Podcast appearances and mentions of William Davies

RUGBY: Connacht captain Cian Prendergast with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC encounter with Ulster

RUGBY: Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC encounter with Ulster

During the second half of the show, George McDonagh and Darren Kelly were joined by: Andy Coen to look back on Loughrea's win over Slaughtneil in the AIB All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-Final; William Davies to review Connacht's BKT United Rugby Championship defeat to Dragons; And Cian O'Connell to chat about the Premier League.

Three tries in the final 20 minutes dressed up the scoreboard in Rodney Parade on Saturday (20th December 2025). However, Connacht still suffered a humiliating defeat to the Dragons, who picked up their first win in this season's BKT United Rugby Championship. Sean Jansen's try salvaged a bonus point for the visitors to Wales, thanks to earlier five-pointers from Sam Gilbert and a Cian Prendergast brace. Galway Bay FM's match commentary team were Rob Murphy and William Davies. == Connacht's next game is at home to Ulster in the BKT URC next Saturday (27th December).  Kick-off at Dexcom Stadium is 5.30pm.

RUGBY: Connacht head coach Stuart Lancaster with Galway Bay FM's William Davies after their URC defeat to Dragons

RUGBY: Corinthians 12-8 Galwegians (Connacht Senior Cup Final commentary with Galway Bay FM's William Davies and Alan Deegan)

RUGBY: Corinthians head coach Ambrose Conboy with Galway Bay FM's William Davies after their Connacht Senior Cup Final win over Galwegians

RUGBY: Connacht assistant coach Rod Seib with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC trip to Dragons

RUGBY: Connacht duo Caolin Blade and Chay Mullins with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC trip to Dragons

After defeat in the European Challenge Cup opener against Ospreys on Sunday evening, Connacht Head Coach Stuart Lancaster spoke to William Davies...  

Connacht suffered a 24-21 defeat to Ospreys in their European Challenge Cup opener at Bridgend on Sunday evening. Despite building a 21-0 lead thanks to tries from Finlay Bealdham, Sean Jansen and Jack Aungier, with Sean Naughton kicking three conversions, Connacht shipped 24 consecutive points to ultimately leave Wales with only a losing bonus point. The commentary was by William Davies and Niall Shiel...  

Rugby writer and journalist Brendan Fanning has published his new book 'Touching Distance: Irish Rugby's Battle with Great Expectations', which is now available to purchase. It traces Ireland rugby's journey from the beginning of professionalism to becoming world number one, how they still haven't got past a World Cup quarter-final, and the pressure to deliver at the next tournament in 2027. Brendan Fanning has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's William Davies.

With the European EPCR Challenge Cup getting underway, Connacht begin with two games.  Their second fixture is on Saturday, 13th December, when Georgia's Black Lion visit Dexcom Stadium. Former Connacht player Conor McPhillips is the current Georgia attack coach, and he's very familiar with the upcoming visiting team. He caught up with Galway Bay FM's William Davies. == Connacht start with a trip to Wales to play Ospreys on Sunday (7th December 2025).  Kick-off at Brewery Field is 3.15pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM. Then the host Georgia's Black Lion the following Saturday at 8pm. Our Connacht rugby coverage is brought to you by 'Screene's On The Square.'

Connacht begin their quest to deliver European silverware this Sunday (7th December 2025) when they travel to Wales to take on Ospreys in the opening round of the EPCR Challenge Cup. Both teams have serious ambitions about winning this competition, having reached the quarter-finals the last two seasons. Galway Bay FM's William Davies joined Darren Kelly on 'Over The Line' to look ahead to the contest, and also look at Ireland's 2027 Rugby World Cup draw. == Kick-off at Brewery Field on Sunday is 3.15pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM. Galway Bay FM's Connacht Rugby coverage is brought to you by 'Screene's On The Square.'

RUGBY: Connacht lineout & maul coach John Muldoon with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their European Challenge Cup trip to Ospreys

RUGBY: Connacht back Sam Gilbert with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their European Challenge Cup trip to Ospreys

RUGBY: Connacht players Darragh Murray and Jordan Duggan with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their URC encounter with South Africa's Sharks

RUGBY: Connacht backs coach Rod Seib with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of thier URC encounter with South Africa's Sharks

William Davies joined Darren Kelly on Monday's 'Over The Line' to discuss all things Irish Rugby after the Autumn Internationals and also looks ahead to Connacht's slate of 10 back-to-back games.

