Name: #108 The Best Sports Books of 2019 - with Kieran Shannon by Added Time: The Irish Times Sports Podcast
Duration: 48 min 57 s
Description: Was 2019 a vintage year for sports books? Mal and Pat are joined by old friend and Irish Examiner sports columnist Kieran Shannon to pick their favourite titles of the past 12 months.

Was 2019 a vintage year for sports books? Mal and Pat are joined by old friend and Irish Examiner sports columnist Kieran Shannon to pick their favourite titles of the past 12 months.

#108 The Best Sports Books of 2019 - with Kieran Shannon

For the final Added Time podcast of 2019, Mary Hannigan and Emma Duffy of The42 join us in studio to review the year in women's sport. With The Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year awards coming up this Friday, we all put up our top five women's sport moments of the year and worm our way through the selections until we reach the top.

From Katie Taylor to Ciara Mageean to Rachael Blackmore to the hockey team, it has been a momentous year for women's sport. The women's World Cup, the Dubs, Sanita Puspure - it's all in here, the boundaries of sport being pushed further and further out with each passing month.

All in your final Added Time of the year, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

#110 The Year in Women's Sport - with Mary Hannigan and Emma Duffy

And we're back! The first Added Time podcast of 2020 is here and it's in your face. Or your ears, at least.

Gavin Cummiskey is in studio to pick the bones out of the Champions Cup weekend. Leinster are sailing, Munster are failing, Ulster are somewhere in between. What does it all mean for the rest of the tournament? And with the Six Nations just under three weeks away, how are Andy Farrell's options shaping up?

We have Ian O'Riordan in the house as well - and he's brought is runners with him. His €250 Nike VaporFly runners, to be exact. Inasmuch as a pair of running shoes can be controversial, these babies are - Ian explains why, how and what happens next.

Throw in the story of mighty Magheracloone, the club with the sinkhole in their pitch who are about to play in an All-Ireland final, and you have you Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Eamon Donoghue.

#111 Champions Cup, Andy Farrell's Options, These Shoes Are Made For Winning, Mighty Magheracloone

The most compelling soap opera in rugby goes on and on. Fresh from the announcement that they are to be relegated to the English Championship, Saracens have drawn Leinster in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup in April. Gavin Cummiskey is in studio to walk us through the latest twists and turns in a story that has plenty of room to run in it yet.

The big drama from the Liverpool v United match on Sunday took place off the pitch, with Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher eyeballing each other in the Sky studio over the hot topic of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's future. Michael Walker joins us on the line to weigh up where United go from here and whether patience will or won't be a virtue in this scenario.

Throw in a dispatch from the club finals and that's your Added Time this Monday, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

#112 The Saracens Soap Opera, Liverpool v United, Club Finals

The Ireland squad are in Portugal so it must be (checks notes)... the start of the Six Nations? Okay. Andy Farrell's new broom has swept the team announcement - not to mention the Irish press pack - to foreign climes for a longer run-in than everyone is used to. Before hopping on a plane, Gerry Thornley joins Gavin Cummiskey in studio for our bumper Six Nations Preview. Spoiler alert: one of them tips France for the title.

Speaking of uncommonly early starts, the GAA national Leagues got underway over the weekend, with Kerry and Dublin tangling in Croke Park on Saturday night. Seán Moran is on the line to gauge what's at stake over the coming weeks, especially with Tier Two championship places on the line down the divisions. And we reflect on what it is exactly that makes Cork such a desperate league team.

Gav talks to us about the death of Kobe Bryant too, all in your Monday Added Time with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

#113 Kobe Bryant, Six Nations Preview, The Farrell Era, GAA Leagues

The Six Nations is here and it is well in itself, French kissed to life on Sunday in Paris with the home side's win over England. Ireland's campaign got off to a steady start on Saturday, eventually overcoming a physical Scotland side but picking up some body blows along the way. Gavin Cummiskey and Gerry Thornley are in studio to break it all down and to look ahead to Wales's visit to Dublin next Saturday.

