season.Rugby Daily with Bank of Ireland - #NeverStopCompeting

Ger & Colm are joined by former Ireland international Anna Caplice to look ahead to Ireland’s Six Nations opener against England on Saturday!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 Tuesday's Rugby Daily, we hear from Ireland backs coach Andrew Goodman bid farewell to Portugal and return to Dublin ahead of their Six Nations opener against England on Saturday,England name their team for the trip to the Aviva Stadium with a surprise debutant on the wing,Andy Farrell brings in a couple of familiar faces as he starts putting together his backroom team for the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia,And Wales scrum consultant Adam Jones insists there is no bad blood between him and head coach Warren Gatland.Rugby Daily with Bank of Ireland - #NeverStopCompeting

It's the opening week of the Six Nations and Will O'Callaghan. has the latest from the Ireland camp ahead of the three-in-a-row chasers hosting England on Saturday.David Humphries has provided an update on Tadhg Furlong's fitness, Paul O'Connell insists that Leinster players aren't getting favourable treatment and England have a big fitness boost ahead of their trip to Dublin.And could the Six Nations ended up behind a paywall? In the UK at least...

On a bumper Friday edition of Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack takes you into Ireland camp as we hear from Paul O'Connell. Dan Sheehan is back for Leinster after his ACL injury, and we hear from Leo Cullen on the hooker's recovery and those rumours regarding Rabah Slimani. Ben O'Connor is to make his first start for Munster, with their CEO providing an update on their search for a new head coach. John Cooney will make a landmark appearance for Ulster on Sunday. And Pete Wilkins calls for consistency from his Connacht side.

On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you more of Simon Easterby's media briefing at the Six Nations launch, where he talked about Jonathan Sexton's role among the coaching set-up, and the gap in philosophy between Leinster and Ireland. Richie has the latest on Rabah Slimani's contract status at Leinster. We hear from Stormers head coach John Dobson on the club's link to their home city of Cape Town. Netflix has cut the cord on the Six Nations documentary 'Full Contact'. Another key player has added to Scotland's injury list. And Nicolas Sanchez has called time on a storied career.

In case you missed it, here is episode one from our Settle In Series, as a bonus listen for all of our GAA Fans!Former Ireland international and coach Linda Gorman joined Eoin Sheahan to discuss how she’s tackling ageism in sport by encouraging more people to take up walking football and she also discussed how much support for the women’s game in Ireland has changed since she played on the first ever WNT over 50 years ago.‘Settle in’ in partnership with Guinness 0.0.

On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of the dates and kick-off times for the last-16 fixtures in the Investec Champions Cup. We hear from Dan Soper, Pete Wilkins and Alan Quinlan on the road ahead for three of the provinces. Six Nations organisers have confirmed several rule trials will be in place for this year's competition. Two of the players jailed as part of the Grenoble rape trial are seeking their release. And Bill Sweeney refuses to step down as RFU CEO.

Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to discuss the cracking contest between the Reds and Northampton, facing La Rochelle in France, their Star of the Week and this weekend's clash with the Dragons. 

Welcome to Tuesday's Rugby Daily, where Richie McCormack takes us to the Six Nations launch in Rome. We hear from interim Ireland head coach Simon Easterby, as well as captain Caelan Doris. England are the latest country hit by the injury plague doing the rounds, and we speak to their new captain Maro Itoje. Another Scotland player has succumb to injury too. Ulster assistant coach Dan Soper explains his new role with the province. And three Munster youngsters have signed new deals.