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This year
2023
On the box
TV Wrap: Joe Canning's Laochra Gael shows the tension between great talent and constant pressure
The Galway great was featured on TG4′s returning series last night.
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Jan 27th 2023, 7:00 AM
All time
On the box
TV Wrap of 2020 - The best, worst and WTF moments of the year sport became a television show
We look back at some of the best and the bizarre moments from a year of TV sport like no other.
14.1k
2
Dec 30th 2020, 7:00 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Sport and politics mix as PSG follow Golfgate onto centre-stage
Unlike BT Sport, Virgin and RTÉ didn’t shirk the big questions involving Qatar and PSG, at the end of a week which showed Official Ireland’s true attitude to sport.
24.5k
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Aug 24th 2020, 7:00 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - A David Luiz disaster proves familiar in Sky's 'new normal' for the Premier League
How Sky’s coverage of the new-look Premier League looked on its first night back.
17.1k
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Jun 18th 2020, 8:00 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - New documentary proves we have heard more than enough from Lance Armstrong
The disgraced cyclist is the subject of a new, two-part ESPN series.
35.5k
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Jun 4th 2020, 5:35 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Ghostly Bundesliga appears on BT Sport while NBC make a hames of golf's return
Donald Trump appeared during coverage of Rory McIlroy’s charity skins game with Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Mathew Wolff.
35.8k
19
May 18th 2020, 7:45 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Horan and the GAA show impressive leadership as a diminished Sunday Game returns
The GAA president delivered a socially-distant punch to the gut, as the reality of a lost GAA summer sank in.
22.9k
44
May 11th 2020, 5:09 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - In The Last Dance, Jordan's political silence is another emblem of the 1990s
Were he playing the game today, Jordan might not be afforded the chance to stay silent and say that “Republicans buy sneakers too”.
23.3k
38
May 5th 2020, 5:23 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Even without any football, the Premier League continues to exasperate
Graeme Souness is critical of Paul Pogba and another club is sold as an item of sportswashing – it’s as if nothing has changed.
9.7k
7
Apr 16th 2020, 9:30 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Sunderland 'Til I Die is the show we want, if not the show we need right now
The second series of the fly-on-the-wall documentary has been released on Netflix.
32.3k
21
Apr 1st 2020, 9:58 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Dana White among the last of the deluded as sport's irrelevance is made clear
The realisation is dawning more slowly for others that sport just isn’t important in the face of a pandemic.
66.1k
36
Updated
Mar 27th 2020, 5:18 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - ITV can't hit the right note as the shameful staging of Cheltenham is laid bare
ITV tried to cover the festival like it was any other year…but this year is far from normal.
96.7k
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Mar 13th 2020, 6:51 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - French implosion a reliable theme on a deeply abnormal weekend
The biggest game in Europe was in an empty stadium, other events were cancelled and Roy Keane bantered with Micah Richards. Thank heavens for France.
34.2k
2
Mar 9th 2020, 8:30 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Bono gets it in the neck as Ireland's problems are exposed in Twickenham horror show
While the Irish public rushed to blame the U2 frontman, the pundits worryingly found plenty of different issues on the pitch.
55.3k
35
Feb 24th 2020, 6:45 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Matt Williams not quite on the same script as Ireland impress against Wales
Mattie took some flak for his comments on another stellar outing for Virgin Media’s rugby panel.
41.8k
33
Feb 10th 2020, 8:45 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Rebuilding of Schmidt's reputation begins as Ireland stutter against Scotland
Elsewhere, Dylan Hartley impresses as Matt Williams sticks the boot into Eddie Jones.
25.4k
9
Feb 3rd 2020, 7:00 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - UFC and Vegas get rich selling Conor McGregor's redemption, but are you buying it?
The Dubliner took less than a minute to finish off Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone on Saturday night.
48.8k
119
Jan 20th 2020, 10:09 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Declan Rice the latest caught out as VAR fury hits boiling point
Elsewhere, Joe Brolly has made a surprise return to television punditry.
9.6k
9
Jan 13th 2020, 5:24 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - The top 10 sporting TV moments of 2019
Drum roll please, as we celebrate the best in television analysis, entertainment…and eejitry.
24.0k
9
Dec 25th 2019, 8:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Neville calls out Boris Johnson in high point for Sky's football coverage
The British Prime Minister also bewilderingly claimed that a World Cup co-hosted in Ireland would be ‘bringing football home.’
50.7k
51
Dec 9th 2019, 5:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - A bit of the old magic remains as Dunphy, Brady and Giles reunite
The band got back together for Irish fans as Amazon assembled English pundits in a kind of Tekken menu.