 

The FAI have received a bail-out that we're not supposed to call a bail-out, to the tune of somewhere north of €30m. With its immediate future apparently secured, the game can breathe a sigh of relief and set about putting its house in order over the coming months. Emmet Malone has the details and he joins us on the line..

Add in some SuperBowl chat - Hail to the Chiefs! - and that's your Monday morning Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

#114 Six Nations, Super Bowl, FAI Bail Out

With two wins from two gathered into the hold, the Andy Farrell train is rolling merrily along. Gavin Cummiskey and Gerry Thornley are in studio to break down Saturday's win over Wales and we hail Captain Johnny Sexton, for that is how we should address him now.

Tyrone and Kerry's league game was moved to Edendork and Ian O'Riordan managed to find his way there against all odds. The game was interesting for two individuals in particular - David Clifford and Cathal McShane - for very different reasons. We talk yellow cards, targeting players and jobs for the boys.

All this and a nation apologises to the Welsh women's rugby team for our crap showers. Free as the air you breathe in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

#115 Six Nations: Big Win Over Wales, Tyrone v Kerry

Twickenham week in the Six nations and all of a sudden, a Triple Crown is at stake. Who are England now, exactly? Are they the team that beat New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final or are they about to lose their third test match in four games? Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey tease it all out in studio.

Former international referee Owen Doyle got a huge reaction to his column in the Irish Times last week on supporter behaviour at schools rugby matches. He joins us in studio to talk about the latest worrying trends, Garda intervention and what can be done. While we have him, we drill down into some of the refereeing in the Six Nations so far and look ahead to what faces Jaco Peyper at Twickenham on Saturday.

Throw in a trip to Wexford to see a mad, mad day's hurling and that's your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Gavin Cummiskey.

#116 ENGvIRE Preview, "Schools Rugby Turns Toxic", Six Nations Refereeing

Stop all the clocks. Turn off the Tweet machine. Rugby is goosed, ruined and everything in between. England have beaten us to a bloody pulp and nothing remains but entrails and outrage. Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey are in studio to pick over the carcass of Twickenham. It's gonna get grim, baby. It's gonna get grim.

Keith Duggan was in Tuam yesterday to see the flourishing of Galway as contenders. They put the hurt on Tyrone to the tune of 19 points, the biggest defeat of Mickey Harte's time in charge. Can they go all the way? What's the difference between them and the league's other form side, Monaghan?

All this - plus an impassioned plea in favour of the black card from a Hurling Man - in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

Hurling: 0.30
Rugby: 9.00
Football: 33.00

#117 Six Nations: A Familiar Story at Twickenham; GAA: Charging Galwegians, A Blight on Hurling

Rules come and rules go but Congress is always with us. Fresh from an invigorating weekend at Croke Park, Sean Moran joins us in studio for a look at how the new backpass rule came to be and brings the lowdown on the next GAA president.

Who do you support? How and why did that come to be? How important is shirt colour? Emmet Malone has carried out the most comprehensive survey on football fans ever in Ireland and he’s on the line to tell us all about it.

All this plus your first and best Cheltenham tip on your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

GAA Congress 5.00
Foiotball Fan Survey 23.30

#118 GAA: The New Backpass Rule; Soccer: Surveying The Irish Football Fan

With the coronavirus throwing everything into flux, this morning we’re in the surreal situation of having a perfectly-poised Six Nations table that looks likely to be a good seven months away from any conclusion. Gerry Thornley and Gavin Cummiskey are in studio to tease out what it all means and where we go from here.

Documentarian Ross Whitaker is also in with us to talk about his documentary The Boys In Green which tells the story of Ireland in the Jack Charlton years and what it felt like to finally make a mark on the world stage. It goes out on RTE tonight.

All this in your Monday Added Time, with Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent.

#119 Six Nations: surreal times as coronavirus puts rugby on hold

Every Monday, Malachy Clerkin and Pat Nugent talk sport - GAA, rugby, football and more - with their Irish Times colleagues and special guests. Supported by Fitbit.

#108 The Best Sports Books of 2019 - with Kieran Shannon

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