The Counter Ruck: The Irish Times Rugby Podcast

Scotland blew the Six Nations apart with their win over England in Twickenham and now they're coming to Dublin armed and dangerous again. They can't, can they? They won't, will they? Gavin Cummiskey is already talking about the Grand Slam while Gerry Thornley is a bit more cautious. The lads break down the clash of the weekend.Playing the Dubs in Croke Park on Sunday will be a stern test for the plethora of new faces in the Kerry side, and already there is pressure on Eamonn Fitzmaurice to find a way to make them all click together. Darragh Ó Sé and Ian O'Riordan join us to take the temperature of the Kingdom.Also in the mix, Limerick v Galway face off in the first properly important hurling match of the year, Arsenal are so very Arsenal and we give you the can't-miss-dead-cert Lucky 15 for Cheltenham.All in this week's Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

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After the France game, the rest of the Six Nations was supposed to be an easy-street freewheel to the Paddy's Day showdown at Twickenham. And yet here we are, the day before Wales come to Lansdowne Road and suddenly everyone's a teensy bit nervous. Everyone, that is, except Gordon D'Arcy who is predicting a double-digit win for Ireland. Ain't no thing. We have Gordon and Gerry Thornley in studio to break it all down.Keith Duggan and Ian O'Riordan join us for a deep dive into where Mayo are at ahead of their Division One clash with Dublin in Castlebar on Saturday night and also to preview the relegation shoot-out between Donegal and Kildare.Plus we have moaning golfers, the least-worst motions at Congress and the background to Malachy Clerkin's one-on-one interview with outgoing GAA director general Paraic Duffy.All in this week's Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.ends

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When Tipperary and Wexford met in the League semi-final last year, it was as good as Tipp's year got and the first sign that Wexford still had a long way to go at the top level. Sean Moran and Ian O'Riordan are in studio to preview their first meeting since, as we tuck into the meatiest portion of the National Hurling League, with all counties facing four games in the next 21 days.And with Bohs v Rovers among the fixtures kicking off the new season of domestic soccer tonight, Emmet Malone and Ruaidhrí Croke are here to talk about a National League that is beginning to feel increasingly comfortable in its own skin. A league on the rise or another false dawn?Plus we'll bring you the story of the 83-year-old marathon runner who is still waiting for his damn prize money, and the unlikely (and, frankly undeserved) favourite to win an Oscar, Kobe Bryant.All in this week's Added Time, from presenter Malachy Clerkin and producer Pat Nugent.

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Johnny Sexton spared the country a week of introspection with his drop goal from the gods last Saturday, meaning we welcome Italy to the Aviva presuming all is well. Will Ireland's second Six Nations game follow the usual script or will Italy's newly exciting backline do unthought-of damage?Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey are in studio to thrash it all out.And with the Winter Olympics starting this weekend, Mary Hannigan joins us to break it all down as a televisual experience and we're joined from the athlete's village by Irish slalom skier Tess Arbez.Plus there's the end of Wes (RIP), relegation six-pointers in the GAA and, er, Jerry Seinfeld.All in this week's Added Time, from presenter Malachy Clerkin and producer Pat Nugent.

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There are big weekends in sport and there are weekends like this, where the only sane course of action is to embrace the fact that you're of no practical use to anyone in your life until Monday morning. And even then, the SuperBowl will probably leave you zombified until Tuesday. Presenter Malachy Clerkin and producer Pat Nugent have it all in this week's Added Time.We've got Gordon D'Arcy in studio and Gerry Thornley in Paris to talk about the unfamiliar feeling of facing France in the Six Nations in a miasma of glorious overconfidence. What can possibly go wrong?And with Brian Cody facing calls for the sack - well, A call for the sack - after 20 years and one league game, we'll have Jackie Tyrrell and Sean Moran in to ponder the ins and outs of league form at this time of year. We'll talk Tyrone v The Dubs, Patriots v Eagles and tell the long and winding story of how we finally arrived at a name.All this and plenty more in your super soarway Added Time.

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Attention sports fans: welcome to the first episode of The Irish Times Sports Podcast. It will however be the last episode with that rather bland title - listen for details of a competition to give us a less generic name. Hosting the show is Malachy Clerkin, assisted by producer Pat Nugent. Today's first episode features Sean Moran and Keith Duggan on the hurling and football leagues. After that, Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey look ahead to the Six Nations. We hope you like it, and we would love your feedback: [email protected] tweet: @MalachyClerkinThanks for listening.

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