Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast

Rugby Podcast Special: Munster and Leinster's imperfect wins

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Simon Lewis and Brendan O’Brien talk through Munster and Leinster’s imperfect wins in round 2 of the Champions Cup pool stages.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Ireland into the final furlong in Rome

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:02:08 GMT

Simon Lewis in Rome and Brendan O'Brien, at Cheltenham, look ahead to Ireland's final Six Nations match against Italy on Saturday.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: France torch Ireland’s Grand Slam hopes.

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien reflect on a humbling home defeat to the Les Bleus.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Irish injuries, bench splits, Thierry Henry and Garry Ringrose suspension

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 18:07:14 GMT

Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis take us through the big talking points ahead of Ireland's showdown with France this weekend.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Ireland win in Cardiff

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 22:51:13 GMT

Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien reflect on an incident-packed weekend of Six Nations action.

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Irish Examiner rugby podcast: Much-changed Ireland selection and Easterby to Wales?

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:20:50 GMT

Simon Lewis and Brendan O’Brien discuss Simon Easterby’s reaction to being linked with the Wales job, and on the much-changed side the interim Ireland head coach has named for the weekend’s Six Nations tie in Cardiff.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Will Ireland shuffle the deck for Wales?

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:01:00 GMT

Brendan O’Brien and Simon Lewis chat about the latest news and views from in and around the Ireland and Wales squads ahead of their Six Nations tie in Cardiff.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Gatland departs and Ireland's winning Six Nations start

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:31:47 GMT

Brendan O'Brien and Mick Cleary discuss all the storylines from the opening two rounds of the 2025 Six Nations including Warren Gatland departing as Wales head coach, the possibility of Simon Easterby replacing him and Ireland's fast start.

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Ireland dominate Scotland in bonus point win

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 21:48:59 GMT

Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis discuss Ireland's 32-18 bonus point victory over Scotland in the Six Nations.

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Ireland v England: Easterby starts as he means to go on

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:00:00 GMT

Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien reflect on an impressive first win for Ireland and interim coach Simon Easterby.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Ireland v England preview

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Brendan O'Brien joins Simon Lewis from the Aviva Stadium to discuss Ireland's team selection for the Six Nations opener with England, what the Irish camp have to say, as well as Thursday night's U20s defeat in Cork.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: ROG on the Six Nations kick-off

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:48:38 GMT

Irish rugby legend and La Rochelle head coach, Ronan O'Gara speaks to Tony Leen ahead of the Six Nations kick-off this weekend.

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Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Six Nations preview

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:46:40 GMT

Donal Lenihan joins Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis to look ahead to the 2025 Six Nations, assess Ireland's chances without Andy Farrell and pick their likely winners.

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Irish Examiner Rugby: Your Six Nations preview with O'Gara, Lenihan, Cleary and Lewis

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:18:02 GMT

Ronan O'Gara, Donal Lenihan, Mick Cleary and Simon Lewis preview this year's tournament, with Tony Leen.

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Boks are champs and reflecting on the tournament

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:58:28 GMT

After a couple of months on the road from Tours to Nantes and Paris, Brendan O'Brien, Simon Lewis and Mick Cleary convene one more time to review the Rugby World Cup final and the tournament as a whole.

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Then there were two

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:09:27 GMT

Mick Cleary joins Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien to review two very different Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

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A last four without Ireland and France

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:59:13 GMT

Donal Lenihan joins Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien to reflect on Ireland's exit and look ahead to the semi-final weekend.

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Rugby World Cup Podcast: Are Ireland really quarter-final favourites - the New Zealand view

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:39:48 GMT

New Zealand broadcaster and sportswriter Scotty Stevenson joins the Irish Examiner's Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien to preview the World Cup quarter-finals.

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Ireland v Scotland: A memorable night in Paris

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 11:59:34 GMT

Donal Lenihan, Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis reflect on a stunning win over Scotland at the Stade de France.

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Farewell to Tours, hello Paris

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:39:19 GMT

Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis in Paris are joined to look ahead to Ireland v Scotland and the rest of the action at the Rugby World Cup this weekend.

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Live with O'Gara, Stander and Lenihan

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 15:57:59 GMT

Ahead of Ireland's pool finale against Scotland, we hosted a special, live event with host Tony Leen and guests Ronan O'Gara, Donal Lenihan, CJ Stander, as well as over 250 rugby fans.

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What the Scots are thinking...

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:55:39 GMT

Scottish rugby writer David Barnes joins Simon Lewis in Tours and Brendan O'Brien in Nice ahead of the Pool B showdown between Ireland and Gregor Townsend's side on Saturday night.

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The world keeps turning without Ireland

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:42:33 GMT

Peter Jackson joins Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis to preview the weekend's rugby.

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Reviewing an epic win over the Boks

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 11:57:24 GMT

Donal Lenihan joins Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien to analyse a game they were all lucky enough to witness in Paris - Ireland v South Africa.

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Ireland v South Africa: the preview

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:58:39 GMT

South Africa rugby journalist Craig Ray joins Simon Lewis and Brendan O'Brien to preview the big one: the Boks v Ireland.

Join Ronan O'Gara, Donal Lenihan and CJ Stander next week for a special RWC live event in Cork: https://www.irishexaminer.com/rugbyworldcuplive/

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Job done against Tonga, next stop Paris

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:16:09 GMT

Donal Lenihan joins Brendan O'Brien in Bordeaux and Simon Lewis in Tours to analyse that performance against Tonga and to look ahead to the Boks game on Saturday night, as well as review the rest of the big weekend action.

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Ireland v Tonga preview & French lessons

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 11:47:54 GMT

As Ireland prepare to take on Tonga, Mick Cleary joins Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis in Nantes to preview a huge weekend of rugby.

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Ireland up and running and tournament teething issues

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:53:18 GMT

After a frantic first weekend at the RWC, Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis in France are joined by esteemed rugby journalist Mick Cleary and, later, by La Rochelle star and Irish Examiner columnist, Tawera Kerr-Barlow.

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The Irish Examiner RWC podcast: the big tournament preview

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:21:18 GMT

We're ready to go. Join us for episode 1 of our special RWC podcast series on the eve of the tournament.

La Rochelle coach Ronan O'Gara joins fellow Irish Examiner columnist Donal Lenihan as well as staff writers Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis in France.

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Irish Examiner Rugby World Cup Podcast

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 08:31:05 GMT

Join Brendan O'Brien and his co-host Simon Lewis, each week throughout the Rugby World Cup tournament, for all the latest, news, views, and debate with their panel of expert guests including, Donal Lenihan, Ronan O'Gara, Craig Ray, David Barnes, Mick Cleary, Ciara Griffin and James Harrington. Expect in-depth analysis with insight into the Irish camp and beyond, throughout the Rugby World Cup.

Exclusively available as part of an Irish Examiner subscription.

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