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Antrim's shock win, hurling...

05.10.2021

The opening weekend of the Allianz Hurling League threw up a welcome shock with Antrim’s two point win over Clare and joining Will Slattery and Michael Verney on this week’s Throw-In was Brendan Cummins and Colm Keys to look back ...

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05.10.2021 Antrim's shock win, hurling's 'advantage rule' and Cork contenders? The opening weekend of the Allianz Hurling League threw up a welcome shock with Antrim’s two point win over Clare and joining Will Slattery and Michael Verney on this week’s Throw-In was Brendan Cummins and Colm Keys to look back ...
05.06.2021 Tipperary's Limerick problem, Brian Cody's position and new rules on cynical play The 2021 GAA season is back and finally fans can feel some sense of normalcy return. It may be a truncated League this year but what an opening hurling fixture to whet the appetite between reigning champions, Limerick, and the ...
04.08.2021 The Top 50 GAA controversies Michael Verney is joined by Vincent Hogan, Martin Breheny and Colm Keys for a special episode of the Throw-In to reflect on the Top 50 GAA controversies. This Saturday will see Colm take a forensic look at the controversies which ...
01.25.2021 All Stars at 50 - debate, resignations and controversies Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by Martin Breheny for a special episode of the Throw-In to reflect on 50 years of All-Star teams. Starting on Tuesday, Martin has a series running this week in the Irish Independent and ...
12.21.2020 Dublin's historic 6-in-a-row and where does Mayo and the rest of the counties go from here? There was to be no unbridled Christmas celebrations for Mayo – or Waterford – fans this year with the favourites in both codes winning out comfortably at the end of the 2020 All Ireland series but the fall-out from Dublin’s ...
12.17.2020 Can Mayo make it a memorable 2020 or will Dublin’s stranglehold on the game continue? The GAA Championship is set to say goodbye to 2020 this Sunday with the clash between Mayo and Dublin in the All Ireland Football Final - their third final meeting in the last five years. The possibility of a team ...
12.14.2020 Is this the beginning of a Limerick dynasty? Waterford’s wait for another All Ireland hurling title goes on but in the aftermath of this year’s hurling decider, all the plaudits are rightly on Limerick’s incredible performance to win their second Liam MacCarthy in three years. On this week’s ...
12.10.2020 Vincent Hogan's All Ireland Hurling Final Preview In the year of Covid and a delayed, truncated season without fans, the 2020 All Ireland Hurling Final will be remembered no matter what. But with red-hot Limerick facing a Waterford team with unshakeable belief and a growing momentum behind ...
12.07.2020 Is Dublin really the problem? Mayo’s slim chance and a regressive day for women’s sport It might have been a weekend of Football Championship semi-finals but the aftermath of the games has seen more negatives than positives and this week’s Throw-In with Will Slattery, Michael Verney, Conor McKeon and Martin Breheny looks back on the ...
11.30.2020 Waterford's greatest half, Limerick's fear factor and Galway v Kilkenny in the camogie final Could this be Waterford’s greatest Christmas ever? Despite the pandemic and the lockdown, the Déise will be celebrating come the evening of Sunday December 13th says John Mullane on this week’s Throw-In. He joined Will Slattery, Michael Verney and Ursula ...
11.23.2020 Football’s history makers, the Dublin machine and Waterford dark horses? One hundred years, eighty-five years and twenty-three years in the making. It was the GAA weekend that saw history being made in the Football Championship and joining Will Slattery and Michael Verney to look back on it all on this ...
11.16.2020 Mayo's confidence rising, Waterford back on the horse and beware the Cats It was another weekend of scintillating GAA action with Limerick retaining their Munster title over a spirited Waterford team, while in Mayo, their good form continued with a one point victory over Galway in the Connacht Final and to look ...
