banana and bear's rugby pod by Tom O'Mahony
Last Updated: July 17, 2026
Former Irish rugby international (and ukulele) player Anna Caplice and comedian (played till he could grow a moustache) Tom O'Mahony cover the 6 Nations rugby tournament with an alternative view. That is to say that there will be as much craic as there is rugby (or slightly more).
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Mid Summer Debrief 2026
Bear has a bit of an "Oh Daniel" monet after seeing Banana. With rugby now in a continuous state of continuing our dasdardly duo have met up to give a run down on the past season, the current season and upcoming seas (which seems to be actually just one season).
Episode 6 - "Who's Horse Is That?"
With the curtain coming down on the greatest 6 Nations of all time the duo find time to dicuss the merits of Beamish over Guinness (and that fecker Ramos)
Episode 5 - "Rhys Carried"
There's conspiracy theories, hairy-arse chat and qestion on Cork's top chipper.
Episode 4 - "Furlongevity"
Banana is on a covert mission and Bear has rummbled her!
Episode 3 - Guinness Apocalypse
Having listened to last week's episode the Irish men's team went to war and destroyed a cocky England as a result. You're welcome!. Also, Banana recounts the unforeseen havoc that was caused by a pandemic of exploding arses around Twickenham.
Episode 2 - Flying Props
For the love of God will someone not think of the props!!! Our duo try to decipher the enigma that is airborne props, postive arse kickings and healthy squad additions.
New Season: Episode 1 - More Culchies
Just when you think Irish rugby supporters have no hope of being dug out of the doldrums......cue your heroes Banana & Bear to put joy back in the hearts of the true believers (don't, worry there's a fair bit of bite in this one too)
Episode 5 - I MADE THE BBC!!
As the dust settles from the WWC and the second round of the URC complete our duo cast an eye further down the track to see what plans are in place to continue the awesome wave rugby is on worldwide!
Episode 4 - No Chomping Wafers
Those absolute arm-munching French are out there stealing world cup dreams agin from Ireland! This week the duotalk, goats, arms and a pothole French comedian.
Episode 3 - Home Of The Gays
After the dust has settled from last week's heated "Scuffil" our due devise a plan to make Banana hit platinum legendary status, Bear gets educated on Brighton and a GOAT in named
Episode 2 - In Eve We Trust
After Ireland's World Cup opener (clattering) against Japan, Banana and Bear discuss the game that the hugely successful opening round.
HOLIDAYS With The Lions
And just lke the that our dastardly duo are BACK! And this time it's live in the flesh, recorded at The Hill Comedy Club. Banana & Bear look back on the Lions series and how a lumpy road can often be a blessing and why a wet-arse can be deal-breaker.
Episode 26 - "WILLLLLLY"
After a brief hiatus as their alter-egos, our duo are back calling out the world of rugby for a fight in the carpark.
Epsiode 25 - "It's Shnecks Time"
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Episode 25 - "Pope Leo For The Lions"
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Episode 23 - "Any Porto In A Storm"
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Episode 22 - "The Wafer Accordian"
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Episode 21 - "At Your Service"
This week Banana's Rugby Tours Ltd is formed as Anna talks about leading fans through a haze of Mick Galway possible-sightings, session-oysters and bike-discos with Donnacha O'Callaghan like a young Francis Brennan. Bear watched the second-half in the INEC after a Michael Corcoran-fuelled first half sketchy drive to Kerry.
Episode 20 - "Quantum Creme Eggs"
Our duo discuss the Irish women's Italian job, Munster heading to La "ROG-elle" and creme-egg selling wizard woman.
Episode 19 - "Crack To Our Roots"
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Episode 18 - "Chucky ár lá"
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Episode 17 - "Michael D-pont"
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Episode 16 - "The Goose's Cornetto"
On this week's episode Banana takes us on a boozy tour of France (while baking her trademarked bread), makes enemies with the leader of an infamous goose-gang and somewhere inbetween, Bear and Banana do discuss Ireland's game against France this weekend in the penultimate round of the 6 Nations.
