The Left Wing Back Podcast

With two games played in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, Carlow have enjoyed a grand total of approximately 3 minutes of action on The Sunday Game highlights show.

It's been a pet hate for years in the county and this year it has become a major talking point again.

As bad as this is, how does Carlow man Peter Fortune feel?

Peter is captaining the Louth Senior Hurlers this year and just a couple of months ago he appe...

In terms of Hurling there is very little that Michael Walsh hasn't seen or done.
He has won the All Ireland with Kilkenny as a Player, Managed his county at underage level, Managed Carlow Senior Hurlers and also has worked as a pundit for KCLR for the best part of 20 years.
Michael joins us for a great discussion not just on the above, but many other important facets of the game not just in Carlow but even further be...

When it comes to covering all things GAA there are few that have done and seen more than Johnny Nevin.

Having played both codes at the highest level and held his own with the best in the business, Johnny gives us his views on the current state of county setups from Senior right down to underage in both codes.

We get his thoughts on the Senior Footballers Championship opener v Wexford. The standard of county underage squads. ...

Two great characters join us for this weeks show. Brian 'Skeough' Kelly wore the Carlow jersey with distinction for a decade or so and he doesn't pull any punches in how he sees the modern game. He also shares some hilarious stories.

Marty 'Mouse' Kavanagh chats to us about Carlow's promotion to Division 1 for 2025. The turnaround in fortunes in 12 months. The excitement of the Leinster Championship games and much more.

Resu...

Steven Miller of Laois Today joins us with Carlow and Laois on somewhat of a collision course over the past few weeks and they may indeed meet again over the coming weeks in both codes depending on what happens.

We ask do Laois have a sense of entitlement that they should beat Carlow in Hurling?

Are referees almost gone above criticism?

A petition to bring the Down Hurlers to Bahana for the League game in a few weeks.

Colm Hul...

On this weeks show we address the difficulty we faced this past week in gaining Media access to O'Moore Park.

We dissect where the wheels came off the wagon for Carlow against Laois with Billy O'Loughlin.

We give the results and fixtures of the newly formed Carlow Football Leagues as well as Camogie and Ladies Football.

We discuss the topic of getting access to players and management for interviews.

Ciaran Cunningham breaking ...

When it comes to Carlow v Laois in footballing terms, there are very few Carlovians who have as much experience in both counties set ups than our very own Mick Kehoe.

We get some insight on how Laois might generally size Carlow up. 

We ask if Carlow are best primed to do it this time around. 

We look at possible match ups and speak about new talent on both sides.

We get super insight into what it's like to Manage a Minor count...

This week Kevin McDonald was announced as the new Carlow Senior Hurling Captain.

Kevin joined us for an exclusive wide ranging chat.

We spoke about what type of captain he will be.

The dynamics of his household when MLR play St Mullins.

His versatility.

Why MLR can't quite make a SFC Final.

Would he be interested in playing county football.

Winning 4 minor titles in a row.

And a host of other items.

We're back with a brand new season of The Left Wing Back!

Carlow footballer Shane Clarke and Carlow hurler Jack McCullagh join us to tee up this weekends league games with Waterford and Kerry respectively.

Lots of good stuff in here!

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