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May 22, 2025 • 24min
Aoife Wafer secures move to Harlequins! | Reaction from Ireland star & head coach Ross Chisholm | OTB Rugby
Ireland back-row & 2025 Women's Six Nations Player of the Year Aoife Wafer is signing for Premiership Women's Rugby side Harlequins this summer!Cameron Hill spoke to Wafer, and Quins women's head coach Ross Chisholm, about the move to one of English rugby's top club sides, with the PWR currently experiencing a significant boom ahead of the Rugby World Cup.Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Irish rugby. #NeverStopCompeting.
May 21, 2025 • 10min
Rugby Daily | Ulster sound Bell on new signing, URC fixtures announced
Welcome to Wednesday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron Hill.Coming up today, Ulster sign Wallabies prop Angus Bell, raising questions over IRFU's overseas prop embargo,Leinster face a opening-weekend trip to South Africa with the fixtures out for the 2025/26 URC season,And Dara Smith-Naughton picks his Ireland XV for the Six Nations opener against France... next February!Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland, a proud sponsor of Irish rugby. #NeverStopCompeting.
May 21, 2025 • 25min
The Red 78 Unlocked | "Why can't we win it??" - Munster into the URC last 8 | Ep.133
Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to look back at the win over Benetton that has secured a top 8 finish and Champions Cup rugby for next season, and ponder the question - can Munster actually win the URC?
May 20, 2025 • 12min
Rugby Daily | James Tracy on Leinster endgame, Mike Brown's call to rugby leaders
Welcome to Tuesday’s Rugby Daily, I’m Cameron Hill.Coming up, we will hear from Aoife Wafer after she was freshly crowned Guinness Women’s 6 Nations player of the year for 2025.James Tracy's thoughts as Leinster begin their preparations for the URC playoff push,And an England stalwart retires - with a call-to-arms to those responsible for the future of the game.Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting
May 19, 2025 • 14min
Rugby Daily | Aoife Wafer named 6 Nations POTY, Beirne on European qualification, and Schmidt rallies the Wallabies
Welcome to Monday's Rugby Daily, with David Wilson.We hear from newly crowned Women's 6 Nations POTY Aoife Wafer.Munster believe their destiny is in Europe.More Welsh region controversy.Schmidt wants Wallaby roar against the Lions.And Ardie Savea the cream of the Pacific crop.Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting
May 16, 2025 • 12min
Rugby Daily | Munster's do-or-die night in URC, Dupont buys stake in US club
Welcome to Friday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron HillComing up, Munster are gearing up for what will be a decisive night in the URC.Leinster name their team for tomorrow's clash with defending URC champions Glasgow,And Antoine Dupont has taken an ownership stake in a Major League Rugby side.Rugby on Off The Ball, with Bank of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting
May 16, 2025 • 11min
OTB Breakfast Bite | Quinlan talks 7s binning + Heary & Murphy on grass roots shift
Welcome to Friday's OTB Breakfast Bite, your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast. On this morning's show, Alan Quinlan helped preview the final round of regular season fixtures in the URC. Conal Keaney looked ahead to another massive weekend in the Munster and Leinster hurling championships. And we previewed tonight's League of Ireland action in the company of Owen Heary and Barry Murphy. But this morning's Bite first takes us to our chat with Quinny, as he assesses the scrapping of the Ireland Men's Sevens programme, and then we cut to Owen and Barry as they reflect on last night's call-in regarding grass roots football on Off The Ball. 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
May 15, 2025 • 10min
Rugby Daily | McNulty on Sevens: "It would've been the best way to grow rugby in Ireland"
Welcome to Thursday's Rugby Daily, with Cameron HillComing up, former Ireland Sevens captain on the IRFU's decision to wind up the men's programme.Munster name their team for their do-or-die clash with Benetton in the URC,And South African rugby is in mourning following the sudden death of an ex-Springbok.Rugby on Off The Ball with Bank Of Ireland | #NeverStopCompeting
May 15, 2025 • 18min
The Red 78 Unlocked | Make or break for Munster | Ep. 132
Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster Legends Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to look back on an impressive win over Ulster, and to look ahead to their final game of the regular season - a huge clash with Benetton in Cork
May 15, 2025 • 11min
OTB Breakfast Bite | 'A systematic agenda... to make it an easy excuse' McNulty on the 7s + The Louth renaissance
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 Underage Football Development Co-ordinator Gavin Devlin joined Ger Gilroy to explain how Louth have improved so much over the years.Also former Ireland Sevens star Harry McNulty was on the line to express his disappointment on the cancellation of the men's programme.But this morning's Bite begins with Devlin on one of the stories of the summer so far.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