Episode 15 - "Sam Or Jack"
This week we ask the question on everyone's minds.....Jack or Sam?!
Episode 14 - "Mind The Rucks"
Our duo pore over the Ireland teamsheet while a sunglassed Banana fills us in on the very real dangers of concussion in our beloved sport.
Episode 13 - "5ive or 6ix Nations"
Join our dastardly duo as they traverse the weekends action from the first round of The Six Nations Championship.
Episode 12 - "Eau de Toilette"
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Episode 11 - "Boaring Sangwiches"
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Episode 10 - "The Wise Tooth"
.Welcome to all our new lovely listeners
Episode 9 - "Bonne Année"
After some fairly spot on predictions/hopes for 2024 our mystical due get to wrapping up and looking back at rugby and players of the year gone by with a dreamy look to 2025.
Episode 8 - Liberté, égalité, FARTernité 🇫🇷
Welcome to the highest browed rugby podcast on earth.
Episode 7 - "Forking Hell"
The rumours are NOT true, Banana and Bear are not after a falling out. They've fallen-in rather, they've fallen IN-to sync finally after a few weeks of transatlantic cavorting, contruction debacles and a host of illnesses past, present and future (que the LURGEY).
Episode 6 - "They're All Pregnant in Dax"
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Episode 5 - "RG Y'Bollix"
Our pair get philisophical about where a team's head is at while learning how Brazil have made it (placed 47 in the rankings) into the Women's mix.
Episode 4 - "Bouclier de Pa Scanlon"
Bear reconciles with the Saffers and Banana dodges a Perpignan-shaped bullet.
Episode 3 - "Wafer Sheds"
We'll be switching our gaze from Dupoint to Wafer thank you very much.
Episode 2 - "Thoracic Park"
And we're off!! Episode 2 is full of Saffer slagging, leaky defenses and dodgy box!
NEW SEASON: Episode 1 - "Antoine Dupodcast"
They're BACK. Banana has a big statement to make while wearing her customary turbin and Bear has a big dusty head while taking aim at the Saffers.
Episode 22 - "A Champion And A Busted Finger"
What an episode, Banana regals us with the pre-during-post final tale of her team winning The French championship. Bear has a story about his finger ffs.
Episode 21 - "Lord Of The Dry-Needle"
Lads just get to DU-POINT WILL YE!!!
Episode 20 - "Captain Shneks"
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Episode 19 - "The Nun & The Dead Horse"
IRELAND HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!
Episode 18 - "Baby-Ribs & Spongey Crossbows"
The duo take a cold hard stare at Ireland's tilt against England but more importantly look forward to this weekend when they take on Scotland in a crucial finale.
Episode 17 - "ROG Buttons"
Smugly basking in the glorious Ireland win at the weekend Banana and Bear discuss what they loved about the victory and what they need to do for the upcoming England tie. (there's some stuff in there about Leinster too)
Epsiode 16 - "Farts & The Importance Of Cake"
Michelle, it wasn't Tom farting last week!!
Episode 15 -"Flappy Arse & Bad Hands"
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Episode 14 - "Another Margarita Please"
CLEAR-ly this is getting out of hand. Banana yet again is Zooming in from another "Best Lfe Ever" location as Bear sips his cowld cup of Barry's.
Episode 13 - "Princess Doomsday"
Mulling over Ireland's (definitely positive) winning of The Six Nations, Banana & Bear hatch an idea to mix the subs bench with a good old fashioned Royal Rumble.
Episode 12 - "Mind The Rucks"
Dusting themselves down from Ireland's defeat at the weekend the duo commit to never having their hearts broken again while heaping praise on a glorious Itlay.
Episode 11 - "The Fanny & Whistle Revisted"
Keeping with tradition Banana broadcasts from an airport somewhere. The pair discuss the Messiah that is Dupont and tom lives out his dream as a professional Daniel O'Donnell impressionist.
