The Red 78 with Alan Quinlan & Fiona Hayes
May 20, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
Off The Ball's Ruairi O'Hagan is joined by Munster greats Alan Quinlan and Fiona Hayes to talk about the win over the Lions that sees Munster finish 5th in the URC table, and sets up a quarter final…
Alan QuinlanHost
Fiona HayesHostRuairi O'HaganHostUh, Fiona, do you want to rattle off the, the, the comments that have come in to us?
Yes, and it was a, a great week because there's been a few [laughs] negative ones coming in over the last few weeks with everything going on.
So, on the back of performance like that, it's, it's great for, to be able to read out the positive tweets coming in.
The odds of him pulling up injured at that, at the very end of the warm up, two games running, are very slim.
I think he was named to seem to keep the Lions focused on him and not, um, hurt ticket sales." Ooh, what do you reckon on that one? Stop there, Quinny.
I think it cut us in the heart because I watched him in the warm up and, uh, from the commentary position and, and he was having shots at goal and he was fully participated.
But, um, yeah, I, I, I, I must say I was very concerned when, when, uh, when I saw him not coming out and, um-
He played really well, uh, was composed, carried the ball brilliantly as well, and didn't have his best game the week before, and that's the reality.
So, yeah, Jack Crowley, I don't think there was any sort of, um, any sort of plan to, to, to, you know, not start him and, and let on that he was gonna play.
Uh, Fiona, do you want to rattle off the, the, the comments that have come in to us?
Yes, and it was a, a great week because there's been a few [laughs] negative ones coming in over the last few weeks with everything going on.
So, on the back of performance like that, it's, it's great for, to be able to read out the positive tweets coming in.
The odds of him pulling up injured at that, at the very end of the warm up, two games running, are very slim.
I think he was named to seem to keep the Lions focused on him and not, um, hurt ticket sales." Ooh, what do you reckon on that one? Stop there, Quinny.
I think it cut us in the heart because I watched him in the warm up and, uh, from the commentary position and, and he was having shots at goal and he was fully participated.
But, um, yeah, I, I, I, I must say I was very concerned when, when, uh, when I saw him not coming out and, um-
He played really well, uh, was composed, carried the ball brilliantly as well, and didn't have his best game the week before, and that's the reality.
So, yeah, Jack Crowley, I don't think there was any sort of, um, any sort of plan to, to, to, you know, not start him and, and let on that he was gonna play.
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