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The Knock On Rugby Podcast

Stephen Byrne presents The Knock On with Scoreline.ie, our regular look at what's happening in the world of rugby in Kilkenny, Carlow and beyond.
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Season 2 E14: Wicklow frustrate Carlow, Tullow up next to try topple the leaders, Kilkenny get the better of Seapoint, Tullow ladies flying it, youths rugby and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss... Kilkenny's win over Seapoint in 1A and their trip to Ashbourne this weekend. Tullow get a win over Cill Dara however they've a big task against table toppers Wicklow, Johnny Tobin's confident of his side. Carlow loses to Wicklow and prepares to make things righ...

Dec 02, 202245 minSeason 1Ep. 79

Season 2 E13: Kilkenny v Seapoint, Carlow v Wicklow, and Tullow v Cill Dara, big wins for Kilkenny and Tullow ladies, youths and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Previews of this weekend's games, Kilkenny V Seapoint, top of the table clash of Carlow v Wicklow, and Tullow v Cill Dara. We chat women's rugby and huge wins for Tullow and Kilkenny, we also chat Rhinos rugby and more. We look at how Carlow, Kilk...

Nov 24, 202245 minSeason 1Ep. 78

Season 2 E12: Kilkenny, Carlow and Tullow suffer league losses, youths and ladies games and Ireland v Australia and Fiji

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. We analyse Kilkenny's loss to Boyne in Division 1A of the Leinster League. Tom Crotty described Carlow's game against Cill Dara as "weird", they lost to the Kildare side and we look at why. Tullow lost to Dundalk, we chat about that. We have the l...

Nov 17, 202247 minSeason 1Ep. 77

Season 2 E11: Carlow hammer Dundalk, Tullow beat Longford, Kilkenny prepare for Boyne and we look at the local youths and women's teams

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow's big win over Dundalk in the Leinster League, and preview their trip to Cill Dara this weekend Tullow gets the better of Longford, we look back at that and ahead to their clash with Dundalk We look ahead to Kilkenny's away clash with Boyne...

Nov 10, 202236 minSeason 1Ep. 76

Season 2 E10: Carlow v Dundalk and Tullow v Longford previews, the Ireland A's and Ireland v South Africa in the Autumn Series

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow welcomes Dundalk to Oak Park in the Leinster League, we preview the big clash. Tullow host Longford in the Leinster League, a big day planned at the club, we look ahead to the clash. We chat about Ireland A v All Blacks XV and the team name...

Nov 04, 202256 minSeason 1Ep. 75

Season 2 E9: Tough weekend for Kilkenny and Tullow, Carlow get long awaited away win over Longford, and what we learned from Leinster v Munster

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny lose out to Monkstown in the Leinster League, we look a what went wrong on the day and why we should be optimistic for the future. Carlow gets their first away win over Longford in over 10 years, Tom Crotty says there's room for improveme...

Oct 27, 202252 minSeason 1Ep. 74

Season 2 E8: Tullow do a Carpe Diem on Carlow, Kilkenny go down to Gorey, Leinster v Munster and Ireland's Autumn International Squad

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Tullow gets the bragging rights after beating Carlow in the Leinster League (Carpe Diem Cup). Kilkenny lose to Gorey in Division 1A, we review where it went wrong for the local side. We preview the weekend's action, Tullow away to Athy, Carlow awa...

Oct 20, 202238 minSeason 1Ep. 73

Season 2 E7: All smiles as Kilkenny & Tullow get good wins, Carlow & Athy goes dark, Sean O'Brien to Naas and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny RFC, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow RFC. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow and Athy’s game was canceled due to a technology failure with flood lights, we preview the game which was refixed for this Sunday. We look back at Kilkenny’s wins over Bective in Foulkstown. Tullow grabbed two wins against Mullingar, we cha...

Oct 07, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 72

Season 2 E6: Leinster League reviews and previews, Leinster v Ulster, Munster's issues and Emerging Ireland team

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Leinster League reviews for Wicklow V Tullow, Suttonians v Kilkenny and Mullingar V Carlow Leinster League previews of Tullow V Mullingar, Carlow v Athy and Kilkenny v Bective. We look back at Leinster's win over Benetton and preview...

Sep 29, 202241 minSeason 1Ep. 71

Kilkenny College Special

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. This episode is a Kilkenny College special where we focus on the school's rugby output. Stephen Byrne is joined by Colm Moloney, Director of Rugby at Kilkenny College and coach Johnny Tobin. The lads discuss lots including the school's rugby team, players, management, structures and more. Don't forget to visit scoreline.ie for more on rugby, and of course, if you’re into your GAA, we have the clash act and lots more....

