SportsBeat Xtra

After a phenomenal Women’s Six Nations campaign, which saw Wexford’s Aoife Wafer pick up two player of the match awards, score five tries and gain nomination for the competition's Player of the Championship award, Ballygarrat native Wafer is back in England to resume her club career with the Harlequins. Odhrán caught up with her on this episode of SportsBeat Xtra.

As Carlow are set to line out in the Joe McDonagh Cup final next weekend against old rivals Laois, Odhrán caught up with Carlow Senior Hurling manager Pat Bannett to talk all about the Scallinoators campaign so far, his three sons lining out for Waterford and much more.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán caught up with Waterford native Adam Sweeney, who recently earned the title of the youngest Irish person to ever summit Mount Everest at the age of 22.

Odhrán is joined by Wexford's Robyn O'Connor on this episode of SportsBeat Xtra to speak on the 20-year-old's debut Senior Women's Six Nations campaign, which saw her score on her debut against Italy and play in front of a record home crowd of over 31,000 at the Aviva Stadium.

Off The Ball's Phil Egan joins SportsBeat Xtra to look back on the season, which saw Arsenal win the Premier League, and to look ahead to the final round of fixtures as both West Ham and Spurs battle it out to survive.

On this episode of SportsBeta Xtra, Odhrán caught up with Waterford Ladies Football manager Tomás Mac an tSaoir ahead of his side's clash with Kerry in the Munster Senior Ladies Football Final in Limerick.

On this month's Club Focus, we took a trip out to Wexford Wanderers Cricket Club

Off The Ball's Phil Egan returns to the show for this episode to chat with Odhrán about the upcoming fixtures in the Premier League as Arsenal and Manchester City battle it out for the title, while Spurs and West Ham try to avoid the drop.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán caught up with Off The Ball Rugby Correspondent Susanna Mollen ahead of Ireland's historic first-ever solo women's fixture at the Aviva Stadium this Sunday in front of a record-breaking home crowd of over 30,000.

Ahead of next weekend's Munster Senior Camogie Final Odhrán caught up with Tipperary's Caoimhe McCarthy as they're set to take on Waterford at Semple Stadium.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra Odhrán caught up with Wexford FC's Becky Cassin ahead of her side's clash with Linfield in the All-Island Cup.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra Odhrán caught up with Wexford FC Women's Head Coach Dave Connell ahead of his side's clash with Linfield in the All-Island Cup.

Odhrán caught up with Waterford FC Women's Head Coach Gary Hunt ahead of their second round clash in the All-Island Cup against Glentoran.

Odhrán caught up with Waterford FC striker Lauren Egbuloniu earlier this week ahead of her side's clash with Glentoran in the All-Island Cup to speak on her return from injury, making her home debut against League of Ireland champions Athlone Town and her hopes for the Blues' match against Glentoran.

Off the Ball's Tommy Rooney caught up with Waterford's Conor Murray ahead of the opening road of the Tailteann Cup.

Off the Ball's Tommy Rooney caught up with Tipperary's Sean O'Connor ahead of the opening road of the Tailteann Cup.

Off the Ball's Tommy Rooney caught up with Wexford Eoghan Nolan ahead of the opening road of the Tailteann Cup.

Off the Ball's Phil Egan joined Odhrán to look back on each of the Champions League semi-final ties and to look ahead of the second legs for Bayern Munich v PSG and Arsenal v Atletico Madrid

Odhrán caught up with Waterford camogie captain Lorraine Bray on SportsBeat Xtra ahead of her side's semi-final clash against Kerry in Killarney this Monday.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán caught up with Kilkenny's Peter Lynch following an amazing 9th place finish in the London Marathon last weekend, shattering the Irish Marathon record with a time of 2:06:08.

Dayna Kearney caught up with champion kart racer, Glenmore's Diarmuid Claridge Jnr, who is already making a name for himself, winning multiple titles by the age of 13. In this episode, he and his father, Diarmuid Snr, discuss his journey so far.

On this month's Club Focus, we took a trip to the Kingfisher Club to meet TT Stars Waterford.

Dayna Kearney caught up with undefeated lightweight professional boxer Brandon McCarthy, who beat Renny Viamonte Mastrapa in Vegas last Saturday to make it six wins from six since going pro in 2024. Brandon, from Clogh in Kilkenny, now lives in LA, where he trains at the famous Wild Card Boxing Club under Marvin Somodio, who also trained Manny Pacquiao.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Dayna Kearney was out in Carlow for the homecoming of Willie Mullins, Paul Towned, and I Am Maximus

Off the Ball's Jonathan Higgins caught up with Wexford's Keeva Steadmond ahead of her side's clash with Kilkenny in the Leinster Senior Camogie semi-final

Off the Ball's Jonathan Higgins spoke to Kilkenny camogie captain Caoimhe Dowling ahead of their Leinster Senior Camogie semi-final against Wexford.