11.09.2020 Kerry dumped out while Cork and Mayo roll on The Championship has ignited. Cork’s last-gasp winning goal has dumped Kerry out of the Championship without any backdoor for the Kingdom to go through. 2020 is over for Kerry football and on this week’s Throw-In, David Brady and Martin Breheny ...
11.02.2020 Only Covid can stop John Kiely’s team now, Cork’s demise and pressure grows on Mickey Harte Limerick are the complete team and only Covid can stop them reckons John Mullane who joined Will Slattery, Michael Verney and Ursula Jacob on this week’s Throw In as the panel looked back on a bumper weekend of hurling, camogie, ...
10.28.2020 Kerry to derail the Dubs and is this Limerick’s year? What a way for the Championship to start back. Limerick’s thirty-six point haul against Clare has put them firmly in the driving seat and John Mullane joins Will Slattery, Michael Verney and Roy Curtis to look ahead to all the ...
10.26.2020 Limerick the team to beat, Kerry’s progress and Conor McKenna stars for Tyrone In the strangest of League finales, this weekend saw Limerick post a massive 36 points over Clare in the hurling decider which also doubled up as the Munster Championship opener, while Kerry’s 14 point win over Donegal saw them collect ...
10.22.2020 Who's tipping Tipp? It's the Throw-In's All Ireland Hurling Championship preview The inter-county hurlers finally to get back out onto the field of battle this weekend as the delayed and truncated All Ireland Championship for 2020 finally gets underway. It’s a return to the old ways of course with just straight ...
10.19.2020 While the nation holds its breath, the GAA at least is back The inter-county GAA season is back and while it may be changed circumstances, some things still stay the same. A thumping Mayo win over Galway has the fans reaching for superlatives and whispers of glory, while there was another Dublin ...
10.14.2020 Why everything is on the line with the resumption of the Football Leagues Finally, the inter-county GAA gets set to resume with the resumption of the final two rounds of the Allianz Football Leagues which means the Throw-In is also back and for this week’s show Will Slattery and Michael Verney look ahead ...
05.28.2020 Corcoran over JBM, King Henry vs DJ and tough calls in Dublin On the latest episode of The Throw-In podcast, Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by Martin Breheny and Vincent Hogan to discuss Martin's 20-20-50 rankings. This week Martin has ranked the top 20 footballers and hurlers from every county ...
05.20.2020 20-20-50 - Martin Breheny's ultimate football and hurling rankings On this episode of The Throw-In, Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by Vincent Hogan and Martin Breheny to discuss the Irish Independent's 20-20-50 series. Starting on Monday May 25th, Martin is ranking the 20 best footballers and hurlers ...
03.09.2020 Galway's surge, Tipp's question marks and Waterford a different animal There was just hurling action in the Allianz Leagues over the weekend and on this week’s Throw-In, Vincent Hogan, Donnchadh Boyle and John Mullane joined Will Slattery to look back on all the games. Galway’s resurgence under Shane O’Neill and ...
03.02.2020 The rise of tunnel brawls, Mayo’s battles ahead and hurling’s black card shot down Tyrone v Dublin being played in horrendous conditions with plenty of history between these teams, what could possibly go wrong? This week on the Throw-In, Ciaran Whelan joins Will Slattery, Michael Verney and Colm Keys to discuss the fall-out from ...
02.24.2020 Jim Gavin's cap, Brolly as the waterboy and leave hurling alone Does Dublin have a weakness, the Padraig Joyce effect, cynicism in football, the state of hurling referees, Brian Lohan's direct route and the positive effect of the new camogie rules are all up for discussion on this week's Throw-In. Tomás ...
02.17.2020 How Wexford are transforming hurling, weather woe and the wild world of Division Two On this week's episode of The Throw-In, Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by John Mullane and Frank Roche to review the latest weekend of Allianz League action. What was meant to be a hurling-only weekend also ended up ...