Sep 28, 202234 minSeason 1Ep. 70

Season 2 E5: Away fixture previews for Carlow, Kilkenny and Tullow in Leinster League, Leinster name strong side v Benetton and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. A review of Kilkenny's win over Ashbourne in the first round of Leinster League Carlow took on New Ross in the J2 Leinster League, we look back at that game We preview Wicklow v Tullow, Suttonians v Kilkenny and Mullingar v Carlow th...

Sep 22, 202242 minSeason 1Ep. 69

Season 2 E4: Carlow pip Kilkenny in J1 clash, Sean O'Brien denied junior rugby this season, Emerging Ireland Squad and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. We look back at the Carlow and Kilkenny derby games in J1 & J2 last weekend, a win for each side Tullow got the better of Wexford Wanderers, we hear about the game and how the team is shaping up We preview the local games this we...

Sep 15, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 68

Season 2 E3: Season Starts with a Carlow v Kilkenny Derby, Tullow head for Wexford, Leinster v Munster derby and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow v Kilkenny derby in South East League, we preview the game Wexford Wanders welcome Tullow, we look ahead to the match We hear how pre-season has gone for Carlow, Kilkenny and Tullow, and what developments the clubs are doing M...

Sep 09, 202238 minSeason 1Ep. 67

Season 2 E2: Leinster visit Kilkenny and Carlow, Munster's pre-season, Emerging Ireland Squad and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. We get the latest from Kilkenny rugby club, including how they got on when the Leinster team visited last week Tom Crotty and his Carlow sides are up and running and have more games this week, we hear about those We hear the latest fr...

Sep 01, 202245 minSeason 1Ep. 66

Season 2 E1: Pre-Season for Kilkenny, Carlow & Tullow, All Blacks Series Win, Changes in the provinces and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Ireland's series win over the All Blacks in New Zealand Leinster's new and departing players and coaches including Tullow's Sean O'Brien who re-joins his old club Munster's new signings and their completely new coaching ticket, how will they fair this season? Kilkenny ha...

Aug 25, 202241 minSeason 1Ep. 65

E64: Leinster v La Rochelle Heineken Champions Cup preview, Leinster's rise, Munster's fall and lots more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and Johnny Tobin from Tullow rugby club. The lads discuss lots including…. Preview of Leinster v La Rochelle in the Heineken Champions Cup final Leinster's defeat over Munster in the URC last weekend. How Leinster and building a strong homegrown team and culture Where Munster are going wrong and how they'll turn it around And lots more...... Don't for...

May 27, 202255 minSeason 1Ep. 64

E63: Carlow wrap up season with Plate Final loss, Munster v Toulouse, Leinster v Leicester and preview the Heineken Cup Semi Final

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow's J2 loss to North Meath/Athboy in the Second's Plate Final We review Munster's loss to Toulouse in the Heineken Champions Cup We look back at Leinster's win over Leicester in the Heineken Champions Cup Preview Leinster v Toulouse in the Semi-Final of the Heineken Champions Cup And lots more...... Don't forget...

May 12, 202245 minSeason 1Ep. 63

E62: Carlow go for a Provincial Plate, previews of Leicester v Leinster and Munster v Toulouse, the Leinster junior team and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Carlow taking on North Meath/Athboy in the Provincial Seconds Plate on Sunday from 3 pm. Preview of Leicester Tigers v Leinster in the Heineken Cup Quarter Final Preview of Munster v Toulouse in the Heineken Cup Quarter Finals and their new coaching ticket for next seaso...

May 06, 202242 minSeason 1Ep. 62

E61: Cups and finals for Kilkenny, Tullow and Carlow's men's and women's teams, underage success and Irish women's rugby

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club, and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny winning the Towns Cup beating Ashbourne. Tullow winning the Town's Plate Tullow Ladies win the Paul Flood cup Kilkenny ladies win the Division 5 cup Carlow's J2 team reach the second's plate final after beating Kilkenny Unde...

Apr 26, 202243 minSeason 1Ep. 61

E60: 20 years since Kilkenny won the Towns Cup, can they do it on Sunday? Women's Rugby and Heineken Cup previews

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club, and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Sean O'Brien's retirement from professional rugby Champions Cup chat, Munster v Exeter, Leinster v Connacht, Graham Rowntree appointment Tullow Women in the Paul Flood cup final v Tullamore Kilkenny Women v Tallaght in Division 5 cup...

Apr 14, 202248 minSeason 1Ep. 60

E59: Kilkenny edge tight Towns Cup clash with Carlow to line up semi final spot against Dundalk, Tullow march on in the Plate, Women's Rugby and Munster v Leinster

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club, and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny's win over Carlow in Towns Cup Quarter Finals Preview of Kilkenny v Dundalk in Towns Cup Semi-Final Tullow's win in the Provincial Towns Plate and J2 cup Women's rugby, Kilkenny in cup action this weekend Munster V Leinster ...

