John Duggan and Johnny Ward are back for this week’s Racing Pod, looking ahead to the weekend’s racing, as well as the top stories from the week around the yards.

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Mick McCarthy is back hosting the Crappy Quiz, trying to keep Ger Gilroy, David Wilson and Arthur O’Dea in line on the shoutiest segment across a multitude of platforms!

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Colm Boohig, Arthur O'Dea, and Dara Smith-Naughton react to the first game of the Six Nations, that saw Ireland lose to France on a wet and windy night in Paris. Our reporter Susanna Mollen joins us on the line live from Paris to give us an insight into what the atmosphere and game-plan was like at the Stade de France last night.

Our full chat continues with Alan Quinlan and Matt Williams, available with an Off The Ball subscription

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Eoin Sheahan is joined by Cameron Hill, Vinny Perth and Fiona Hayes to take a quick look at the headlines from the sporting world prior to Ireland's showdown away to France.

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Eoin Sheahan is joined by Irish Olympian Elsa Desmond to talk about the current factors that have put her out of a place at this year's Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in the Luge event, as well as her current back and forth hearings with the Court of Arbitration in Sport that has led to her missing out on the Games.

Happy Thursday folks, we have another special episode for you today! While Susanna is off reporting at the Six Nations, Eve and Rachel interview 17-year-old Eoghan Jennings, who has recently returned from the Junior Australian Open, where he was just one win shy of a place in the Main Draw. We talk through his tennis hopes and dreams, training routines, his experience in Melbourne, and what it's like to be on the cusp of a tennis career.

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Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig & Arthur O'Dea run through Thursday morning's papers, as they react to Manchester City's 3-1 win over Newcastle, the Six Nations opener tonight & more!

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Dion Fanning joins Cameron Hill and Eoin Sheahan in studio for Wednesday's Newsround as the second Carabao Cup semi-final is about to get underway, while Caelan Doris speaks a day before Ireland get their Six Nations campaign underway in Paris.

Back in 2019, OTB's resident snooker superfan Shane Hannon sat down with legendary player and broadcaster in the press conference area of The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield for a wide-ranging interview.

They talked the success of Big Break, his Salford upbringing, the unique Alex Higgins, and gambling in the 80s.

Virgo passed away on Wednesday the 4th of February aged 79.

Ger Gilroy, Colm Boohig and Arthur James O'Dea were back in studio this morning with all manner of major sports stories to chat through.

After an initial diversion to consider the quality of Marco Pierre White's steaks (and his writing ability), they got stuck into hurling's manliness, Arsenal's doggedness and the dangers (or joy) of sporting nostalgia.

The conversation ends just as we started talking to Pat Nevin about last night's League Cup semi-final second leg clash between Arsenal and Chelsea, but if you want to hear that you'll need to be an OTB member!

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