02.10.2020 The problem with refs and umpires, Galway the sleeping giant and is Bugler the new Connolly? Referees, umpires, cards and time-keeping all came under the microscope after this weekend’s Allianz Football League games and on this week’s Throw-In, Ciaran Whelan joined Will Slattery and Donnchadh Boyle to go through all the big talking points. Whelan slammed ...
02.03.2020 Mayo's failings on the scoreboard, Galway’s new lease of life, and stop trying to fix hurling Playing with fourteen men, the clash in Castlebar between Mayo and Dublin became a foregone conclusion, but for David Brady, who joined Will Slattery, Michael Verney and John Brennan on this week’s Throw-In, the failings on the scoreboard over long ...
01.27.2020 Dessie Farrell’s Dublin League debut, scrap the advanced mark and Limerick’s psychological boost The Allianz Leagues began with a bang over the weekend and while it’s a new era for Dublin under Dessie Farrell, the rivalry with Kerry is still the one to watch in 2020. Tomás Ó’Sé joined Will Slattery, Michael Verney ...
01.20.2020 Allianz Leagues 2020 Preview The Throw-In is back for another weekly series covering the Allianz Football and Hurling Leagues. On this first show, Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by the Irish Independent's, Vincent Hogan and Colm Keys, as they preview the 2020 ...
11.25.2019 From 1955 heartbreak to 2019's five in-a-row - Inside the Decades of the Dubs On a special episode of The Throw-In podcast, Will Slattery is joined by Joe Davitt and Sean Potts to discuss The Herald's Decades of the Dubs annual.The book is a collection of The Herald's six-part series on the history of ...
09.16.2019 'Jim Gavin has achieved what Mick O'Dwyer and Brian Cody couldn't do' The Dubs did it. History was made and Jim Gavin achieved what the games' greats, Mick O'Dwyer and Brian Cody, couldn't do. The promised land of the 5-in-a-row was reached. For the final Throw-In of the season, Will Slattery and ...
09.12.2019 Selection dilemma for Dublin and All-Ireland ladies football final preview On the latest episode of The Throw-In, Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by Donnchadh Boyle of the Irish Independent and Cork legend Brid Stack to look ahead to the All-Ireland football final replay and the ladies football final. ...
09.09.2019 Thrilling showcase for camogie final with Galway's victory over Kilkenny With Galway winning their first All-Ireland camogie title since 2013, beating Kilkenny 3-14 to 0-17, it wasn’t a result that the Throw-In panel had predicted. Joining Will Slattery and Michael Verney to look back on the three 2019 camogie finals ...
09.05.2019 Camogie All Ireland Final Preview It’s a repeat of the 2013 final with Galway v Kilkenny facing off in the 2019 Camogie All Ireland final on Sunday and Dublin’s Aisling Maher and former Kilkenny All Star, Elaine Aylward, joined Will Slattery and Michael Verney on ...
09.02.2019 Question marks over Dublin's depth, but did Kerry miss their chance? It was one of the best football finals of the decade and Dublin and Kerry get to do it all again, but did Kerry leave it behind them? Ciaran Whelan joined Michael Verney, Frank Roche and Conor McKeon to look ...
08.31.2019 All Ireland Football Final Preview with Joe Brolly, Tomás Ó’Sé and Alan Brogan On the eve of the 2019 All Ireland Football Final, the Throw-In previewed the potential history-making clash between Dublin and Kerry live from Croke Park. Joe Brolly, Tomás Ó’Sé, Alan Brogan and Martin Breheny joined Will Slattery and Michael Verney ...
08.28.2019 The Dublin v Kerry preview, will history be made on Sunday? This is the big one. Dublin v Kerry. All Ireland football final. Dublin going for history for 5-in-a-row. The Kingdom standing in their way. Are Dublin the greatest football team ever? Will Micko's Kerry greats finally be outshone? Joining Will ...
