Potholes & Penguins

On this weeks show we discuss one of the all time great Bledisloe cup games, how marketing is the work of the devil, how Andy Farrell will deal with the spanners being thrown at him and how holding hands could have solved the McGregor and Mayweather fall out.

This week Trimby sits down with Gareth Steenson to discuss how he's trying to avoid COVID whilst trying to win the double. How Cottage Cheese helped him play well into his 30s. Exeter’s values of the type of person over the type of player. Owning ‘The Stand Off’ bar in Exeter. Trying to get Ferris to drink Guinness. They also discuss Tommy Bowes accession from space cadet to prolific tv presenter & winning a golden boot at a World Cup.

On this weeks show we discuss cross dressing as an old Chinese lady. Ben Healy returns from his gap year in Greece to stab Munster straight in the heart with pure adrenaline. We look towards Andy Farrell’s starting 15 and how best to best get rid of bastardin’ crows out of your chimney.

On this weeks show our special guest is Ireland and Harlequin's Anna Caplice who graces us with a self penned song on the ukulele. We also ask the difficult questions in life like what would Teddy Iribaren do if someone broke into his house to use his dishwasher and what would you do if you saw a ghost of a loved one who’d been killed by 'Nanas Purple Dildo?'

This week Barry & Dermie pothole Tipperary's finest/Parisian adopted son - Mr Donnacha Ryan. We join Donnacha as he relaxes at home with the backdrop of the Paris evening sun burning in his window. We regail old tales of fitness sessions with bags full of shpuds, learning how to drive a scooter around Paris and earning your stripes in life under the watchful eye of some of the games greats.

Trimby starts with a quick update on Ginger the non Irish qualified cat. Barry and Trimby go on to discuss blind, coughing and incompetent refs; alcoholic mermaids and holographic rugby pundits. From a rugby perspective, both hosts contract Stockholm syndrome and feel sorry for our captors and dementors, Leinster. Today’s episode has it all.

This week on the weekly pothole Trimby potholes the ever charismatic and charming Trevor Brennan. We join Trev as he’s sitting in the corner of his beautiful bar in the heart of Toulouse. The lads chat about fatherhood, friendship and frolicking around Limerick with Peter Clohessey - on the back of a quad while looking for heifers. We also get a guest appearance from Justin Harrison as himself and Trev compare stories as to who bate the head off who in that infamous game in Toulouse in 2007.

On this weeks show we dissect the character of a rugby player based on 80’s pop culture while Cozzie drops in from London Wasps to give us the lowdown on how Leinster can beat Sarries and how Ulster could overcome Toulouse. It’s a musical show from start to finish with jingles galore as Barry tells a tale of the origin of Maniac 2000 while Trimby and Dermy start a drum circle. Speaking of Maniacs, we have our first edition of Ranty Penguin featuring a very disgruntled Irish man on a rooftop in New York City who has a particular issue with Josh Van Der Fliers Red Scrum Cap.

On this weeks boner episode Barry sits down with Munster, Ireland and Lions legend David Wallace to talk Romantic Munster, having a fast mammy, getting their palms read in New York and getting kicked out of Electric Picnic.....kind of.

On this weeks show, we’re joined by Rory Best. Barry is visited by Kiwi aliens questioning global warming AND box kicks. We discuss the absolute kahunas of Ulster and Ian Madigan’s mad world.