The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast

All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. At least that's how it feels this Monday morning with the All Blacks put away and Ireland's rugby stock soaring to previously unimagined heights. Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey are still on a high after it all, after the drama, the sheer compelling nature of Saturday night. We take all the time we need to luxuriate in it, pausing of course to hail Peter O'Mahony along the way. And the lads give their best guesses on what's in store in the coming months as Joe Schmidt and Steve Hansen decide on their respective futures after the World Cup.(Spoiler: enjoy Joe while you can)Emmet Malone is in Aarhus for tonight's Nations League international against Denmark. The national soccer team hasn't been at this low an ebb in a long time and yet we soldier on with no change of either manager or fortunes on the horizon. Despite it all, Emmet is in cheery enough form when he joins us down the line.All this, plus a find farewell to the great Weeshie Fogarty, on your Added Time podcast with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey.

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It's only Monday but already All Blacks week is off to a flier with Steve Hansen stirring the pot over whether or not Conor Murray is going to play on Saturday. Gavin Cummiskey spent his Sunday evening hanging out with the New Zealand coach and refusing to take his bait.Gerry Thornley and Gordon D'Arcy join us to break down the win over Argentina and look ahead to Saturday's showdown at the Aviva. We talk greedy Kiwis, Irish imperfections and whether or not England were robbed at Twickenham.The Irish soccer team play Northern Ireland on Thursday on the 25th anniversary of the dramatic night in Windsor Park when the two countries met in a vital World Cup qualifier during one of the most harrowing periods of the Troubles. Michael Walker and Emmet Malone join us to revisit a night of unheralded tension in Belfast in 1993.All in your Added Time podcast with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey.

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Tis the season to get reading, fa-la-la--la-la, etc, etc. The Sports book market kicks into gear over the coming weeks so we wanted to give an insight into the lowest of the low, the poor (we're always poor), benighted ghost-writers who ferry the thoughts of the sportspeople each year to shelves and stockings throughout the land.Mary Hannigan has had the pleasure of helping Des Cahill tell his story this year, as Gavin Cummiskey has done in the past with Bernard Dunne and Geordan Murphy, as Malachy Clerkin has done with Ruby Walsh. We get into the ups and downs, the endless transcriptions and the rows won and (mostly) lost.Jordan Larmour has doubled down on his scintillating performance against Italy on the weekend by calling out the All Blacks, conferring upon him instant hero status. John O'Sullivan joins us to break down Saturday's win and to read the runes ahead of the Argentina game.We also tell the brilliant story of Katrina Parrock, the three-time All-Ireland camogie champion who scored the winner in yesterday's women's FAI Cup final for Wexford Youths. All in your Added Time podcast this Monday, with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey

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The road to the World Cup starts in, eh, Chicago this Saturday as Ireland take on Italy at the start of the November series. We get stuck into the month ahead with John O'Sullivan and Gavin Cummiskey, pondering, among other things, the depth of the Ireland squad and the marginally less-than-certain future of Joe Schmidt.Later, Neil Cotter joins us in studio to talk about his new book Dublin: The Chaos Years. It details the, in hindsight, frankly weird period between the 1995 and 2011 All-Irelands when the Dubs were our version of the England football team, hyped up to the last and sure to exit the championship the first time they ran into a decent team. Or, as the rest of us like to call it, the good old days.Throw in a bit of love for Paul Mannion and that's your Tuesday Added Time podcast with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey.

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The Heino giveth, the Heino taketh. After an opening round of games in the Champions Cup in which the Irish teams made merry, the second weekend brought everyone back to earth with a thump (or a non-wraparound tackle to the jaw, whichever you prefer). Leinster lost, Ulster got minced, even Munster's bonus-point win against Gloucester came at a cost.Gerry Thornley is on the line from southern France and Gavin Cummiskey is in studio to break down a weekend of sloppiness, breakaway tries out of nothing and overweening refereeing. The Irish Times's own Eamon Donoghue spent his Friday night chasing shadows live on TG4 as The Underdogs were comprehensively beaten by Dublin's third string. After licking his wounds for the weekend, he has fronted up to tell us all about it.All in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey.Timings:Rugby 05:24Underdogs 25:29

