All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill are back together to pick apart the weekend's action in the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships.

Tipp's first provincial championship win in 748 days has left All-Ireland champions Clare facing an early exit, while Dublin and Kilkenny maintained their 100 per cent starts in Leinster.

The episode where Paul Murphy and James Skehill were left in charge of The Hurling Pod...

The lads discuss Limerick's excellent performance in their win at Waterford, whether 90s hurling really was better, and look ahead to this weekend's games - including the do-or-die clash between Clare and Tipperary!

All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O'Calaghan to take listeners' and viewers' questions after the second weekend of the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championships.

All-Ireland winners James Sklehill and Paul Murphy joined Will O'Callaghan to review a cracking opening weekend of Championship action.

All-Ireland champions Clare battled back to earn a draw against League winners Cork. Tipperary bounced back from their League final loss to hold reigning Munster kingpins Limerick at Semple Stadium.

Skehill is worried about Galway's lack of style of play and their Leinster chances after a hammering by Kilkenny, Lee Chin starred as Wexford accounted for Antrim, and Dublin had a strong finish to beat Offaly at Parnell Park.

With the Munster and Leinster Hurling Championships underway this weekend, All-Ireland winners Paul Murphy and James Skehill joined Will O’Callaghan to look ahead to the start of the Championship.

They also discussed Shane O’Donnell potentially playing some part in Clare’s title defense, why Skehill snubbed the last round of The Masters, and predictions for all five of this weekend’s games.

Timestamps:

0’00” - ‘F*ck golf’ - Will and Paul were captivated by Rory McIlroy completing the career Grand Slam, but Skehill couldn’t care less.

14’13” - ‘We spent 14 minutes on Rory, let’s talk some hurling now’. Shane O’Donnell hopes to be back in action in four weeks.

27’40” - Nine months on from the All-Ireland final, Clare and Cork clash again, can Clare continue their strong record against the new League champions?

53’48” - ‘John Kiely has lost nine Championship games, I’ve been on the pitch for two of them!’ - Tipperary v Limerick preview

1’01’00” - Have Leinster group games between Kilkenny and Galway been a bit tame?

1’26’20” - Dublin and Wexford have to open with wins on Saturday if they’re to progress in the Leinster Championship

All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy think you can't play down the hype around Cork after the Rebels eased to a 10-point win against Tipperary to be crowned National League champions for the first time since 1998.

How much have Tipperary improved during the league this season? And will it be enough to get out of Munster this summer?

They also reflect on Waterford's win against Offaly in the One B final and discuss if Offaly would have benefitted from another season in the second-flight?

James Skehill and Paul Murphy are back alongside Will O'Callaghan for this week's Hurling Pod for Off The Ball members.

They discuss whether they ever watch back games from their inter-county careers, the holistic nature of coaching, and even sneak in some podcast and TV recommendations.

Following a request from some of our members, we've made this podcast available for free.

As the philosopher Kurt Cobain once wrote, 'no apologies'. All-Ireland winners James Skehill and Paul Murphy are back alongside Will O'Callaghan for this week's edition of The Hurling Pod.

The lads look ahead to the sold-out Division One B and One A finals this Sunday, discuss the fall-out from the venue controversies for the lower division deciders, and discuss the rest of the news from the past week...

On the podcast:

0'00" - We're sorry for saying sorry too much. 'Hurling is hot' at the moment but should the 1A and 1B finals have been stand-alone fixtures?. 'What happens in football, I couldn't care less!'.

16'45" - There should be footage of Division One A games on League Sunday, even if they're dead rubbers.

27'19" - Managers very unhappy about the venues for last weekend's lower division hurling finals. No 65m lines in Iniskeen!? Put some respect on lower-league hurling. The task is facing Willie Maher, and why will we be having a podcast with him soon?

47'20" - James Mahon's red card upheld on appeal, Shane O'Donnell reports, Brian Hayes' injury not as bad as first feared.

1'07'20" - Preview of the Division One A and One B finals. Are Limerick fans right to have slight worries?