On this week's SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán spoke with Wexford's Lee Chin on the 2026 Hurling League campaign, the upcoming Leinster Championship and handing over captaincy duties to Jack O'Connor.

On this month's Club Focus, we took a trip out to Fethard Town Park to meet up with the Fethard Athletics Club.

Off the Ball's Jonathan Higgins caught up with Kilkenny's Eoin Cody following a difficult league campaign ahead of the Cats' opening round clash against Galway in the 2026 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

Off the Ball's Jonathan Higgins caught up with Wexford's Jack O'Connor ahead of the Yellowbellies' opening round clash against Kildare in the 2026 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra Odhrán spoke with Carlow Senior Football captain Mikey Bambrick following his side's vicotry in the Division 4 Football League final and ahead of their clash with Wicklow in the Leinster Football Championship.

Odhrán caught up with the Déise's Orla Hickey ahead of Waterford's historic first-ever camogie league final against Galway at Nowlan Park.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán spoke with Wexford goalkeeper Darragh Brooks on the recent rise of the Yellowbellies to Division 2 of the National Football League and how his position has changed over the years.

Odhrán caught up with Waterford manager Jon Daly following his side's 1-1 draw against league champions Shamrock Rovers.

SportsBeat Xtra's Odhrán Johnson, Brian Griffin and David Bjelac made the trip to Prague last week to cheer on the Boys in Green in their World Cup play-off semi-final against Czechia.While it wasn't the result we hoped for on the night, we chronicled the whole experience from meeting the 2 Johnnies to chatting to fans from all over Ireland.

Ahead of Ireland's opening Women's Six Nations clash against England at Twickenham, Off The Ball's Dara Smith Naughton caught up with Ireland Head Coach Scott Bemand, captain Erin King and Eve Higgins.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán is joined by Wexford football manager John Hegarty ahead of his side's campaign-defining clash against Westmeath.Both teams face off against each other at Wexford Park on Sunday, March 22nd, with the victor securing promotion to Division 2 of the National Football League.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán was joined by the Irish Examiner's Soccer Correspondent John Fallon to preview the huge World Cup qualifying clash between the Republic of Ireland and Czechia in Prague

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán caught up with Tramore boxer Zara Breslin and her coach, Ray Kelly, after Zara's decision to turn professional after 14 years in the amateur ranks.

On this episode of SportsBeat Xtra, Odhrán Johnson caught up with Carlow Ladies Football captain Roisin Bailey to speak on the county's unbeatable streak of seven games in Division 4 ahead of their league semi-final near the end of the month.

Odhrán catches up with IFAF International representative Mark Deevy and Na Laoch Dall's Pat McGrath to look back on the amazing week of archery that took place at the SETU Arena in Waterford as the Republic of Ireland hosted the European Indoor Archery Championships for the very first time.

Waterford FC coach Brendan White spoke to Odhrán ahead of the Womens U23s' clash with Cork City in the Women's Development League and also spoke on the hopes for the Blues in the new league system and how it acts as a gateway to the senior side.

Odhrán spoke with Wexford's Sophie Beker following her victory at the National Indoor Athletics Championship in the 200m. She spoke on post-Olympics life, recovering from injury, and what's next.

Off The Ball's Dara Smith Naughton joins Odhrán to look back at Ireland's Six Nations campaign so far and look ahead to their clash with Wales at the Aviva Stadium.

Odhrán spoke with Ireland star and all-rounder Orla Prendergast following the announcement of who'll be in Ireland's group for the T-20 Cricket World Cup this June.

Odhrán caught up with Wexford Hurling manager Keith Rossiter ahead of their top-of-the-table clash in Division 1B against Clare to look back on the campaign so far and take a glimpse into the future.

Odhrán caught up with Waterford manager Peter Queally ahead of his side's clash with Kilkenny in the National Hurling league to get his thoughts on their campaign so far and how he's feeling about the trip to Nowlan Park.

Odhrán spoke with Waterford Ladies Football manager Tomás Mac an tSaoir ahead of their hosting of Meath in the National Football League. Waterford have registered three wins for three so far in the top flight of the Ladies National Football League beating Armagh, Kerry and All-Ireland champions Dublin.

On this month's Club Focus we took a trip out to the Carlow Darts Organization to hear about their recent success in the Leinster Championships and the growing sport of darts.

Off the Ball's Rachel Sheehan caught up with Tipperary's Niall O'Meara and Limerick's Declan Hannon to look back on their time with Mary Immaculate College in the Fitzgibbon Cup and to speak on life post inter-county retirement.