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On Thursday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of, and reaction to, Joe Schmidt's impending departure as Wallabies head coach later this year.

Munster have signed an Irish-qualified centre for next season.

Romain Ntamack has apologised following his two-game ban, while Mathieu Jalibert returns in one of two changes for Le Crunch with England.

England will be able to call upon Henry Arundell later this year.

And Jamie Ritchie's off to the South of France.

'This Is Leinster' is a five-part documentary series charting the 2024 Interprovinicial success for Tania Rosser and her squad, featuring exclusive conversations with head coach Rosser, and leading players Hannah O'Connor, Ruth Campbell and Eimear Corri.

Cameron Hill caught up with the stars of the documentary at the premiere at the Bank of Ireland branch, College Green.

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Welcome to this morning's OTB Breakfast Bite - your FREE bitesize taster of this morning's Off The Ball Breakfast.

On this morning's show, former Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw helped us look ahead to Sunday's game with Ireland at Murrayfield.

We also heard from The Roar's Christy Doran for immediate reaction to the news that Joe Schmidt will leave Australia after the Lions tour.

Martin Lipton joined us after Arsenal saw the chance for another trophy slip away on Tyneside.

And a very special edition of 'You Had To Be There' came from the man responsible for The Day Today, the birth of Alan Partridge, The Thick Of It, Veep and now the stage production of Dr Strangelove - Armando Iannucci.

And it's there we take our Bite this morning, with some of Armando's chat with Ger and Colm. And we also sample the Scotland-Ireland chat with Greig.

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In case you missed it, here is episode five of our Settle In series, a bonus listen for our rugby fans!

Irish golfer, Sara Byrne joined Nathan Murphy in our sixth instalment of our 'Settle In' series. In this deep dive into her golfing career, Sara recounted the sacrifices she made to play golf as a young girl, her dreams of making the LPGA, and the difficult decision to end her amateur career and turn pro.

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On Wednesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack has the latest news from the Ireland camp ahead of Sunday's trip to Murrayfield.

We speak to Dan Sheehan and scrum coach John Fogarty regarding the recent edge to Scotland fixtures.

Both France and England are to change their 10s for Le Crunch on Saturday, while Richard Wigglesworth addresses concerns regarding the England squad's fitness.

James Hume, Jacob Stockdale and Stuart McCloskey are back for Ulster and their one-off fixture with Les Kiss' Queensland Reds, and we hear from head coach Richie Murphy.

In case you missed it, here is episode five of our Settle In series, a bonus listen for our Rugby fans!

In the latest episode of 'Settle In,' Kathleen McNamee was joined by Jim McElroy from Bohemians' Pride Committee to talk about the club's trailblazing mission to make football a more welcoming space for the LGBTQ+ community.

From the whole club marching in Dublin Pride to instigating never-before-done research on LGBTQ+ participation in football, they are leaders in this field.

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On Tuesday's Rugby Daily, Richie McCormack brings you news of Gregor Townsend adding experience to his second row ahead of Ireland's visit to Murrayfield.

Ronan O'Gara assesses Sam Prendergast's Six Nations debut.

Jonny Bell is ending a 30-year association with Ulster, who have given an update on Ethan McIlroy's ACL injury.

Wales haven't given up hope of a back row duo playing against Italy.

And the Six Nations/Eurovision crossover you've all been waiting for.

Welcome to Tuesday's OTB Breakfast Bite - your bitesize taster of this morning's full Off The Ball Breakfast.

On this morning's show, Keith Treacy joined Colm on hosting duties, and along with The Athletic's Mark Critchley to assess the business done - and not done - on transfer deadline day.

Tommy Rooney joined us to look back on the weekend's League action.

And we were lucky enough to have Ronan O'Gara, Alan Quinlan and James Tracy in to look back on Ireland's Six Nations win over England.

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On Friday's Rugby Daily, Ireland captain Caelan Doris describes how much Sam Prendergast has developed since his under-20 days,

Ronan O'Gara gives a blunt assessment on why Jack Crowley has only made the bench for tomorrow's Six Nations clash with England,

Aoife Wafer details the culture shift in the Ireland women's team in the last 18 months,

And Stuart Lancaster is leaving Racing 92 with immediate effect

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It was a packed house that the 3Olympia Theatre on Wednesday and Off The Ball's Eoin Sheahan and Irish legend Brian O'Driscoll co-hosted our Six Nations preview roadshow!

Former English scrum half and perennial thorn in Ireland's side Austin Healey was joined by former Munster and Irish flanker Alan Quinlan, former Old Belvedere outhalf Andy Dunne and the Irish Times' Gerry Thornley to look back on Ireland-England matches past, as well as look ahead to the start of this year's championship!

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