On In Play this evening

On In Play with Niall Colbert from 5-9pm this evening (with Will O’Callaghan, Vinny Grennan and Podge O’Donnell joining him in studio)

Boylesports Nicola McGeady joins us at 5.15 to look at the weekend’s Premier League action and racing, the CCFL’s Jimmy Kelly has the latest news from the league at 5.30

Top trainer Gordon Elliott gives us a tour of his stables and we preview the John Durkan Memorial Hurdle and give away tickets for Punchestown tomorrow

On the eve of the Leinster Finals from 6-8pm we’ll preview both games with interviews with Kilcormac Killoughey manager Danny Owens, selector Tommy Bracken, physical trainer Jimmy Dunne, players Ciaran Slevin Ger Healion, Conor Slevin, John Grogan and Peter Geraghty, Oulart captain Keith Rossiter and manager Pat Herbert. Portlaoise captain Brian Mulligan and joint managers Mark Kavanagh and Mick Lillis as well as Ballymun’s Derek Byrne and Ken Robinson. Also get the expert opinions of former Double K’s boss John Leahy, The Midland Tribune’s Brian Lowry, commentator Jack Nolan and the Laois Nationalist’s Pat Delaney

Emmett McDonnell on Offaly’s Fitzsimons Cup Final with Meath

Updates from the Leinster rugby matches between Mullingar and Malahide and Tullamore versus Dundalk. We’ll also keep you up to date on the Laois Ladies Football Minor Final

We’ll look back on Conancht’s win over Biarritz in the Heineken Cup and consider how far Ulster can go this year

A preview of the snowy European Cross Country Championships in Hungary, interviews with defending champion Fionnuala Britton and Midlands athletes Linda Conroy and Mary Mulhare

Podge previews the weekend’s NFL and interviews with 14 time World Champion Phil Taylor and the current champ Adrian Lewis ahead of the World Darts Championship

We’re also taking song requests (even Christmas ones if you like…I mean especially Christmas ones)

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