Apr 01, 202246 minSeason 1Ep. 59

E58: The Big One - Kilkenny v Carlow in the Towns Cup, staying in Division 1A of the League, Tullow men and women and six nations

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny stays in Division 1A of the Leinster League after an impressive win over Wicklow. We preview the biggest game of the season as Kilkenny and Carlow go head to head in the Towns Cup quarter-final. Preview of Tullow v Naas in th...

Mar 24, 202246 minSeason 1Ep. 58

E57: Tullow tumble in Towns Cup, Kilkenny and Carlow to lock horns, Women's rugby and Ireland in the Six Nations

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. 1A/1B promotion/relegation playoff between Kilkenny and Wicklow and Kilkenny's win over Edenderry in the Town's Cup Carlow's win over Navan in the Towns Cup Tullow bow out of the Towns Cup after loss to Dundalk Kilkenny and Tullow women's teams finish up Leinster League campaigns We look back at Ireland's win over En...

Mar 18, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 57

E56: Towns Cup Triumphs, Kilkenny hang on to Division 1A for now, England v Ireland, Women's rugby and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny's league win over Ashbourne sees them avoid automatic relegation. Preview of Kilkenny V Edenderry in the Provincial Town cup Carlow's narrow win over Longford in the Towns Cup and a preview of their game against Navan Tullow's win over New Ross in the Towns Cup ...

Mar 10, 202241 minSeason 1Ep. 56

E55: Will Kilkenny use another of their nine lives? Tullow and Carlow expecting big Towns Cup battles, Ireland's sloppy win over Italy and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club, and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny's showdown with Ashbourne to save their season Carlow expecting a bruising encounter with Longford in the Towns Cup Tullow take on recently promoted New Ross in the Towns Cup Ireland’s win over Italy, we look at the good, th...

Mar 03, 202240 minSeason 1Ep. 55

E54: Kilkenny's big weekend, Carlow prep for Towns Cup, changes to the Irish team v Italy and Jason Jenkins to Leinster

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. We review last weekend's action including Tullow's loss to Boyne We preview a crucial game for Kilkenny away to Dundalk as they try to stay in Division 1A and Carlow take on Clondalkin as preparations for the Towns Cup Andy Farrell has made a number of changes for the Ireland t...

Feb 25, 202232 minSeason 1Ep. 54

E53: Ding Dong derby game between Carlow and Tullow, Kilkenny battle to stay up, and the positives after France v Ireland

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Tullow get the bragging rights over Carlow in the J1's but Carlow seconds win the league Kilkenny in trouble in Division 1A after loss to Ashbourne and a disrupted season This weekend sees Tullow heading for Boyne and Carlow entertain bottom side Clondalkin, we preview t...

Feb 17, 202237 minSeason 1Ep. 53

E52: Kilkenny try to survive, Carlow V Tullow derby, will Ireland survive without Sexton and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. A bad weekend for Carlow and Kilkenny J1's, Tullow men and women's teams pick up good wins. Leinster League previews, Kilkenny fight for survival away to Ashbourne, Carlow and Tullow clash in local derby. Ireland’s win over Wales Ireland team to play France, Sexton out, Henshaw and Henderson in. Leinster v Edinburgh ...

Feb 10, 202234 minSeason 1Ep. 52

E51: A mixture between a Bulldozer and Michael Jordan, who's Tom talking about? Leinster League, Champions Cup and more

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club, James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club, and Johnny Tobin from Tullow Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Kilkenny v Bective Leinster League preview. Tullow and Carlow are back to winning ways, we review the games. Tullow women v MU Barnhall & Kilkenny women v De La Salle Palmerston. Champions Cup chat, Leinster beating Bath and Muns...

Jan 28, 202242 minSeason 1Ep. 51

E50: Healing wounds, avoiding relegation, Leinster's dominance, Munster's direction and the Ireland Six Nations squad

This is The Knock On, KCLR, and Scoreline.ie's weekly rugby podcast. In this episode, Stephen Byrne is joined by Tom Crotty from Carlow Rugby Club and James Blanchfield from Kilkenny Rugby Club. The lads discuss lots including…. Review of losses in last weekend’s Leinster League games. Preview of Seapoint v Kilkenny, Tullow v Clondalkin and Carlow v Longford. Women’s rugby, Kilkenny V Athy and Tullow v Port Dara Falcons. Leinster thrash Montpellier in Champions Cup, preview Bath game. Munster's ...

Jan 20, 202249 minSeason 1Ep. 50
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