08.26.2019 Tipp's hurling double, why their future is bright, and Dublin ladies go for 3-in-a-row Tipperary is basking in the glow of an incredible 2019 season for them with the U20s picking up their own All Ireland title just a week after the seniors success and this week’s Throw-In with Will Slattery and Michael Verney ...
08.19.2019 Tipp throw off the shackles while Kilkenny’s soul-searching begins The hurling decade started with Tipperary and has now ended with Tipp as All Ireland champions once again. Brendan Cummins joined Will Slattery, Colm Keys, Frank Roche and Donnchadh Boyle on this week's show to assess Tipp's dominance over the ...
08.14.2019 All Ireland Hurling Final Preview: Tipp's firepower to edge it? All Ireland hurling finals are something very special and this year promises to be no different. It’s the return of the heavyweights: Tipperary v Kilkenny, Liam Sheedy v Brian Cody III. No manager has beaten Brian Cody in two finals ...
08.12.2019 Footballing perfection, Kerry's what-ifs and is Mickey Harte the best person to still lead Tyrone? For ten minutes it was 'footballing perfection' as the Dubs blitzed Mayo to leave them in the dust. Was it as good as Dublin have played under Jim Gavin and what chance does Kerry have of stopping them in the ...
08.05.2019 Why you can’t buy momentum and have Mayo got a Plan-D, a plan for Dublin? Mayo’s victory over Donegal at the weekend was one of those great days and was the stand-out occasion of the Football Championship so far, but they’re now facing just a six-day turn-around to play a more rested Dublin team in ...
07.29.2019 Return of the heavyweights, Davy Fitz's future, and time for VAR? It’s the finest of margins that decide matches at this stage of the Championship and the 2019 All Hurling Final sees the return of the traditional heavyweights with Tipperary and Kilkenny facing off in August after a weekend of epic ...
07.26.2019 The Hurling Semi-Final Preview Live from Gorey It was a special Live Throw-In from Wexford this week as we previewed a bumper All Ireland Hurling Semi-Final weekend. Gorey was alive with excitement as Billy Byrne, Ursula Jacob, Brendan Cummins, John Mullane and Colm Keys joined Michael Verney ...
07.22.2019 D-Day looms in Castlebar, Jim Gavin’s plan for Diarmuid Connolly and the future of the Super 8s It wouldn’t be a Championship without a Mayo drama and the showdown looms in two weeks’ time for the clash between Mayo and Donegal for a place in the All Ireland semi-final. Donegal however, are coming good and despite missing ...
07.15.2019 Kerry back to their best, Connolly’s return and Cork’s baffling inconsistency Have Kerry timed it all perfectly with their team hitting top form at the business end of the Championship? Their 10 point win over Mayo was as good as they’ve played in recent years and David Brady reckons they are ...
07.12.2019 Epic Kilkenny-Cork battles, JJ Delaney on the Cats' chances and a look ahead to the semis The Throw-In broadcast live from the Hotel Kilkenny this week to preview the All Ireland Hurling Quarter-Finals with an all star cast of JJ Delaney, John Mullane and Ger Cunningham along with INM's Vincent Hogan, Conor McKeon and Michael Verney. ...
07.08.2019 '7th July will live long in their lives' Laois' history-making and Super 8s Preview This summer’s hurling Championship keeps on giving and it was another incredible weekend with Laois’ memorable and historic victory over Dublin that sees them into an All Ireland quarter final against Tipperary. Jubilant manager, and Kilkenny legend, Eddie Brennan, joined ...
07.01.2019 D-Day for Mayo and Galway, the problems with a second tier championship and Davy's delight On this week's episode of The Throw-In, Will Slattery and Michael Verney are joined by Conor McKeon and David Brady to recap another great weekend of GAA championship action. Wexford ended a 15-year wait to win a Leinster title and ...
06.24.2019 Why Kerry won't win the All Ireland Tomás Ó'Sé doesn't rate Kerry for this year's All Ireland - and says he's not trying to underplay his county's chances either. He joined Will Slattery, Michael Verney and Donnchadh Boyle on this week's Throw-In to discuss Kerry's weaknesses and ...

