Welcome to Off The Ball's Road to Croke Park, a 3-part podcast series detailing the routes taken by both All Ireland finalists, Cork and Tipperary in the championship in 2025. David Wilson brings you right back to April when dreams were big, and everyone had the wish of climbing those famous Hogan Stand steps. Now, only two counties remain, Cork and Tipperary, in the battle for the Liam McCarthy trophy. Backboned by the wealth of knowledge from the vast selection of Off The Ball pundits, this po...
Jul 18, 2025•30 min
Welcome to Off The Ball's Road to Croke Park, a 3-part podcast series detailing the routes taken by both All Ireland finalists, Cork and Tipperary in the championship in 2025. David Wilson brings you right back to April when dreams were big, and everyone had the wish of climbing those famous Hogan Stand steps. Now, only two counties remain, Cork and Tipperary, in the battle for the Liam McCarthy trophy. Backboned by the wealth of knowledge from the vast selection of Off The Ball pundits, this po...
Jul 18, 2025•16 min
Welcome to Off The Ball's Road to Croke Park, a 3-part podcast series detailing the routes taken by both All Ireland finalists, Cork and Tipperary in the championship in 2025. David Wilson brings you right back to April when dreams were big, and everyone had the wish of climbing those famous Hogan Stand steps. Now, only two counties remain, Cork and Tipperary, in the battle for the Liam McCarthy trophy. Backboned by the wealth of knowledge from the vast selection of Off The Ball pundits, this po...
Jul 18, 2025•16 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan on the greatest week of the year as we get ready for the showdown of Cork and Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. With two lethal forward lines can we expect a shoot-out at Croke Park? How big of a loss is Seamus Harnedy? And can Cork end their Liam McCarthy drought? And who will be alongside Murph on the telly? And the lads pick their pre-final All-Star. team of the year...
Jul 14, 2025•2 hr
Fresh from his stint with the BBC on the telly, Paul Murphy joined James Skehill and Will O'Callaghan on this week's review of the All-Ireland semi-finals on this week's Hurling Pod. The lads discussed the fallout from the scoreboard controversy, Oisin O'Donghue's incredible winning goal for Tipperary against Kilkenny, and how a ruthless Cork team put Dublin to the sword in the other semi-final.
Jul 06, 2025•1 hr 46 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan ahead of this weekend's All-Ireland Senior Hurling semi-finals. Skehill is licking his wounds after a loss in the Galway League final, they salute Waterford's rising stars, and discuss Shane O'Donnell potentially giving it another. year with Clare.
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 41 min
After Dublin stunned Limerick in the All-Ireland Hurling. Quarter-Finals and Tipperary eased past Galway, James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan on The Hurling Pod to chat about where the games were won and lost. The lads eat some humble pie about writing off Dublin, and Skehill gives his most glowing assessment of Tipp in four seasons of the pod...
Jun 22, 2025•1 hr 42 min
A little bit later than planned, James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to look ahead to this weekend's All-Ireland Hurling Quarter-Finals. Tipperary look to pick up a first Championship win over Galway since 2016, can Dublin pull off a shock and register a third straight Championship victory over Limerick? And after more 20+ point hammerings last weekend, the lads consider whether the All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-Finals still have merit in their current format. On the pod this...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Dublin defender Daire Gray spoke to Will O'Callaghan ahead of their trip to Kildare in the All-Ireland Hurling Championship, and the impact Niall Ó Ceallacháin has had as manager.
Jun 13, 2025•8 min
Kildare's Paul Dolan spoke to Will O'Callaghan about their remarkable back-to-back promotions from the Christy Ring to the Leinster Championship, their superb performance against Laois in the McDonagh Cup final, and hosting Dublin in the All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-Finals at a packed St Conleth's Park this weekend.
Jun 11, 2025•12 min
Two-time Hurler of the Year and Limerick captain, Cian Lynch, spoke to Will O’Callaghan at the launch of the All-Ireland Championship about their loss to Cork on penalties in the Munster final, his approach to the game, and Nickie Quaid’s remarkable recovery from a knee ligament injury.
Jun 11, 2025•10 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James 'Liam' Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan on this weekend's edition of The Hurling Pod to break down a drama-filled Munster final, a far less dramatic Leinster decider, and Kildare securing back-to-back promotions by winning the McDonagh Cup.
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 52 min
All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan for this week's edition of The Hurling Pod, featuring more chatter on. strange meat matter, a preview of this weekend's provincial finals and Tipperary's latest All-Ireland success at Nowlan Park. Timestamps: 0:00 - 12:30 - Your questions about unusual meat 12:30 - 29:40 - Davy's ban, would Skehill go on Fittest Family?, CCCC hand out retrospective bans. 29:40 - 43:40 - Eating grizzly bears, why Ireland has no tanks, other...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 51 min
All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review the last round of group games in the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championships. Cork bounced back from their Limerick loss to defeat Waterford and reach a first Munster final since 2018, while the Deise's miserable round-robin record continued. Galway's first away Championship victory at Dublin saw them set up. a Leinster decider with Kilkenny, but how confident is Skehill about them beating the Cats? Antrim dro...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 23 min
On a members pod that we're making available for all Hurling Pod listeners this week, the GAA's Head of Hurling Willie Maher joined the lads for a chat about why he's passionate about trying to grow the game across the country. They discussed why 20,000 free tickets have been made available for under-14s for the Leinster and McDonagh Cup finals, 45 new clubs being set up, pushing for more coverage for lower-tier competitions and what he hopes to achieve as Head of Hurling.
