04:46 - Stephen Ferris on the 6 Nations

35:14 - Kevin Doyle on the weekend's football and the January transfer window

56:45 - GAA, Guess the Handicaps, and the Big Shout

1:15:50 - Get Hyped - Superbowl 

It's a massive week on The Buildup, in association with Ladbrokes, as we welcome Stephen Ferris into the podcast studio.

Stephen is on-hand to preview the first weekend of the Six Nations, give us his thoughts on Andy Farrell's team selection and make some predictions for the tournament ahead.

Elsewhere, we talk to Kevin Doyle about the weekend's football matches and hear his experiences of the hectic January transfer window, including the brilliant story of how he ended up joining QPR on loan.

Defending champion PJ Browne is challenged by the undefeated Gary Connaughton in GAA Guess the Handicap and PJ also has perhaps the biggest Big Shout in the history of the show.

Want more? Donny Mahoney is on the line to Get Hyped for the Super Bowl, while Mark and Sean make their 1-2-Free picks in the hope that they'll win €100 cash and after going 0 for 2 in our charity bet we're hoping it's third time lucky as we try to get off the mark.

If you have a Big Shout of 25/1 or over, send it to us, and you can win the grand prize of two cakes and a sports autobiography! Ladbrokes will be also dropping a €1 free bet in online users' accounts this Friday.

Please bet responsibly, visit Dunlewey.net for further information.Send us your Big Shouts or get in touch with the show for any reason by emailing thegaffer@balls.ie or contact us @ballsdotie on Twitter or Instagram.

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