After watching his side win their opening game in the All Ireland Junior Cup on Saturday, Coolmine RFC committee member and former president Gordon Wood spoke to Rob Murphy of KnockOn.ie about the club, the future and the win over Westport in the national competition's first round.

Sean Duignan Monivea Coach after his sides 26-24 loss to Castlebar on October 5th.

Seamus King Castlebar coach talks to KnockOn.ie after his sides 26-24 win over Monivea on October 5

We caught up with Richard Mulligan of the Belfast Newsletter last weekend to discuss the current state of play in Ulster Senior rugby and what we can expect from their clubs in this season's All Ireland league. Ballynahinch are back in the top flight and looking to make an impact, Malone, Dungannon and Belfast Harlequins prepare for another season …

Tuam RFC Manager Rory Murphy spoke to KnockOn.ie after his side's opening game of the 2013/14 season, a one point loss to Westport.

After Connemara's loss to Castlebar in round 1 of the 2013/14 Connacht Junior League we caught up with head coach Eddie Walsh.

We caught up with Westport director of rugby Joe Corcoran after his side's one point win over Tuam in round 1 of the 2013/14 Connacht Junior League.

After Castlebar's comfortable opening day victory over Connemara last Saturday we caught up with head coach Seamus King to find out how he felt about his side's seven try performance. Castlebar are back in the top flight after a one year absence and after their 41-24 win here, signs suggest this young side are ready to kick on.…

After their first game as a Senior Club on Sunday KnockOn.ie Editor Rob Murphy caught up with Tullamore RFC Manager Tom Moloney to chat abut how the Offaly club are shaping up ahead of the new season and some of the injuries that have hampered their early season progress including during their 44-12 loss to NUIM Barnhall on the day.…

KnockOn.ie Editor Rob Murphy caught up with NUIM Barnhall Head Coach Denis Bowes after their opening game of the 2013/14 season in Tullamore which Barnhall won 45-12.

The Munster Junior League season saw Richmond crowned champions and subsequently book their place in the All Ireland league thanks to a play off win over Clonakility. Host Rob Murphy is joined by KnockOn.ie's Munster Junior league man Stephen Collins to review the season and look at all the clubs with who made headlines during the campaign includin…

In a week when the IRFU launched their blueprint for sustainable clubs, we have decided to re-run our interview with former, Skerries, Leinster and Irish second row Jim Glennon who spoke to us about the future of club rugby back at the start of this season. Rob Murphy caught up with the Irish sports council member at the launch of the Claremooris R…

Full review of the Towns Cup through audio gathered on the pitch at Edenderry RFC on Sunday. First of all we spoke to Leinster Juniors Head Coach Dave Mahon to get his thoughts on the 38-6 win for Tullamore RFC over Longford RFC which completed a clean sweep of trophies. We then spoke to the ever present Tullamore scrum half Richie Hughes before ca…

In advance of Sunday's Provincial Towns Cup final between Longford and Tullamore in Edenderry, Rob Murphy and regular pundit Dave Mahon look ahead to the 2013 final with Tullamore looking to end a run of three defeats in finals and Longford looking for a first ever title and a major upset.

Our Longford Towns Cup special was recorded at CPL park before training as the club prepare for a first Towns Cup final since 1932. Host Rob Murphy sat down with player coach Colm Glynn, Captain Derek Farrell and forwards coach Niall Moran to talk Longford rugby and to look ahead to Sunday's huge challenge in Edenderry as the underdogs look to upse…

Our Tullamore Towns Cup special was recorded in Monivea on Saturday after the Offaly club beat the Connacht champions to book their place in the All Ireland League for next season. Host Rob Murphy sat down with two players, Tom Gilligan and Ivor Scully and manager Tom Maloney to look ahead to this Sunday's Towns Cup final in Edenderry as Tullamore …

Pat Lam arrived in Galway last week as he gets to grips with his new role as head coach of the Connacht rugby team early. Rob Murphy interviews him to get first impressions of his new team.

This week, host Rob Murphy is joined by Leinster Juniors and Newbridge coach Dave Mahon to look ahead to the Towns Cup semi finals on Sunday. At Athy, Tullamore take on Tullow while in Edenderry, Roscrea face Longford.

Episode 2 of our Six Nations Fantasy Rugby podcast looks back on Ireland's defeat to England, France and their struggles against Wales and the game of the weekend between Scotland and Italy. Host Rob Murphy is joined in the pod by Dennis Laffey, William Davies and Alan Deegan.

A quick review of the All Ireland Junior Cup final victory for Tullamore over Enniscorthy. KnockOn.ie contributors Dave Mahon and Niall Moran join Rob Murphy to discuss the 29-10 win at Cill Dara on February 9th.

