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The Royal Rumble is on this weekend, and it has Mark jumping out of his chair with excitement. 

The lads discuss Royal Rumbles of the past, and try to predict who will arise victorious in both the men's and women's brawls.

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The GAA is back after six long days of rest. The lads get PJ into the studio to chat about the opening weekend of the Allianz Leagues.

Also, Mark and PJ go up against one another in 'Guess the Handicaps', the gameshow that's a staple of our GAA podcast.

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Mick, Mark and producer Sean were back in the studio to look forward to the weekend's FA Cup action. 

Also, Mark designed two quizzes designed to test the other two lads' mettle on the teams left in the competition.

The lads also ponder, who played for both QPR and Sheffield Wednesday?

If you want to listen to the entire Buildup podcast, which includes a look ahead to the return of the Allianz Leagues and the Royal Rumble, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or the general Balls.ie feed. 

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8:02 - Football fact or fiction

35:26 - Get Hyped Fact or Fiction

51:38 - The Big Shout

59:07 - Guess The Handicaps GAA Allianz Leagues

The Buildup, in association with Ladbrokes is our weekly look ahead to the weekend's sport, marking your card for another packed weekend of sporting action.

Mick, Mark and producer Sean look forward to the weekend's FA Cup action with a game of 'Fact or Fiction'.

Elsewhere, PJ Browne joins the lads to 'Guess the Handicaps' in the opening weekend of the Allianz Leagues. Also, Mark gets us hyped for the Royal Rumble.

Both Mick, Mark and producer Sean take on Ladbrokes 1-2-Free for the chance to win €100.

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Mick takes charge of the Big Shout again this week, with a multi-sport accumulator on the cards, including Ladbrokes ambassador Jason Quigley.

If you have a Big Shout of  25/1 or over, send it to us, and you can win the grand prize of two cakes and a sports autobiography!

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It's Conference Championship weekend, or as Mark calls it, the All-Ireland semi-finals! As Tennessee go to Kansas City in the AFC and the San Francisco 49ers host the Green Bay Packers in the NFC, Maurice and Mick preview the games and make their picks, as we're just one round away from the Super Bowl. 

If you want to listen to the entire Buildup podcast, which includes a chat with Kevin Doyle on the Premier League, Stephen Ferris on the Champions Cup and the Irleand Six Nations squad, a preview of the All-Ireland club finals and lots more, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or the general Balls.ie feed. 

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06:55: Kevin Doyle on this weekend's football

32:35: Stephen Ferris reacts to Ireland squad announcement

58:20: The Big Shout

1:03:00: We get hyped for the club GAA finals

1:25:50: Our NFL preview

The Buildup, in association with Ladbrokes is our weekly look ahead to the weekend's sport, marking your card for another packed weekend of sporting action.

Former Ireland international and regular guest Kevin Doyle joins us to talk about the Premier League weekend with massive weekends ahead for Manchester United and Liverpool. We also chat about how new managers can leave players all over the place when it comes to physical conditioning.

Mick and Mark also play Ladbrokes' 1-2-Free for the chance to win €100 cash

Stephen Ferris reacts to the Ireland squad announcement for the Six Nations, especially the notable exclusion of Stuart McCloskey and Rhys Ruddock, as well as looking ahead to Round Six of the Champions Cup this weekend. 

For this week's Big Shout, Mick is strangely confident about his unlikely seven fold! 

If you have a Big Shout of  25/1 or over, send it to us, and you can win the grand prize of two cakes and a sports autobiography!

This week, we also debut our new charity bet with Ladbrokes, where we choose an odds on bet each week to try to build up to €1000 for charity. But we need your help to get there! Each week, we'll give you two choices and get you to choose which one is the safer bet. Vote now on https://www.balls.ie/

We get hyped for the All-Ireland Club final this weekend as Mick, Mark and Maurice predict how the two senior games will go on Sunday. 

We also look ahead in details to the NFL Conference Championship games this weekend and make our picks for the second last weekend of the season. 

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The Buildup is Balls.ie's weekly podcast, with Ladbrokes, where we preview all the major sporting action for the weekend ahead. We'll be building the hype, whetting the appetite and making some bold predictions for everything that's happening.

This is the rugby section of the show where we talk to former Ireland and Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris about the Champions Cup weekend ahead, and firstly, the hot off the presses Ireland squad for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. Stephen is not too happy with some of the exclusions in Andy Farrell's first cut down squad. 

The rest of the show, which includes a conversation with former Republic of Ireland striker Kevin Doyle, a look ahead to the All-Ireland Club finals and the NFL Conference Championships, as well as our brand new charity bet will be available on Thursday morning. 

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The Buildup, in association with Ladbrokes is our weekly look ahead to the weekend's sport, marking your card for another packed weekend of sporting action.

This weekend marks the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, so the lads brought Maurice in to lend his insight on who will march on towards a Superbowl berth.

If you want to listen to the entire show, which includes Ladbrokes ambassadors Kevin Doyle and Stephen Ferris, our Big Shout, 1-2-Free picks and much more, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or the general Balls.ie feed. 

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The Buildup, in association with Ladbrokes is our weekly look ahead to the weekend's sport, marking your card for another packed weekend of sporting action.

Ladbrokes ambassador and former Ireland international Kevin Doyle joins the lads to talk about the abundance of young Irish attacking talent and what their future holds. 

Fellow Ladbrokes ambassador and former Ulster and Ireland flanker Stephen Ferris talks about another stellar weekend of Champions Cup action.

Both Mick and Mark take on Ladbrokes 1-2-Free for the chance to win €100.

This is the first The Buildup podcast of the decade, so is therefore the biggest sporting weekend of the decade.

Mark takes charge of the Big Shout this week, with a multi-sport accumulator on the cards. 

If you have a Big Shout of  25/1 or over, send it to us, and you can win the grand prize of two cakes and a sports autobiography!

As the NFL Divisional Round is on this weekend, Maurice makes his picks following last weekend's surprising Wildcard weekend.

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Send us your Big Shouts or get in touch with the show for any reason by emailing [email protected] or contact us @ballsdotie on Twitter or Instagram.

 

 

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Mick been forced back out of retirement for one last NFL Picks special. He's back with confidence though, predicting three from three for Week 16. 

If you want to listen to the entire Buildup podcast, which includes a chat with Kevin Doyle on the Premier League, a look at the sport on TV over Christmas, and lots more, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or the general Balls.ie feed. 

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