Another hugely successful Left Wing Six nations

Sinéad Kissane, Cian Tracey and Rúaidhrí providing post-match analysis on The Left Wing.

While it was another Six Nations title for the Irish rugby team, it’s also been a hugely successful tournament for The Left Wing podcast.

Sponsored by Bank of Ireland, the show, produced by LastCast Media, features former Leinster, Ireland and Lions’ winger, Luke Fitzgerald, and has become the leading Irish rugby podcast.

In addition to Luke’s weekly deep dive, throughout the Six Nations there were, in addition, post-match shows recorded from the stadia with Sinéad Kissane, Rúaidhrí O’Connor and Cian Tracey giving listeners the hot-takes right after the final whistle.

Plus, there were weekly team news episodes in the days before the big games, and coupled with the video offering of the show on the Irish Independent’s YouTube channel, The Left Wing is going from strength to strength.

Rugby World Cup Fever

The beginning of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and with it Ireland’s place as the number 1 ranked team in the world, has meant that hope and expectations are at an all-time high for the Irish public.

Could we actually be celebrating a World Cup winning Irish sports team come the end of October?

The Left Wing podcast, produced by LastCast Media, for Mediahuis Ireland, is releasing daily episodes for the duration of the tournament with the Irish Indo’s team of rugby writers over in France also joined by Luke Fitzgerald, Will Slattery and Jonathan Bradley in Ireland to bring team announcements, the latest news and the best post-match analysis.

Interest in rugby podcasts has soared in the build-up to the tournament and with it The Left Wing podcast is riding high in the charts on Apple and Spotify - and it’s not just the sports charts either, the Left Wing is hitting the Top 10 of the overall Apple and Spotify charts showing just how much interest there is in the show.

Listen and follow on Apple or Spotify and you’ll never miss a thing from the Rugby World Cup.

The Left Wing November Internationals Coverage

For the duration of the Irish rugby November internationals against South Africa, Fiji and Australia, the Left Wing podcast will be releasing three episodes each week.

The usual Wednesday show with Will Slattery and Luke Fitzgerald providing in-depth Irish rugby analysis will appear, along with shorter Thursday team news episodes looking at the starting XV announcement, presented by Sinead Kissane.

The third show of the week is a post-match reaction show with Irish Independent writers from the Aviva stadium minutes after the final whistle.

Video clips featuring the best of the episodes are also recorded and released on the Irish Independent’s Sports Facebook channel.

All three shows have seen a huge increase in weekly listenership showing the appetite for more podcast rugby coverage from one of Ireland’s favourite rugby podcasts.

Listen and follow The Left Wing on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts from.