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Once again, the weekend just gone showed the Heineken Cup to be the competition that other rugby tournaments can't reach. From Leinster's whizz-bangery on Friday night to Munster's grinding epic in the wind and Ulster's kick-start win over Leicester on Saturday, there was endless fun to be had. Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey are in studio to look back and also forward as the second round of games moves into view. And of course, we take a little time to pray for the soul of Freddie Burns, the Bath player who had the worst five minutes of his life against Toulouse. Emmet Malone and Malachy Clerkin were in the Aviva on Saturday night to enjoy/endure Ireland v Denmark. Emmet is the more experienced hand in these matters and so was better able to digest it. We break down Martin O'Neill's undying love for Cyrus Christie, the slightly disappointing showing from Matt Doherty and ask, 'What does Harry Arter really want?' All this plus why Katie Taylor is many thing but not - repeat not - the new Million Dollar Baby in your fresh new Added Time with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.04:37 Rugby29:41 Football

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The rugby season ain't the rugby season until the Aviva is buzzing and Leinster and Munster are facing off. John O'Sullivan and Gavin Cummiskey watched Saturday night's 30-22 win for Leo Cullen's men and they're in studio to talk shoddy refereeing, the non-booing of Joey Carbery and the dawn of this season's Champions CupAfter Liverpool and Manchester City played out a surprisingly dull 0-0 draw on Sunday, Emmet Malone is in to break down a game where there was just too damn much respect between the sides. And since it's an international week, we take Jurgen Klopp to task for his slating of the Nations Cup and ask why does Alan Shearer have against poor old Cyrus Christie.All this plus some early-season club hurling shocks in your Monday morning Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.Rugby 4.30Football 25.00

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America found themselves swept away on a blue tide in Paris at the weekend, with Francesco Molinari leading the European team to Ryder Cup glory. We talk to Malachy Clerkin in France to ask him what’s wrong with the USA team, and why can’t they all just get along?Gavin Cummiskey looks back at the weekend’s action in the Pro 14. While the sky seems to be the limit for Joey Carbery as he produced a sublime display in the demolition of Ulster, there’s a chance that next weekend’s game at the Aviva could be a slightly watered-down version of the Leinster v Munster rivalry.And Irish Times soccer correspondent Emmet Malone joins us in the studio to talk about the extraordinary allegations that have emerged over the weekend regarding Cristiano Ronaldo. Kathryn Mayorga, a 34-year-old Las Vegas native, told Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine the Portuguese soccer player raped her after they met in a club in June 2009.That's Monday’s Added Time podcast with Pat Nugent and Gavin Cummiskey.Golf: 2.30Rugby: 14.50Ronaldo Allegation: 24.25

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It's the mid-2000s all over again. TG4 have a new series of The Underdogs and Tiger Woods is turning Sunday nights into the usual cakewalk again. Anyone got a Klaxons album for us to listen to?Colin Byrne and Philip Reid join us to talk all things Tiger and to preview the Ryder Cup. The Americans are favourites on paper but the course at Le Golf National looks like it could be a leveller this coming week. Colin takes us into the team room in what he calls the most draining week of the year for the players involved.Eamon Donoghue owes the Irish Times sports department a lot of weekends off from the past few months as he has been moonlighting as a wannabe midfielder for The Underdogs on TG4. He's in studio to tell us about the challenges of being in a reality show, the extreme fitness challenges involved and why Paul Galvin is the sharpest football mind he has ever come across.Thrown in Liam Sheedy's immanent ratification as Tipperary manager and your Monday Added Time is bursting at the seams. Brought to you by Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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Oh, Shane Ross. Or maybe that should that be Hapless Ross, the sports minister who keeps finding new and interesting ways to show off his lack of interest in sport. What fun, what fun.On this morning's Added Time, we have Mary Hannigan on to talk about our dear sports leader in the wake of his Dominant Puspure balls-up. And also to break down another triumphant women's football final for Dublin.Gavin Cummiskey is in studio after a thrilling Saturday in the Rugby Championship with South Africa beating the All Blacks and Australia going down to Argentina. A year out from the World Cup, this doesn't spell good news for Ireland.And with the Champions League group stage starting tomorrow night, Emmet Malone takes a look at Liverpool and Tottenham, two contenders who've made contrasting starts to the premier League season.All in your jam-packed Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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