RTÉ Rugby Podcast

Damien O'Meara is joined in the new RTÉ podcast studio by former Ireland international Hannah O'Connor to look ahead to Sunday's Women's Rugby World Cup clash with Spain.

Neil Treacy dials in from Towcester ahead of Ireland's first media engagement of the week to give us his insights from Wednesday morning's training session, while also lifting the lid on the nightlife in Northampton of a Tuesday night.

While the win over Japan was far from perfect, Ireland head coach Scott Bemand will have seen a lot that pleased him as Ireland return to Franklin's Gardens to face an opponent who have given Ireland some trouble in recent years.

The Spain game will come too soon for Aoife Wafer, but that doesn't mean she will not have an influence around the camp this week, according to Hannah.

Spain were well beaten by New Zealand in their opening game, but it was a harder fought win for the Black Ferns than some of the other mismatches we saw in the first round of pool games.

Ultimately, however, both Hannah and Neil reckon Ireland will have too much for their Iberian opponents and will secure the win that punches their ticket for the last-eight.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined in the RTÉ Rugby podcast studio by former internationals Niamh Briggs and Hannah Tyrrell to look back on Ireland's impressive 42-14 win against Japan to open their Women's Rugby World Cup campaign.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined in our new-look RTÉ Rugby podcast studio by former Ireland international Hannah O'Connor and ex-Munster out-half Jonny Holland as we look ahead to the start of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025.

We take a broad look at the tournament as a whole (2:35), and how the game has grown since the last tournament in New Zealand three years ago.

Hannah and Jonny give their verdict on how they expect Ireland to play in this campaign (16:05), with a focus on out-half Dannah O'Brien (22:45), while we discuss how Scott Bemand will go about replacing the injured Erin King and Dorothy Wall, as well as Aoife Wafer who is set to miss the opening games (27:45).

And we take a stab at predicting our starting XV for Sunday's Pool C opener against Japan in Northampton (43:00).

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Glennon is joined by Hannah O'Connor and Jonny Holland to look ahead to the Women's Rugby World Cup, which starts on Friday week.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michael Glennon is joined on the RTÉ Rugby podcast by Jonny Holland and Johne Murphy to review Saturday's final Test between the Lions and Australia in Sydney, while Hannah O'Connor is on to discuss Ireland's win over Scotland in the World Cup warm-up. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined on the RTÉ Rugby podcast by Jonny Holland and Johne Murphy to look ahead at Saturday's final Test between the Lions and Australia in Sydney, and recap the talking points from last week at the MCG.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Jonny Holland and Johne Murphy as we react to the big team news and preview the second Test between the British and Irish Lions and Australia.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ahead of Saturday's second Test between the British and Irish Lions and the Wallabies, Neil Treacy is joined at Marvel Stadium by Iain Payten of the Sydney Morning Herald to get the Australian perspective on the series.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Jonny Holland on this week's RTÉ Rugby podcast.

We recap the best of the news from week one off the Lions tour, while we also pick our Ireland XV to take on Georgia next week.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Eddie O'Sullivan to recap Leinster's BKT United Rugby Championship final win against the Bulls.

We also begin our look ahead to the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour, and discuss the Test places up for grabs.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy, Bernard Jackman and Jonny Holland react to the big news of the week in Irish rugby.

This week, we discuss Connacht's high profile appointment of Stuart Lancaster as their next head coach, and the impact that could have on rugby both in the west of Ireland and on the national team.

We also look back on last weekend's URC quarter-finals, firstly with Leinster defeating the Scarlets, albeit in unconvincing fashion (17:25).

And we discuss Munster's agonising defeat to the Sharks in Durban, following a place-kicking competition which drew up quite a bit of controversy (38:45).

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Johne Murphy to look back on Bordeaux's Champions Cup final.

We also discuss the proposed Club World Cup, the prospect of Irish players going to Super Rugby and the URC play-offs.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by former Ireland head coach Eddie O'Sullivan, as we recap the final round of regular season in the URC, and look ahead at the play-offs.

We also discuss the fallout from the decision to disband the Irish men's Sevens team.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Jonny Holland to break down the big news of the week, as we reach the final regular season round of the United Rugby Championship.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Johne Murphy on this week's RTE Rugby podcast to look back on Leinster's shock Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Northampton Saints.

We also look at how Saturday's game could shape the Lions squad this week, and preview a huge URC meeting of Munster and Ulster.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Jonny Holland to discuss the week's big news in Irish rugby.

We look back on Sunday's Energia All-Ireland League final, where Jonny's Cork Constitution side were edged out by Clontarf 22-21 in a gripping Aviva Stadium decider.

The panel then turn their attention to a chastening weekend for the Irish provinces in the BKT URC (12:55), with all four sides losing a regular season game on the same weekend for the first time since 2015.

Later, we look ahead to Leinster's Investec Champions Cup semi-final against Northampton Saints on Saturday (43:21).

And Neil also sits down at the Aviva to chat to Ireland prop Linda Djougang (53:05), who looks back on the recent Guinness Women's Six Nations campaign, and discusses her journey through rugby, as well as Ireland's World Cup ambitions.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Treacy is joined by Bernard Jackman and Johne Murphy to look back on the week's big talking points in the BKT United Rugby Championship. Later (55:05), Hannah O'Connor joins Neil to recap Ireland's comfortable Guinness Women's Six Nations win against Wales in Newport.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.