3.49 : “2nd test review, 3rd test preview” featuring Michelle Tobin, Rich Mifsud & Padraig Kelly

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Twitter accounts for our guests:

Michelle Tobin > https://twitter.com/CorkSeashell

Rich Mifsud > https://twitter.com/Once_in_the_job

Padraig Kelly > https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

Podcast 3.37 : “Opposition view #CONvLEI” featuring @the2ndrow

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This week sees the return of the Heineken Champions Cup where Leinster have a unique home and away date with Connacht so I invited Padraig "@The2ndRow" Kelly back on the pod to give us a western perspective. He went over their recent form and also selected a possible matchday 23 for Friday night.

Twitter account for this week’s guest > https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

Check out his Women’s 6N podcast here > https://bit.ly/the2ndrowW6N

Podcast 3.28 : “Ireland Fan Panel selects a matchday 23 & makes 6N predictions” featuring @CorkSeashell @the2ndrow & @davethewingnut

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We’ve a straightforward pod this week, I invited a multi-provincial panel of fellow Irish fans on to help me select a matchday 23 from Andy Farrell’s Six Nations squad and then we had a go at predicting the final standings.

Twitter accounts for this week’s guests:

Michelle Tobin > https://twitter.com/CorkSeashell

Padraig Kelly > https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

David Topping > https://twitter.com/davethewingnut

3.21 : “Opposition view : Ulster & Connacht plus Rob Kearney tributes” featuring @rava_ian, @the2ndrow and others

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For the next few weeks we’re returning to our Opposition View pods where I talk to fans from teams Leinster are facing in the URC and Europe to see what it’s like from their end of the pitch, so this time the chat was about Ulster from last weekend and Connacht who are coming to Dublin on Friday. Also this week we have a collection of tributes on the career of the great Rob Kearney.

Twitter accounts for this week’s guests:

Ian Frizzell > https://twitter.com/rava_ian

Padraig Kelly > https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

Also thanks to all the Rob Kearney tribute contributors :

Tom Coleman

Owen Harrison (https://twitter.com/PStateOMind)

Richard Mifsud

Neil “Keego” Keegan (https://keegolaughs.com/)

Click here for the RK tribute thread on our Facebook page

Podcast - 3.13 : “URC First impressions (contd) featuring @the2ndrow & @thepenGW”

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Last week I had fans from Munster and Ulster on to give first impressions on both their teams and the URC in general after the opening weekend. That’s a theme I have brought forward to this week where I have fans from elsewhere around the league doing the same thing.

Twitter accounts for this week’s guests:

Padraig Kelly > https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

David Arnott > https://twitter.com/thepenGW

Podcast : S02E46 : “Pro 16 on TV : What's the ideal deal? featuring Ciarán Duffy (@PostToPostSport), Padraig Kelly (@the2ndRow) & David Topping (@davethewingnut)”

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With eir Sport leaving the market and thus giving up their coverage of the Pro16, I wanted to put the topic of broadcasting front and centre this week by inviting a panel of fellow rugby fans from around the island to talk about what we’d like to see in the new deal.

Follow Ciaran Duffy on Twitter > https://twitter.com/PostToPostSport

Post To Post Sport is based here > https://posttopost.sport.blog/

Follow Padraig Kelly > https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

The 2nd row is based here > https://the2ndrow.com/

Follow David Topping here > https://twitter.com/davethewingnut

The Ulster Rugby Roundup Show is based here > https://www.facebook.com/thethreebodrugbygroup

Podcast S02E014 : “Piecing together an Ireland matchday squad with Michelle Tobin, Padraig Kelly & David Topping”

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Ready to think about an Ireland matchday squad that can win the 2020 Six Nations?  Here's a great way to get you started.  

Joining me for the discussion this week were Michelle Tobin (@CorkSeashell - Munster), Padraig Kelly (@the2ndrow - Connacht) and David Topping (@davethewingnut - Ulster) and we had a slightly different way of putting a squad together that you probably shouldn't try at home 😜

Michelle Tobin’s Lions 2017 diary > http://www.harpinonrugby.net/2017/06/a-lions-tour-diary-by-michelle-tobin-1.html

Padraig's 'The 2nd Row' > https://www.facebook.com/The2ndroww

David's 'The Ulster Rugby Round Up Show' > https://www.facebook.com/WhiteWalkersChatandCraic

PODCAST Ep 32 : "Ireland needs genuine depth-building" featuring Padraig Kelly aka @the2ndrow

With no Leinster matches the week before the Six Nations I decided to use the extra time to get opinions from fans of all four Irish provinces on a few key questions : 

1) What way will Andy Farrell approach his new job 

2) What do you make of Johnny Sexton as captain and 

3) What team would you pick for the opening game against Scotland?

After talking to the blue-goggled Conor Cronin on the last pod,  I will also be getting input from provinces north and south, but this latest offering features the operator of The 2nd Row, run by Connacht fan Padraig Kelly.  

(note - recording was done ahead of official team announcement)

LINKS TO FOLLOW THE 2ND ROW :

https://twitter.com/the2ndRow

https://www.facebook.com/The2ndroww/

https://www.instagram.com/the2ndrow/

https://youtube.com/the2ndrow