Episode 1307: Ireland Name Team To Face Italy; US Murph Recalls The Life Of His All-Time Most Beloved Baseball Player
Ireland start their November series with a game against Italy in Chicago tomorrow, a place with nothing but good memories for Irish rugby. We’ve named our team, and when Joey Carbery is the experienced elder statesman of our back-line, it gives an indication of how exciting the lineup is.
Former Munster and Pau back-rower James Coughlan joins us to talk about how excited he is by Tadhg Beirne, and how hard it is to balance your ambition to make a big splash, and doing the rather more prosaic things that Joe Schmidt wants you to do.
US Murph lost one of his all-time idols this week – Willie McCovey was a home run machine for the brand-new San Francisco Giants for three decades, who died aged 80 on Friday. Brian paints us a beautiful picture of his life, and reflects on this year’s baseball World Series too.
Plus there’s Joey Carbery – Chicago Bulls’ number 1 fan, foam fingers, and look-alikeys on podcasts.
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Today’s show out NOW – a chat in studio with one of the most polarising, entertaining figures in Irish sport, Wexford hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald https://t.co/8Pf77ieJYY pic.twitter.com/ckmbrqOxcd
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After yet another Real Madrid loss following yesterday’s El Classico, the end is surely nigh for Lopetegui. Reports suggest that Antonio Conte is being lined up to replace him, but do Madrid’s problems run deeper? Your bank holiday football fix awaits: https://t.co/qkMbgU47dd pic.twitter.com/DGVfQxovSv
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Go to PatreonWe talk to @KatieTaylor about her decision to be the subject of “Katie” a brilliant, warm and revealing new documentary, which gets a cinema release this Friday 26th Oct https://t.co/Is3Eyuj4qS
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