May 26, 2025•1 hr 15 min
The lads are re-united this week with All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joining the returning Will O'Callaghan to break down the penultimate round of group games in the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championshps. Limerick put in an awesome display to hammer Cork, while Tipperary won a Munster Championship home game for the first time since 2019 to secure qualification. Kilkenny are back into another Leinster final, Galway and Dublin are preparing for a de facto semi-final, and the...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 34 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill are back together to pick apart the weekend's action in the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships. Tipp's first provincial championship win in 748 days has left All-Ireland champions Clare facing an early exit, while Dublin and Kilkenny maintained their 100 per cent starts in Leinster.
May 11, 2025•1 hr 11 min
The episode where Paul Murphy and James Skehill were left in charge of The Hurling Pod... The lads discuss Limerick's excellent performance in their win at Waterford, whether 90s hurling really was better, and look ahead to this weekend's games - including the do-or-die clash between Clare and Tipperary!
May 05, 2025•1 hr 29 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Calaghan to take listeners' and viewers' questions after the second weekend of the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championships.
Apr 28, 2025•2 hr 3 min
All-Ireland winners James Sklehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review a cracking opening weekend of Championship action. All-Ireland champions Clare battled back to earn a draw against League winners Cork. Tipperary bounced back from their League final loss to hold reigning Munster kingpins Limerick at Semple Stadium. Skehill is worried about Galway's lack of style of play and their Leinster chances after a hammering by Kilkenny, Lee Chin starred as Wexford accounted for Antrim, a...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 37 min
With the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championships underway this weekend, All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O’Callaghan to look ahead to the start of the Championship. They also discussed Shane O’Donnell potentially playing some part in Clare’s title defense, why Skehill snubbed the last round of The Masters, and predictions for all five of this weekend’s games. Timestamps: 0’00” - ‘F*ck golf’ - Will and Paul were captivated by Rory McIlroy completing the career Gran...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 48 min
All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy think you can't play down the hype around Cork after the Rebels eased to a 10-point win against Tipperary to be crowned National League champions for the first time since 1998. How much have Tipperary improved during the league this season? And will it be enough to get out of Munster this summer? They also reflect on Waterford's win against Offaly in the One B final and discuss if Offaly would have benefitted from another season in the second-fli...
Apr 06, 2025•1 hr 23 min
James Skehill and Paul Murphy are back alongside Will O'Callaghan for this week's Hurling Pod for Off The Ball members. They discuss whether they ever watch back games from their inter-county careers, the holistic nature of coaching, and even sneak in some podcast and TV recommendations. Following a request from some of our members, we've made this podcast available for free.
Apr 04, 2025•54 min
As the philosopher Kurt Cobain once wrote, 'no apologies'. All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy are back alongside Will O'Callaghan for this week's edition of The Hurling Pod. The lads look ahead to the sold-out Division One B and One A finals this Sunday, discuss the fall-out from the venue controversies for the lower division deciders, and discuss the rest of the news from the past week... On the podcast: 0'00" - We're sorry for saying sorry too much. 'Hurling is hot' at the momen...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 37 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan to discuss the end of the regular section of the League. Cork impressed again in setting up a first League final against their rivals Tipperary since 1960, but so many questions remain around Galway ahead of the Championship. The lads also looked at the red card shown to Offaly's James Mahon, and discussed whether Limerick have some issues to address coming out of the League.
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 18 min
All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review Kilkenny's victory over Limerick in the National Hurling League. Tipperary are into the One A final, but will it be Cork or Galway joining them? Has Huw Lawlor become Kilkenny's most important player? And is there any chance that Waterford could slip up on the last day in Division One B?
Mar 17, 2025•59 min
All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan on a live edition of the pod on YouTube to take listeners and viewers' questions after a controversy-filled weekend in the National Hurling League. Tipperary consolidated top spot in One A with an impressive win at Kilkenny in a red-card-dominated second half. And Cork hit All-Ireland champions Clare for six goals, edging Brian Lohan's team closer to relegation. They also discuss Limerick's comfortable win against Galway, ...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 46 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill are back to review a dramatic weekend in the National Hurling League. On a week where Clare lost their Hurler of the Year Shane O'Donnell for the season, the Banner rallied to beat their rivals Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds. Diarmuid Healy seized his chance for Cork in their victory over Kilkenny on Leeside, while Galway made it three wins in-a-row by overcoming Wexford. Offaly remain top of the pile in Division One B, Antrim's late equalising g...
Mar 02, 2025•1 hr 19 min
All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill are back, joining Will O'Callaghan to discuss a weekend where Tipperary avenged their recent defeats to Cork at Semple Stadium. Wexford pushed Clare closer to the relegation trap door in Division 1A, while Davy Fitzgerald questioned his Antrim players following another loss. While Dan Ravenhill scored a remarkable late free, securing a dramatic win for Offaly over Dublin at Croke Park.
Feb 23, 2025•1 hr 21 min
On this week's edition of The Hurling Pod, Paul Murphy, James Skehill, and Will O'Callaghan were joined by former Galway defender and now performance coach Tony Óg Regan. Tony opened up on the pain of being dropped from the panel twice, his anxiety around big games as a player, and working with top teams like Limerick and Ballygunner in recent seasons. The lads also chat about Laois's vital win at Westmemath in Division One B, UL continuing their recent dominance of the Fitzgibbon Cup, and your ...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 54 min
