This week on the Rugby Show podcast Chris Parker of City of Armagh drops in to chat about their hopes of title success in 1B, where they now sit level with Buccaneers.

Ciaron and Breifne also chat to Final Whistle reporter Diarmuid Kearney about the Vodafone Women's Interprovincial Championship which concludes this weekend, we'll also get post match reaction from Mike Storey and Dorothy Wall.

School's Rugby also takes centre stage with the Connacht Schools Senior Cup entering it's third round of games, while we also delve into the Munster Senior Cup.

This week on the Rugby Show podcast Paul Pritchard of Instonians drops in to chat about their blistering start to live back in the AIL.

He'll chat to Ciaron and Breifne about the secret sauce which has his side running hot at the top of Division 2C.

We'll also get post match reaction from the first round of the Connacht Schools Senior Cup games played today with Callum Elwood (The Jes) and Kaelan Schon (Summerhill College) after their wins in their opening games against Garbally College and St. Muredach's College while we catch up with the thoughts of the coaches from the defeated sides.

This week we catch up with Railway Union winger Aimee Clarke ahead of their crunch AIL Final with Blackrock College on Friday night. The game will be live on TG4 with kick off at 7:45pm from Energia Park.

Ciaron and Breifne also dissect the weekend's results in all the divisions while looking forward to the last round of action prior to the Christmas break.

This week on the show Mairead Holohan of Blackrock College drops in to chat about her side's impressive run to the top of the table and their upcoming League Semi Final against UL Bohemians on Saturday.

Gearoid Prendergast of Young Munster joined the conversation to discuss his side's fantastic recent form ending Clontarf's 20 game unbeaten run and their last gasp Conor Phillips try edging out Dublin University last weekend.

Diarmuid Kearney also features looking back at the women's league so far and previewing the weekend's knock out stages.

Finally, Ciaron Noble runs through the results and standings of all five All Ireland League divisions with Breifne Earley.

This week's show see Buccaneers veteran Shane Layden drop in to discuss the midlander's blistering start to life in Division 1B.

He'll be chatting about the impact of returning head coach Eddie O'Sullivan, his seasons with Connacht and his journey from the unlikely rugby stronghold of North Roscommon to an AIL career.

Ciaron Noble will also take a look through all six divisions of the Energia All Ireland League's action both last weekend and the fixtures for this round of games.

This week’s guest is Greystones Captain Eoin Marmion who drops in to chat about the Wicklow side’s 100% record so far in Division 2B of the Energia All Ireland League.

He’ll be chatting about keeping it in the family with his two brother also in the squad and the impact new Coach Dan Kenny has brought to the side.

Ciaron and Breifne will also be taking a look through all the other division’s action from last weekend and previewing the coming weekend’s action.

This week's show takes a look back at the action of the last two weekends across all of the Divisions of the Energia All Ireland League including all the action in the Women's Division with Ciaron Noble and Breifne Earley

This evening's show features Old Belvedere second row Connor Owende who'll be dropping in to chat about their start to the season and reaching the 100 appearance mark for the club.

Ciaron Noble will once again be sharing his analysis of the weekend's action across all six divisions of the All Ireland League as well as previewing all the exciting clashes down for decision this weekend.

On episode 2 of the new season of The Rugby Show on FinalWhistle.ie, Luke Delaney will be joined by Railway Union's Aimee Clarke and Sligo RFC Head Coach Paddy Pearson.

Aimee Clarke will be chatting about her career and season to date while Sligo RFC coach Paddy Pearson will be chatting about his return to the dugout in Sligo and their opening day defeat to Belfast Harlequins.

Resident AIL expert Ciaron Noble will also be looking back at the weekend's action as well as previewing the coming week.

With the return of the All Ireland League this weekend The Rugby Show is back on FinalWhistle.ie as Shannon's Director of Rugby Pat Browne and Leinster & Wicklow full back Ella Roberts join Luke Delaney at 8pm this evening.

We'll also hear from Ciaron Noble to preview the weekend's opening round action across all the divisions and Diarmuid Kearney will be dropping in to discuss how the Women's Division has been shaping up after three rounds of competition.