Dublin defender Daire Gray spoke to Will O'Callaghan ahead of their trip to Kildare in the All-Ireland Hurling Championship, and the impact Niall Ó Ceallacháin has had as manager.

Kildare's Paul Dolan spoke to Will O'Callaghan about their remarkable back-to-back promotions from the Christy Ring to the Leinster Championship, their superb performance against Laois in the McDonagh Cup final, and hosting Dublin in the All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter-Finals at a packed St Conleth's Park this weekend.

Two-time Hurler of the Year and Limerick captain, Cian Lynch, spoke to Will O’Callaghan at the launch of the All-Ireland Championship about their loss to Cork on penalties in the Munster final, his approach to the game, and Nickie Quaid’s remarkable recovery from a knee ligament injury.

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James 'Liam' Skehill joined Will O'Callaghan on this weekend's edition of The Hurling Pod to break down a drama-filled Munster final, a far less dramatic Leinster decider, and Kildare securing back-to-back promotions by winning the McDonagh Cup.

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan for this week's edition of The Hurling Pod, featuring more chatter on. strange meat matter, a preview of this weekend's provincial finals and Tipperary's latest All-Ireland success at Nowlan Park.

Timestamps:

0:00 - 12:30 - Your questions about unusual meat

12:30 - 29:40 - Davy's ban, would Skehill go on Fittest Family?, CCCC hand out retrospective bans.

29:40 - 43:40 - Eating grizzly bears, why Ireland has no tanks, other listener questions

43:40 - 54:24 - 'No question that Tipperary are the best under-20 team in the country'. Forward talent ready to flourish at senior level.

54:24 - 1:17:00 - Look ahead to Limerick this Saturday, New-look Limerick, Cork's injuries.

1:17:00 - 1:23:00 - Can Kildare make it back to back promotions? Cha Dwyer leaves Laois panel.

1:23:00 - end: 'Galway need to a Leinster!', Kilkenny's 6-in-a-row bid but bigger ambitions, who tracks Cathal Mannion? New York now an issue? Can more players extend their career by going in. goal?

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review the last round of group games in the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championships.

Cork bounced back from their Limerick loss to defeat Waterford and reach a first Munster final since 2018, while the Deise's miserable round-robin record continued.

Galway's first away Championship victory at Dublin saw them set up. a Leinster decider with Kilkenny, but how confident is Skehill about them beating the Cats?

Antrim dropped to the McDonagh Cup, they'll be replaced by either Laois or Kildare in next year's Leinster Championship.

On a members pod that we're making available for all Hurling Pod listeners this week, the GAA's Head of Hurling Willie Maher joined the lads for a chat about why he's passionate about trying to grow the game across the country.

They discussed why 20,000 free tickets have been made available for under-14s for the Leinster and McDonagh Cup finals, 45 new clubs being set up, pushing for more coverage for lower-tier competitions and what he hopes to achieve as Head of Hurling.

The lads are re-united this week with All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joining the returning Will O'Callaghan to break down the penultimate round of group games in the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championshps.

Limerick put in an awesome display to hammer Cork, while Tipperary won a Munster Championship home game for the first time since 2019 to secure qualification.

Kilkenny are back into another Leinster final, Galway and Dublin are preparing for a de facto semi-final, and the lads give their take on Davy Fitzgerald's comments about referees ahead of their must-win. encounter with Offaly.