Episode 10 - "The Book Of Good Beef"
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Episode 9 - "The Crying Game And A Squat Rack"
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Episode 8 - "Pancakes Burst The Toilet"
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Episode 7 - "A Good Lean & A Room Of Singles"
Banana and Bear sift through the party-handbag that was the incredible opening weekend of the world's greatest rugby tournament while discussing their wildly different weekends.
Episode 6 - "Rats And Rough Voices"
From the streets of Bordeux to the wilds of Tipperary. We join the duo as Banana fights a rat for her remaining Snax and Bear fights of a tattered voice from the weekend's warbling.
Episode 5 - "Tacos & Sausages In Toulon"
Back from the most rugbyish weekend you could ever rugby Banana regils Bear with a whitful and euphoric tale from a weekend in a small little French port town. While Bear rubs shoulders with TV royalty.
Episode 4 - "(A)live Episode"
We did it!! We finally met up for real for the first time ever. And we recorded in The Hill Comedy Club to review the year that was in rugby and drink lovely creamy pints.
Episode 3 - "In Cheeses With Trust"
In Banana's words, "it wouldn't be right to not do another airport episode".
Episode 2 - "Toothbrush That Broke The Camel's Lock"
Drama? What drama? When a whirlwind of weekend of European action and Banana becoming both panto villain and hero during her own game, is not the most hectic thing that happened over the past 3 days you know it's gonna be a good episode.
Season 4 "Honeybadgers Go Back 2 Back"
Well GODAMMNIT we're back!!
Episode 12 - 'GO HONEYBADGERS'
Fleeting as it may be the gruesome twosome collide for a "season finale" (not really, they'll totally be back in a few weeks).
Episode 11 - 'Swingin Mickies & Caramel Cake'
As the curtain comes down on the biggest show in town Banana and Bear rake over the ashes of what might have been, what has been and what's indeed is better, to be the smart old dog or the rampaging young pup.
Episode 10 - "Werner & The Budgies"
Like a warm homeade soup, Banana and Bear share tales from the week gone by following the World Cup Semi Finals and the first round of the URC to ease you all back into the light.
Episode 9: "Warm Hugs & Forward Passes"
Sit back into that warm chair while Banana and Bear tuck you in with a nice cozy blanket and a warm cup of coco as they get you through the grieving process of Ireland getting dumped by their boyfriend New Zealand at the World Cup.
Episode 8 - "Smiley Doris And The Onion Soup"
As the nation mainlines Strepsils after Zombieing their heads off, Banana and Bear try to measure good vibes while flying by the seat of their pants!
How To Rugby, Rugby - "THE POSITIONS"
In this mid-season mini-series Banana & Bear layout a novice's guide to rugby so you too can enjoy the beautiful sport (or at the very least sound half like you know what you're talking about down the pub).
Episode 7 - "Emo's, Pirates And Fat-Frogs"
Still barely able to catch their breaths since's Saturday's enthralling victory over South Africa, Banana and Bear compare troll-stories, nostalgic cocktails and sandwich-hunting.
Episode 6 - "Win-Win Not Chin-Chin"
Like a couple of "Johnny-Come-Latelies" squeezing in the side door of Mass, Banana and Bear bust out an episoe that will ot only make you gasp with "holy-shite" it'll inspire you to back our boys the the hilt this weekend.
Episode 5 - "I Blame The Choir"
We're up and running. The gruesome-twosome waste no time in dissecting the opening weekend of the World Cup and in many aspects it was a triumph but in more it.....lacked...well beer and good music to put it bluntly. Also, "Clatter Of The Week" makes a welcome return.
COYBIG SONG - Irish Rugby World Cup Anthem
After Bear's request last wwek Banana decides to skilfully pen an anthem for our BOYS IN GREEN!!
How To Rugby, Rugby - "RUGBY"
In this mid-season mini-series Banana & Bear layout a novice's guide to rugby so you too can enjoy the beautiful sport (or at the very least sound half like you know what you're talking about down the pub).
Episode 4 - "COYBIG"
With 5 days to Ireland's first game of the World Cup, Bear chats excitedly to a Banana as she pays a flying visit to Malla when all the while she's been harbouring a secret surprise revealed at the end of the episode.
