Balls.ie Podcasts

The PwC All-Stars Awards are this Friday, November 1st. The football team will be announced live on the night this year, so it's time for the debate to start! 

In studio we're joined by three-time All-Star Kerry's Marc Ó Sé, Kildare legend and 2010 All-Star Johnny Doyle, and by Connacht Championship winning Roscommon manager Anthony Cunningham to discuss the football nominations and what players deserve to be in the 2019 PwC All-Stars Team. They also give their reasons for the Footballer of the Year and Young Footballer of the Year selections. Listen to the full discussion here or watch the full show on our YouTube or social media channels.

Download the PwC All-Stars app now to pick your own football and hurling teams and vote for who you think should win the PwC GAA GPA Hurler, Football and Young Hurler and Footballer of the Year awards.

You can also listen to our hurling debate with Brendan Cummins, Brendan Bugler and Richie Power on this feed or watch in on the Balls.ie YouTube channel.

The Buildup is our new 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.

In this small section of the show we make NFL picks for the Sunday ahead. Mick has a brilliant record with his tips so far this season but has some trepidation ahead of a tough Week 8. 

If you want to listen to the entire show, which includes Stephen Ferris on the World Cup semi-finals and Ireland's disastrous campaign, Kevin Doyle discussing Tottenham's woes ahead of their trip to Anfield, and much more including a look ahead to the NBA season, subscribe to The Buildup on Balls.ie podcast feed or the general Balls.ie feed. 

Get in touch with the show for any reason by emailing [email protected] or contact us @ballsdotie on Twitter or Instagram.

Brent and Mick look back on Ireland's massively disappointing Rugby World Cup defeat to New Zealand and wonder what systemic changes are required for Ireland  to break their World Cup hex.

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 look ahead to Liverpool and Spurs this weekend along with the other Premier League action. 

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

It's all doom and gloom for Irish rugby this week. Stephen Ferris helps us make sense of it and looks forward to what comes next for the Irish team. He also gives his verdict on this weekend's World Cup semi finals. 

Mark and Mick are joined by Maurice to look forward to another manic club GAA weekend. 

For this week's Big Shout, Mick has gone across six sports to keep himself occupied over the long weekend! 

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!

And "Get Hyped" for the return of the NBA in what could be a most fascinating season.

After some more success last week, Mick makes more NFL picks for this 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.

Ireland's World Cup woes continue. Another quarter-final exit has many asking what is wrong with Irish rugby technically, tactically and most importantly, mentally? 

On this week's World in Union, the lads look back at the New Zealand loss and try and piece together what exactly went wrong. As well as that, we look forward to the Andy Farrell era and what needs to happen next. 

There is also an interview with USA Attack Coach and 2020 Head Coach of Rugby United New York Greg McWilliams. The Irishman talks to us about working with Joe Schmidt, coaching at the World Cup and the Irish abroad.

On The Balls.ie Football Show this week the lads give their hot takes from the weekend's Premier League action, including the lack of quality in United-Liverpool games and Fantasy Premier League woes.

We also roundup how the Irish players got on at the weekend, before crowning our scoundrel of the week.

Finally, the lads attempt to crown the greatest name in Premier League history. There was no shortage of worthy nominations.

Brent is in studio to preview Ireland's massive World Cup quarterfinal with his native New Zealand, and toast Japan's incredible win over Scotland.

The Buildup, in association with Ladbrokes is our weekly look ahead to the weekend's sport, marking your card at the busiest time of the sporting year.  

Our regular rugby analyst Stephen Ferris is back with us this week to look ahead to one of the biggest games in Irish rugby history, the quarterfinal with New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup. Does Stevie see any chance for the Irish boys this weekend? (6.47)

It was a miserable week for Irish football but there's still hope for Euro 2020. Kevin Doyle looks at the issues with Ireland's style of play and builds up to the Premier League return and Manchester United's visit to Liverpool this Sunday. (33.58)

Mick and Mark also play Ladbrokes' 1-2-Free for the chance to win €100 cash (57.46), while the lads are sticking with football for this week's Big Shout. (76.16)

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!

And "Get Hyped" for an incredible weekend of the club GAA. It's county final season and Maurice joins the lads to hype it up and give us an interesting treble for the weekend. (61.20)

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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.

It is the moment we have all been waiting for.

Ireland are set to take on New Zealand this Saturday and the lads are excited. On this week's podcast, we look at the tournament as a whole and whether Joe Schmidt has a trick up his sleeve for the World Cup quarter-final. 

We also catch up with Australian rugby legend and Heineken Rugby ambassador Michael Lynagh.

Elsewhere, there is a full preview of the weekend's action and a look at where Scotland have gone wrong.

In a late night emergency edition of The Balls.ie Football Show, the lads dissect what was another disappointing night for Ireland in Switzerland.

Where did we go wrong? Was Mick McCarthy's team selection the right one, or has his stubbornness cost us? Will we do a job on the Danes?

We go through all of that, and discuss a couple of positives from the performance.