Episodes

  • ‘We’re losing, like, 32-0. The Blackrock first years are taking us aport’

    ‘We’re losing, like, 32-0. The Blackrock first years are taking us aport’
    Mar 20 2026
    I can’t believe it. I can’t believe this is actually happening? Yeah, no, you always try to think about worst case scenarios in your head – just so you have a plan in case something goes wrong – but this is beyond my, literally, worst nightmares.

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    6 mins
  • ‘I’m so full of myself this morning that I’m actually making myself sick’

    ‘I’m so full of myself this morning that I’m actually making myself sick’
    Mar 13 2026
    This is me in my – yeah, no – absolute happy place. Castlerock College jersey with the collar popped. Rugby Tactics Book under my orm. The match against Blackrock College is just four days away and I have a plan to beat them.

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    6 mins
  • ‘There you go with the school rivalry thing again. You need to move on’

    ‘There you go with the school rivalry thing again. You need to move on’
    Mar 6 2026
    So it’s, like, 11 o’clock on Sunday morning and I’m hord at work – albeit still in bed – making notes in my famous Rugby Tactics Book. Sorcha walks into the room and goes, “Get dressed, Ross. We’re going out for lunch.”

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    6 mins
  • ‘The woman is as C as M – as my old dear used to say. Common as muck’

    ‘The woman is as C as M – as my old dear used to say. Common as muck’
    Feb 27 2026
    “Kicker!” the old man has the actual nerve to go. “To what do I owe this pleasant surprise?”

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    6 mins
  • ‘How embarrassing is it for me to have three kids who are absolutely focking useless at rugby?’

    ‘How embarrassing is it for me to have three kids who are absolutely focking useless at rugby?’
    Feb 20 2026
    Sorcha says this is the worst thing I’ve ever done. And it’s far from it. I could give her a list of 50 things, except I doubt if it would help my cause.

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    6 mins
  • The words every south Dublin rugby parent dreads: ‘Dad, I want to join the drama society’

    The words every south Dublin rugby parent dreads: ‘Dad, I want to join the drama society’
    Feb 13 2026
    There’s no sugar-coating this one. We’ve been taken to the literally cleaners today. Yeah, no, beaten 45-10 by – and there’s easy way of saying this – Wesley College, the same Wesley College who haven’t won a Leinster Schools Senior Cup since the world was in pretty much black and white.

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    7 mins
  • ‘I’ve never said a word about Bray that wasn’t 100% warranted’

    ‘I’ve never said a word about Bray that wasn’t 100% warranted’
    Feb 6 2026
    I’m like, “A what?” And Honor goes, “A double date. It’s cute.” I’m there, “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Claire from Bray of all places–”

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    6 mins
  • ‘We’re getting rid of the cor. Right focking now’

    ‘We’re getting rid of the cor. Right focking now’
    Jan 30 2026
    Joy Felton – yeah, no, one of our neighbours – is standing at the front gates as I swing the cor into the driveway and she nearly ends up with the BMW logo imprinted backwards across her, I want to say, midriff?

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    6 mins