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The Red Hand pod panel is joined by an unbelievable panel this week - former Leinster, Connacht, Sales Sharks and Ireland hooker and now one of the top pundits in the country, Bernard Jackman, and former Connacht, Leinster, Zebre and Ulster second-row and pundit Mick Kearney.
We discuss all things Ulster Rugby including questions such as: how will the season finish up? What comes next for Richie Murphy’s young and streamlined squad? Indeed, what hopes and expectations can we hold for the province over the next number of seasons?
Enjoy.

Life’s never boring as an Ulster fan.
Big news this week as Richie Murphy is now permanently at the wheel after successfully getting his feet under the table during his temporary time in charge.
Now, the question is whether he’ll be able to turn this ship around in choppy waters.
Richie’s at the helm but a number of his crew have jumped or been pushed overboard - nine of them in fact.
It will certainly lighten the load financially, but  where does that leave the squad?
There’s also the small matter of the match at the weekend and a massive clash with our provincial rivals coming up on Saturday as we continue the race to secure a play-off place.
To discuss all things Ulster Rugby I’m joined by Nathan and Jack.

In this special bonus episode Dan and I are joined by legendary Exeter Chiefs out-half and Ulsterman, Gareth Steenson.
Gareth chats about how rejection from Ulster spurred him on to better things.
The European Cup winner also discusses why he is coming back to his native Norn Iron.
One of rugby's most inspirational and interesting stories. Enjoy.

The gang are joined by top rugby journalist Brendan Fanning as we attempt to tackle some of the big issues facing Ulster Rugby.

The lads chat about the win over Ulster, who might be joining us from our feeder club in Dublin and what we need to do to salvage the season.
To help us in our quest to answer all the big Ulster rugby related questions, rugby analyst and expert Jason Lear joins us.

Welcome to the Red Hand Podcast
It’s been another tough week to be an Ulster fan as our Challenge Cup hopes were crushed by Clermont.
Richie Murphy’s men were demolished in the second half after a pretty decent first half showing leaving fans and players feeling a bit shell shocked.
Richie’s still at the wheel though and he needs time. He’s been parachuted in to a difficult situation and our new head coach and his squad need the backing of
supporters.
Depending on who you listen to in the Ulster camp we were either wrong to have such high expectations of the lads or we’re actually not to far away from clicking and we
just need to fix a few things.
Maybe we should just enjoy the last few games without hope or expectation and see how we get on?
I’ve maybe lost all ambition for this season, but I am genuinely optimistic about the changes Ulster have made.
Here to wrestle with some of the big Ulster rugby questions I’m joined by usual panelists Ian, Nathan
and special guest this week is Cardiff fan and podcaster with the Wrap Podcast and Cardiff Central Podcast Harley Worthy.