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Subscribe to 'OTB GAA' for the very best GAA coverage from OTB Sports. Bringing you the insights and stories from the top names in Gaelic Games - from Tommy Walsh to The Football Pod with Paddy Andrews and James O'Donoghue, The Hurling Pod with James Skehill and Paul Murphy and much more besides. With Off The Ball Breakfast, Off The Ball, live GAA coverage and our world famous roadshows, we'll be bringing you the yarns, the tales, the fallouts and the analysis right across Hurling, Camogie, the LGFA championships and Gaelic Football.

OTB GAA is a sports podcast hosted by OTB Sports, with 3,287 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #593

  Sounds of the Summer: Growing the game in non-hurling strongholds and the impact of the new rules | Willie Maher

  Aug 19, 202621 minS26

  Welcome to our Sounds of the Summer podcast, a look back, and look forward, to some of the biggest GAA stories which dominated 2026. Willie Maher, the GAA’s National Head of Hurling, joins Eoin Sheahan in studio for a wide-ranging chat on the state of the game, the new rules, and what hurling needs next. With the league finals and championship around the corner, Maher breaks down the updated dissent measures – 30 metres for players, a 21-yard free for sideline altercations – and why “tidying up” the game matters for respect and referee recruitment. They also go deep on the bigger challenge: growing hurling in non-traditional counties, getting hurleys in kids’ hands, building coaching and games programmes, and what the new government funding is really designed to do. Become a member and sign up at offtheball.com/join

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  Episode #592

  Sounds of the Summer: Adjusting from coach to supporter, and what tweaks I would make to hurling | Pat Ryan

  Aug 18, 202621 minS26

  Welcome to our Sounds of the Summer podcast, a look back, and look forward, to some of the biggest GAA stories which dominated 2026. Former Cork hurling boss Pat Ryan sits down with Eoin Sheahan for this episode, reflecting on life after the hot seat and what it’s like going back to matches as a supporter. They chat about the condensed season, the madness of Munster hurling, and why “momentum games” can define a campaign. Ryan also goes deep on the mental side of the modern player: temperament, resilience, and how teams recover from bad days in a championship that can turn in a week. Plus, his hurling wish-list: a four-point goal, bringing back more visible contest, changes to puckouts, and his views on the black card and penalties. Become a member and sign up at offtheball.com/join

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  Episode #591

  Sounds of the Summer: The sorry state of Antrim hurling | Terence McNaughton

  Aug 17, 202621 minS26

  Terence McNaughton joined Off The Ball Breakfast back in February to give a brutally honest assessment of where Antrim hurling is at under Davy Fitzgerald, after a worrying run of league form and that loss to Kildare. He breaks down why the current system isn’t suiting the players, the confidence issue in the group, and how key losses like Neil McManus and Conor McCann have changed what Antrim need to be. And it goes beyond the senior team: McNaughton lays out what he sees as the real problem in Belfast and Ulster hurling, from schools links to structures, funding, and why “throwing good money after bad” won’t fix foundations. Become a member and sign up at offtheball.com/join

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  Episode #589

  FITZY IN THE OTB VILLA: "There's more to life than football" | Word On The Street

  Aug 13, 202647 minS26

  Love Island's, Seán 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald, is BACK from the Love Island villa and he is ready to spill all! He chats to the WOTS team about conversation with Pádraic Joyce, stepping away from Championship with Galway, and the reaction in the GAA world since his return. He also opens up about what actually went down with Julia and Lorenzo, the behind-the-scenes gossip, and the online abuse now compared to that of a regular inter-county footballer... plus a few TV plans in his future! Word On The Street is on Off The Ball with Braeburn Coffee.

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  Episode #587

  CORK CAMOGIE’S DÓNAL O’GRADY: 'I wasn't aware that I had any great influence on the group' | Evolution of video analysis

  Aug 11, 202635 minS26

  Part of the Cork camogie management team, hurling Dónal O’Grady joins Eoin Sheahan to discuss his role within the All Ireland winning team, what it’s like to watch the game from the stands vs on the sidelines, and the rivalry between Cork and Galway.

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