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Meath are back! After their one point win over Kildare at the weekend, Meath sit top of Division 2 of the Allianz Football League after five rounds of games. We speak to their midfielder Shane McEntee about how things are going for the Royals. 

We go Around the So-Called Weaker Counties after a big weekend for the Wicklow hurlers and the Leitrim footballers, look back on some of the greatest local commentary moments in GAA history, and we guess the spreads for the weekend's hurling. 

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Our second show of the day. 

We discuss the worst GAA hot-takes of all time. Where does Colm O'Rourke's Keith Higgins opinion rank? 

We talk to Down's Donal O'Hare on the back of his hat-trick against Longford last weekend. 

We also guess the spreads for this weekend's Allianz Football League fixtures. 

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On this week's hurling show, Maurice talks to Kerry and Lixnaw's Shane Conway on the back of winning the Fitzgibbon Cup with UCC. 

We give a much needed So-Called Weaker County League update and once again, guess the spread. 

Football show to follow later today. 

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Controversially, we've found a new name. Let us know if you hate it. We're open to capitulation. 

On this week's show, we talk to Clare's All-Star Peter Duggan about Clare's consistency, winning his club's first All-Star and sneaking hurleys into Cusack Park! 

We also take a look at this weekend's game and guess the spreads. 

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We still have no name! Some great suggestions but we're going to put it out there for another week. The best suggestion wins a GAA hamper. 

After Carlow's famous draw against Galway in Division 1B of the Hurling League, we talk to their player Richard Coady about their rise, its sustainability and the team's relationship with the also high flying footballers. 

As well as that, we have guess the spreads, and we delve into our punditry of the pundits, and the Old Vs New in hurling punditry. 

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We're back! The GAA season is well underway and it's time for the return of the Balls.ie GAA podcast. On this week's episode, Maurice was joined by Mark and debutant Aaron to pick a 15 from the rest of the country to rival Dublin. We also caught up with Leitrim boss Terry Hyland to discuss training in Dublin, the importance of the league and the developing counties. We then played 'Guess the Spread.' 

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We wrap up the season by hearing from some of Dublin's biggest begrudgers. Why can't we just enjoy these great champions?  Elsewhere, our rolling All-Stars come to a halt and we hand out our end-of-season awards.  We also hear a special...

It's All-Ireland Football Final week and we're joined in studio by Rob Carroll (15.22) of Gaelic Stats to talk about being a Gaelic games statistician and what the stats can tell us about Sunday's game.  We also react to the surprise news of a...

On this week's show, Gavin, Mick and Maurice look back on the All-Ireland hurling final and ask where Limerick went right, where Galway went wrong, and how the hell it ended up weaponised as a bit of Shane Ross eejitry.    Elsewhere, we...

Limerick are All-Ireland Champions for the first time since 1973. A one point win over defending champions Galway in the end. We had All-Ireland winners Daithi Regan and Brendan Bugler in studio, straight from Croke Park, to look back on a mad final...