Epsisode 3 - "Tales From The Brown Bin"
With a slight glitch in the Matrix our dastardly duo manage to record over 2 nights to bring you this week's take on the weekend's turbulent World Cup warm up matches.
Episode 2 - "Tough Feet"
From the sunny but fly-filled surrounds of lovely La Rochelle to the tepid topography of Tipperary our duo discuss the crowning of King Earls and the England's 1980's approach to tackling.
Season 3 - "Pit-Viper Life"
They said it couldn't be done!! Well they were wrong, the dastardly duo are back in preoperations for the Rugby World Cup. Donning Pit Vipers and charisma, Banana bids adue to Ireland once more as she is set to take a player/coach role with one other than La Rochelle. Bear on the other hand is staying out to build an apocalyptic fortress.
Episode 6 - "The Cabbage Patch Ribs"
As the curtain comes down on the 2023 men's and women's 6 Nation' our intrepid dudo bid farewell..... FOR NOW!!!
Episode 5 - "Nettles And Mysterious Pigtail Plaits"
Banana's magical mystery world tour continues. This time she's coming live from an unknown (Cork) airport in the midst of a curious mission. She's disguised herself (becasue she's carrying at least 4 different passports and various world currencies) by wearing her hair in plaits. All the while Bear can't figure out why nettles hurt worse than when he was a child.
Episode 4 - "Seagulls And Crispy Rashers"
From the marina to the cave our caped crusaders look back at rounf three and forward to round 4 of the Women's 6Nations
Episode 3 - "Hairy Toes And Dinosaur Jesus"
With Banana's foot on the mend and Bear full to religious-levels of chocolate our duet look ahead to round 3 of the Women's TikTok 6 Nations.
Episode 2 - "A Lilt Conspiracy"
In a return to form our duo dig deep with four positive eyes on the second round of the the women's TikTok 6 Nations campaign, while inadvertently discussing at length their favourite ice-creams. Don't forget to subscribe and rate please.
Season 2 - "The Only Way Is Up"
Season 2 is already upon us and our duo take a brief look at the opening round of the Women's 6 Nations Championship (like how Dermot Bannon would a couple's bungalow. Harsh, fair and) with a view to expansion throughout the campaign.
Episode 8 - "One Foot In Madrid"
Our duo wrap quickly on what has been an incredible tournament with Ireland being crowned Grand Slam Champs, with one of their 4 eyes on the world cup in September but 3 of said eyes squarley on the women's 6 Nations next week
Episode 7 - "Shiftin Mack"
With the Ireland juggarnaut thundering towards the Aviva for an England showdown to capture the Grand Slam our duo relive the moments from the weekend of more drama than Mexican soap opera
Episode 6 - "Give Us A Go Of Your Bagpipes"
Happy International Women's Day. Banana and Bear try to decipher if each 6 Nations team were a charachter down the pub (namely The Cork Arms) who would they be.
Episode 5: "Gwan Puthy"
With round 3 of The 6 Nations done and dusted, once again our caped crusaders disect the least expected parts of the games from the weekend.
Episode 4: "Ok We're Rugby Nerds"
It's a fallow week in the 6 Nations calander but tthat doesn't stop our intrepid duo from taking a forensic look at whats been, whats currently being and whats about to be in the tournament.
Episode 3 - "Cornrows Are Cool Now"
Still flustered from an outrageously good Ireland performance in round 2, Banana and Bear discuss their love of a good slaggin-match with the French, pledge their undying allegiance to Daddy-Andy and applaud Finlay's cornrows. Don't forget to subscribe and share.
Episode 2 - "Finn, I Am Your Father"
Round one of the Guinness 6 Nations is disected, examined and rooted around in by our duo with some groundbreaking discoveries being made.
La Introducción
As they set sail on their maiden voage, Banana and Bear set the tone by snort-laughing uncontrollably throughout. There's even some rugby, as they look ahead to the 6 Nations tournament and what both hope/expect to see this year.
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