We'll come up with a better name for this podcast, we promise. In the meantime, welcome to episode one of our Six Nation natters. We have an A list line up, 12 caps between our three podcasters, Ireland and Connacht back row forward Carol Staunton has the most, Alan Deegan and host Rob Murphy are equal second in terms of caps. We talk about Ireland…

We caught up with long serving Connemara scrum half David Keogh after the club's 29-13 home loss to Sligo on Saturday. It keeps them bottom of the Ulster Bank League Division 2b without a point and very much facing the possibility of an end of All Ireland league rugby after 12 seasons.

On Sunday last KnockOn.ie watched St Mary's of Limerick beat Cobh Pirates 14-10 in the Munster Junior League. Afterwards we sat down with club president Anthony McNamara and Vice President Jim O'Dwyer to discuss the development of rugby in the St Mary's parish of Limerick city.

Kanturk RFC are a club in the north east of Cork with a strong youth set up a large reach in the Duhallow region and a rich history of existence in a proud sporting landscape. We caught up with club chairman Mick Breen at their All Ireland Cup clash with Westport in late October.

After Kanturk's 35-7 victory over Westport in the All Ireland Cup last weekend we spoke to Director of Rugby at the club and manager of the Munster Juniors Tony Daly about the game and the prospects for the rest of the season.

This week host Rob Murphy is joined by Dave Mahon to look back on the past two rounds of action in the Leinster Junior League Division 2b and forward to a hectic round 3. Railway Union and Arklow top the pile at this early stage and will meet in Round 4. The tie of this weekend might well be the meeting of North Kildare and Edenderry.…

This week host Rob Murphy is joined by Dave Mahon to look back on the past two rounds of action in the Leinster Junior League Division 2a and forward to a hectic round 3. Kilkenny have started well with two wins but Roscrea are out in front with two bonus point wins.

This week host Rob Murphy is joined by Dave Mahon to look back on the past two rounds of action in the Leinster Junior League Division 1b and forward to a hectic round 3. Tullow and Longford lead the way for now.

We caught up with Galwegians assistant coach John Folan at the weekend to reflect on two good wins for his club over Buccaneers at senior level and Westport in the Junior league.

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Rob Murphy is joined by Niall Moran to discuss the season ahead in Leinster's Division 2b. We've had plenty of discussion on the site around this Division, many people's favourites appear to be Railway Union but Edenderry, Guinness, North Kildare, Athy, Arklow, Balbriggan and Swords will all have their say.…

More audio to distract you from your workday, especially if your club take part in Division 2a of the Leinster Junior league. Niall Moran joins Rob Murphy to discuss a league the contains a mixture of sleeping giants, emerging powerhouses and the usual handful of sides at a crossroads. Clane, Gore, Kilkenny, Malahide, Portlaoise, Roscrea, New Ross …

An entire podcast dedicated to the one division and there's a reason, it promises to be some competition this year. Cill Dara's Enda Finn and Newbridge man Dave Mahon join Rob Murphy to look at the eight teams that will battle for a place in the top flight next season. In random order, Monkstown, Wicklow, Longford, Ashbourne, Clondalkin, Co Carlow,…

The KnockOn.ie team of host Rob Murphy and contributors Enda Finn and Dave Mahon discuss the future of the All Ireland League rugby in the season opening podcast to mark the announcement of 2012/13 Ulster Bank League Fixtures. The panel discuss the possibility of a more regional based structure in future and some of the issues facing club's in the …

KnockOn.ie regular Niall Moran joins host Rob Murphy to set the scene as Junior clubs all over the country get back to training and stuck into the pre-season. During the conversation they take a look at another unpredictable campaign in Leinster. Ask who can challenge Richmond in Munster, Monivea in Connacht and what will happen in Ulster this seas…

Scrum coaching expert Roly Meates who played and coached with Ireland was in Claremorris last week to help them with the launch of their pitch fund draw and provide to class scrum coaching to over 60 youth coaches from around the west. We spoke to him on a wide range of topics from the future of the club game to the need for more policing of the ea…

Former Irish international Jim Glennon spoke to Rob Murphy of knockon.ie in Claremorris on Friday and discussed the future of the game at club level in some detail.

Our sevens rugby special comes from Dubarry Park in Athlone and the launch of the Athlone Rugby 7s due to be held on the August Bank Holiday weekend. Host Rob Murphy is joined by Ireland 7s international Brian Tuohy who played in two World Cups to date and one of the Athlone tournament organisers Geoff Kenny to discuss the future of the 7s game in …

Full review of the 2012 Towns Cup final won by Enniscorthy who overcame Tullow 23-17. Podcast includes, post game analysis from our regular contributors Dave Mahon and Enda Finn. Interviews with Ross Barbour (Captain) and Damien McCabe from Enniscorthy's winning side. And audio from the presentation including Enniscorthy RFC president Charlie Kavan…

Recorded at Black Gates on the weeke of the Leinster Towns Cup final, host Rob Murphy visited the club and spoke with head coach Bernard Jackman and two players who were involved with the 2008 side that lost out to Navan, namely captain Frank Murphy and full back Will O'Brien. The Towns Cup buzz in Tullow has reached a feverish state with car flags…