33.5k
28
Dec 5th 2019, 12:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Poppy displays hit new heights of absurdity while Jose anoints Liverpool as champions
Elsewhere, Arsene Wenger turned up alongside Richard Keys and Andy Gray.
52.9k
50
Nov 11th 2019, 12:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - A requiem for Aertel and Page 220
The service is being shuttered by RTÉ, so we remember its heyday.
42.8k
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Nov 7th 2019, 9:30 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Little sympathy for Granit Xhaka as Keane goes in two-footed on Spurs
Ian Wright was among those to criticise the Arsenal captain, and called for the player to apologise.
9.8k
7
Oct 29th 2019, 6:00 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - BBC let themselves down on risible week for athletics in Doha
Seb Coe told Gabby Logan to ‘go back to Match of the Day’, but the Beeb’s coverage wasn’t nearly as harsh as it ought to have been.
71.4k
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Oct 7th 2019, 12:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Eddie O'Sullivan sticks the boot in as others stress the 'work-ons' after fitful Irish win
Jamie Heaslip and Brent Pope were reaching for the positives after a stuttering World Cup win.
63.0k
76
Updated
Oct 3rd 2019, 9:34 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Jamie Heaslip steps up to the plate as RTÉ's World Cup coverage gets off to a flyer
There has been some highly-watchable tension between the ex-Irish star and Eddie O’Sullivan.
67.9k
60
Sep 23rd 2019, 3:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Brolly's absence shows the similarities between Sky and RTÉ's All-Ireland final coverage
The two broadcasters have learned from each other and now there’s little difference in their approach.
59.0k
34
Sep 16th 2019, 12:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Cartoonish rage and unfair comments overshadow Keane's interesting side at Bord Gáis Theatre
The Irish legend has caused ructions with comments about Jon Walters and Alex Ferguson at an Off The Ball event with Gary Neville.
38.9k
77
Sep 9th 2019, 3:36 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - RTÉ analysis veers toward a circus as Kerry assert old swagger against the Dubs
There was much disagreement over Johnny Cooper’s red card, while Pat Spillane talked about ‘unknown unknowns.’
69.6k
64
Sep 2nd 2019, 9:30 PM
Video Nasty
TV Wrap - VAR's emotion-sapping interference a consequence of years of television analysis
The system might learn something from the GAA.
4.3k
8
Aug 26th 2019, 6:06 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Amazon's stunning new football docuseries an antidote to Premier League nonsense
The streaming service has — in partnership with Starbucks — released a new six-part series of films called This is Football.
28.8k
17
Aug 6th 2019, 3:02 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Donal Óg draws in mention of the Brits as The Sunday Game finds itself in a culture war
‘The last remnants of British culture on these islands’ got the blame for criticism of the sweeper system in hurling.
47.0k
55
Jul 29th 2019, 5:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Shane Lowry reminds us why we love sport in stunning Open triumph
Elsewhere, a Sky commentator claimed Lowry as British while Rory McIlroy was left on the verge of tears after a cruel return to Royal Portrush.
24.0k
14
Updated
Jul 22nd 2019, 5:13 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Amazing tennis and cricket drama shows importance of keeping sport free-to-air
Elsewhere, viewers were annoyed by the Sunday Game. Again.
21.7k
26
Jul 15th 2019, 5:00 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Live coverage of women's World Cup goes a long way to silencing critics
Elsewhere, a few classic Irish tropes emerged on The Sunday Game.
23.0k
27
Jul 8th 2019, 8:13 PM
On the box
TV Wrap - Phil Neville's bluster and ego sets up RTÉ's must-watch World Cup coverage
The England boss has been the breakout star, and thankfully, TG4 and the state broadcaster have been around to bring it to us.
48.4k
50
Updated
Jul 1st 2019, 9:37 PM
retro
TV Wrap - Remembering RTÉ's 1994 World Cup coverage in Eamon Dunphy's absence
The broadcaster experimented with a ‘football forum’, filled with people from all walks of Irish life.
21.6k
12
Jun 20th 2019, 8:00 AM
On the box
TV Wrap - Jose and Arsene come together to star on Champions League final night
Once enemies, Mourinho and Wenger were the stars of the show as Michael Owen painted the town beige on BT Sport.
40.3k
44
Jun 3rd 2019, 9:30 AM
On the box
TV Wrap: Too much well-worn talk, not enough action on The Sunday Game
The best argument for tiering the football championships is that it will end the talk of tiering the football championships.
10.3k
6
May 27th 2019, 1:36 PM
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