Pat Spillane and Dick Clerkin join Michael to look ahead to the 2026 inter-county championships. New York memories, the failure of Dublin to promote the championships and picks for each province are all on the menu in an energetic look-ahead.
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Join Michael Verney every week for a breakdown of the biggest talking points in the GAA world. Join us for interviews, club action and inter-county debates, with football analysts including Pat Spillane & Dick Clerkin and hurling insights from John Mullane, Pat Ryan and more from the Irish Independent family.

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John Mullane and Pat Ryan are back with Michael and are in jolly form as we head into “the most wonderful time of the year” - the opening weekend of the hurling championship.
The lads discuss how teams might pick up motivation from outside comments, and nail their colours to the mast in the form of predictions for the championship.
John also makes a big call around Cork’s chances in Munster, while Pat provides some insight into the ‘next man up’ injury mindset at Limerick's match week training sessions. 
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Who are you ‘writing off’ in the hurling championship? | Predictions with Mullane & Ryan

Pat Spillane and Dick Clerkin are on hand with Michael to review the opening weekend of the gaelic football championship, with some fiery encounters across the provinces.
They discuss Leitrim’s win versus Sligo in the Connacht championship, the challenge of the turnover rate in ‘smaller counties’ and the current promotion & broadcast strategy around gaelic games.
They also dive into the imbalance between Ulster and the other provincial championships, chat about Wicklow manager Oisín McConville’s comments around outside managers after their triumph over Carlow and analyse which counties the Tailteann Cup should really be for.
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Championship coverage under scrutiny | McConville on outside managers | Who is the Tailteann Cup really for?

John Mullane and the newly crowned Paddy ‘the daddy’ Ryan join Michael to look back on the hurling league finals, and the lay of the land as championship approaches.

Are Limerick back? Does Ben O’Connor need to perform ‘a little bit of surgery’ on Cork, in his first big test as manager? Who’s been the player of the league?

The lads answer those questions, and propose some hot takes for the coming provincial championships, on the show today.

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