‘Regardless of whether trophies are won, I would definitely class this as a very successful year’

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 17

3:35-11:50 - Newmarket Celtic Coach Eoin O’Brien ahead of the club’s greatest occasion this Saturday for the FAI Junior Cup Final

11:50-28:25 - Fair Green Celtic completed an unbeaten debut season with two trophies, with their managerial duo Richie O’Grady and Tommy Leahy now facing their old side Avenue Utd in the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup Semi-Finals

28:25-40:50 - Dean Russell joins us Inch Crusaders clinched the Second Division crown while there were plenty of twists and turns in the First Division this week, not to mention cup silverware on offer this weekend for Lifford, Shannon Town and of course Newmarket Celtic.

40:50-53:15 - Newmarket Celtic Captain Eoin Hayes looks ahead to the FAI Junior Cup Final against a St Micheal’s team he knows extremely well.

53:15-1.07:15 - The Clare footballers are through to a first Munster Senior Final since 2012 after eventually seeing off Limerick, testing the nerves of steel of Kieran Madigan and Derek Dormer.

1.07:15-1.31:25 - Ger O’Connell and Kevin McNamara join the panel to pour over Clare’s opening reverse to Tipperary in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship as well as a prerequisite backlash against Munster and All-Ireland champions Limerick this Saturday. 

1.31:25-1.40:30 - There were big championship reverses for the Clare minor and U-16 camogie squads but hopes are high that the seniors can advance to a second successive provincial decider according to Derek Dormer

1.40:30-1.45:11 - Round Up of Rugby, dual minor and U-20 hurling, Killaloe Sailing Club’s return and a four strong Clare contingent in the National Ladies Football League Division 3 team of the year in the midst of their Munster Senior B Championship campaign.

'She actually slaps her thigh a couple of times as if to say don’t let me down here leg’

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 16

The intensive big match schedule is beginning to get to some of our pundits with a Messiah-like complex only the tip of the iceberg for Eoin and James. That worrying undercurrent still couldn’t take from the buzz of Clare’s National Camogie League Division 3B success, Newmarket Celtic’s latest Junior Cup feat and and anticipation of championship showdowns for the senior, U-20 and minor hurlers; senior and minor footballers and intermediate and minor ladies footballers over the next five days.

0:00-6:00 - Intro (Warning, contains puns)

6:00-8:45 - Kate O’Gorman interview after National Camogie League Division 3B Final success

8:45-26:10 - Munster Senior Hurling Championship Overview and previews of Clare v Tipperary (senior), Clare v Cork (minor) and Clare v Cork (U-20) with Ger O’Connell and Kevin McNamara

26:10-47:00 - Review of thrilling extra-time bout between holders Kerry and Clare in the Munster U-20 Football Semi-Final and previews of Clare’s Munster Senior and minor double against Limerick with Kieran Madigan and Derek Dormer

47:00-1.00:00 - Newmarket Celtic’s juggernaut keeps on moving as they edged out defending champions Fairview Rangers to advance to the Munster Junior Cup Final while things are hotting up in all four domestic leagues which we review with Dean Russell.

1.00:00-1.21:00 - Contrasting National Camogie and Ladies Football Final results are comprehensively discussed with Derek Dormer along with a big week for the minors in both codes.

1.21:00-1.33:00 - Busy week ahead of Munster action and fundraising for Clare LGFA are outlined by chairman Sean Lenihan

1.33:00-1.38:00 - Round Up of Rugby and Inter-County GAA fixtures

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 15

'Martin Luther King had a dream, Derek had a dream... it's just the way of the world!'

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 14

Newmarket Celtic’s historic achievement of reaching a national final was undoubtedly the highlight of the weekend. Provincial matters take precedence for the Clare footballers in the Munster Championship while South America is the focus of four Claremen AND a Leitrim man to introduce Colombian children to Irish culture. Oh and Tina Turner even features in an unexpected turn of self-indulgence.

3:00 - 20:20 - Newmarket Celtic’s memorable 2-1 FAI Junior Cup Semi-Final victory over Ballynanty Rovers is reviewed with Dean Russell who also looks ahead to a busy Easter weekend of fixtures in all four league divisions as well as the Ennis Carpets Clare Cup Quarter-Finals.

20:30 - 42:20 - It’s make-or-break for Colm Collins Senior Football squad who host Cork in a pivotal Munster Senior Championship Quarter-Final in Cusack Park on Sunday, with Kieran Madigan and Derek Dormer leading the Rebel rousers.

42:30 - 57:00 - Deep in the Cork trenches ahead of Sunday’s Easter Super Sunday provincial showdown is Red FM’s Ger McCarthy who provides an insight into current buzz and excitement surrounding a new-look Cork under John Cleary.

57:10 - 1.14:00 - Some members of Go Gaelic (Eoin Vaughan, Barry Corbett and Andrias De Staic) come into the studio to discuss their upcoming Easter intercultural trip to Colombia to introduce Irish music and sport to the South American country for the very first time.

1.14:00 -1.18:0 - Round-Up of upcoming Munster U-20 Football Championship opener against Tipperary and Easter rugby review/preview.

'They just can’t stay away from each other, I think those two clubs secretly love each other.’

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 13

There’s a distinct Shannonside Derby feel to this week’s pod as Eoin and James preview and review four different Clare v Limerick clashes in three different codes.

2:40 - 23:10 - Newmarket Celtic Captain Eoin Hayes previews an exciting few weeks ahead starting with Sunday’s FAI Junior Cup Semi-Final against Ballynanty Rovers.

23:10 - 34:05 - Dean Russell continues the FAI Junior Cup preview along with the Clare Cup Quarter-Final draw and a busy Easter fixture feast.

34:10 - 53:05 - There are two National League Finals to look forward to with Derek Dormer as the flagship ladies footballers and junior camogie squad advanced in contrasting circumstances in their respective ties while the minors remain unbeaten and the senior camogie team said their Division 1A status.

54:10 - 1.10:10 - Kieran Madigan reflects on a bright finish to the National Football League for Colm Collins’ side who now prepare for Cork in the Munster Senior Championship in a fortnight’s time.

1.10:15 -1.27:10 - We get the view from the other side of the border with renowned Limerick journalist Matt O’Callaghan ahead of crucial Munster Minor and U-20 derby clashes between Clare and Limerick

'All his money is in the Cayman Islands whereas mine is on Scattery Island’

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 12

Eoin and James get to meet an East 17 legend but he refused to 'Stay Another Day' so in his absence here’s what else is on this week’s podcast:

3:20 - 31:00 - Ireland's double Gram Slam , the upcoming World Cup and a preview of the Women’s Six Nations with Munster & Ireland International Eimear Considine

34:30 - 59:00 - National Camogie/Hurling and Ladies Football League Reviews with Derek Dormer

59:00 - 1.15:40 - Clare’s relegation to Division 3 of the National Football League with Kieran Madigan and Derek Dormer

1.15:45 - 1.30:10 - Newmarket Celtic’s cup heroics and comprehensive look at all four league divisions with Dean Russell

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 11

'We can’t all be elite athletes but we still want to play our part in our club or community’

Champion chatter - Season 02 Episode 10

“I can see now why you have little hair, you just have too many hats.”

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 09

Champion Chatter - Season 02 Episode 08

Fittingly squeezed into this Pancake Tuesday edition that was unsure of who exactly was at the pan beside Eoin, things couldn’t be batter for the Clare Senior Camogie squad following their opening defeat of All-Ireland Champions Kilkenny but that mood was flipped when their male football equivalents had a crepe finish to their crucial tie against Kildare.