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The Throw-In episodes:

Antrim's shock win, hurling's 'advantage rule' and Cork contenders?

Tipperary's Limerick problem, Brian Cody's position and new rules on cynical play

The Top 50 GAA controversies

All Stars at 50 - debate, resignations and controversies

Dublin's historic 6-in-a-row and where does Mayo and the rest of the counties go from here?

Can Mayo make it a memorable 2020 or will Dublin’s stranglehold on the game continue?

Is this the beginning of a Limerick dynasty?

Vincent Hogan's All Ireland Hurling Final Preview

Is Dublin really the problem? Mayo’s slim chance and a regressive day for women’s sport

Waterford's greatest half, Limerick's fear factor and Galway v Kilkenny in the camogie final

Football’s history makers, the Dublin machine and Waterford dark horses?

Mayo's confidence rising, Waterford back on the horse and beware the Cats

Kerry dumped out while Cork and Mayo roll on

Only Covid can stop John Kiely’s team now, Cork’s demise and pressure grows on Mickey Harte

Kerry to derail the Dubs and is this Limerick’s year?

Limerick the team to beat, Kerry’s progress and Conor McKenna stars for Tyrone

Who's tipping Tipp? It's the Throw-In's All Ireland Hurling Championship preview

While the nation holds its breath, the GAA at least is back

Why everything is on the line with the resumption of the Football Leagues

Corcoran over JBM, King Henry vs DJ and tough calls in Dublin

20-20-50 - Martin Breheny's ultimate football and hurling rankings

Galway's surge, Tipp's question marks and Waterford a different animal

The rise of tunnel brawls, Mayo’s battles ahead and hurling’s black card shot down

Jim Gavin's cap, Brolly as the waterboy and leave hurling alone

How Wexford are transforming hurling, weather woe and the wild world of Division Two

The problem with refs and umpires, Galway the sleeping giant and is Bugler the new Connolly?

Mayo's failings on the scoreboard, Galway’s new lease of life, and stop trying to fix hurling

Dessie Farrell’s Dublin League debut, scrap the advanced mark and Limerick’s psychological boost

Allianz Leagues 2020 Preview

From 1955 heartbreak to 2019's five in-a-row - Inside the Decades of the Dubs

'Jim Gavin has achieved what Mick O'Dwyer and Brian Cody couldn't do'

Selection dilemma for Dublin and All-Ireland ladies football final preview

Thrilling showcase for camogie final with Galway's victory over Kilkenny

Camogie All Ireland Final Preview

Question marks over Dublin's depth, but did Kerry miss their chance?

All Ireland Football Final Preview with Joe Brolly, Tomás Ó’Sé and Alan Brogan

The Dublin v Kerry preview, will history be made on Sunday?

Tipp's hurling double, why their future is bright, and Dublin ladies go for 3-in-a-row

Tipp throw off the shackles while Kilkenny’s soul-searching begins

All Ireland Hurling Final Preview: Tipp's firepower to edge it?

Footballing perfection, Kerry's what-ifs and is Mickey Harte the best person to still lead Tyrone?

Why you can’t buy momentum and have Mayo got a Plan-D, a plan for Dublin?

Return of the heavyweights, Davy Fitz's future, and time for VAR?

The Hurling Semi-Final Preview Live from Gorey

D-Day looms in Castlebar, Jim Gavin’s plan for Diarmuid Connolly and the future of the Super 8s

Kerry back to their best, Connolly’s return and Cork’s baffling inconsistency

Epic Kilkenny-Cork battles, JJ Delaney on the Cats' chances and a look ahead to the semis

'7th July will live long in their lives' Laois' history-making and Super 8s Preview

D-Day for Mayo and Galway, the problems with a second tier championship and Davy's delight

Why Kerry won't win the All Ireland

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