Connacht player Sean Jansen spoke to William Davies at the Hello Fresh event at Connacht's High Performance Centre. Sean spoke about his ambitions for the future as well as a range of other topics.

Connacht's Byron Ralston spoke to William Davies at the recent 'HelloFresh' event as Connacht Rugby announced 'HelloFresh' as official partners of the Connacht Rugby Summer camps and Halftime Minis Shows. Byron talked about his injury, which may rule him out for the remainder of the season and all things Connacht Rugby.

Connacht's Hugh Gavin spoke to William Davies at Connacht Rugby's recent 'HelloFresh' event. He spoke about his time playing mini's rugby and also about the upcoming slate of games.

Corinthians Head Coach Ambrose Conboy spoke to William Davies after his side's one-point victory over Wanderers in the AIL Division 2A.

William Davies reports from Corinthian Park on Saturday afternoon as the home side recorded a win by the narrowest of margins in the AIL Division 2A.

Corinthians captain Mark Boyle spoke to William Davies after his side recorded a one-point victory over Wanderers in the AIL Division 2A on Saturday afternoon.

Round 5 of the Energia All-Ireland Leagues takes place this Saturday (1st November 2025) and all three Galway City teams are involved. Corinthians are currently fourth in the Men's Division 2A on 12 points as they travel to Limerick's Old Crescent (Takumi Park, 2.30pm) who are just one point behind them. Division 2B leaders Galwegians, with a maximum 20 points so far, entertain provincial rivals Sligo (Crowley Park, 2.30pm) who sit in third place. And it's the same for Galwegians women, top of Division 1 with 20 points.  They don't play again until the following Saturday (8th November) when Ennis visit (Crowley Park, 5pm). Galway Bay FM's William Davies had caught up with all three camps as they assess the season so far and what to look forward to in their upcoming fixtures.  He spoke to Galwegians Director of Rugby Mickey Sherlock, Galwegians Women's Head Coach Jack Clarke, and Corinthians Men's Head Coach Ambrose Conboy.

Rod Seib joins William Davies ahead of a big weekend for Connacht Rugby. Head coach Stuart Lancaster has included Josh Murphy in nine changes for tomorrow's United Rugby Championship trip to Munster. Ballina native Harry West makes his senior debut at full back. Kick-off at Thomond Park tomorrow (Saturday) at 7.45pm, and we'll have full coverage on our website http://galwaybayfm.ie 

Galway Bay FM were in Screene's on the Square this Thursday (25th September) for a special online BKT United Rugby Championship Preview ahead of Connacht's opening game against Benetton this Saturday (27th). Ollie Turner and William Davies were joined by Jimmy Screene, Orla Dixon, Emer O'Dowd, Alan Deegan, Dave Finn and former Connacht stars Johnny O'Connor and Jarrad Butler. == Our Connacht Rugby coverage for this season is brought to you by ‘Screene's on the Square'. Kick-off between Connacht and Benetton at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday is 7.45pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.

Connacht begin the 2025/26 BKT United Rugby Championship season this Saturday (27th September 2025) when they host Italy's Benetton. They last met in March when Connacht were 38-30 victors in Galway thanks to tries from Finn Treacy, Shayne Bolton, Paul Boyle, Shamus Hurley-Langton and Matthew Devine. Galway Bay FM's William Davies looks ahead to the game and chats to Connacht lineout & maul coach John Muldoon, and Benetton assistant coach (and former Connacht head coach) Pete Wilkins. == Kick-off at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday is 7.45pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM. Our Connacht Rugby coverage is brought to you by 'Screene's on the Square.'

Connacht have made 14 changes for Saturday's under-18 girls interprovincial final against Leinster with Tuam/Oughterard's Juno Hayes remaining in the 2nd row (30th August 2025) The Galway contingent on the starting team includes Ballinasloe trio Roisin O'Sulivan, Esther Albert and co-captain Anna McDermott; Tuam/Oughterards' Aoibh Morrow and Juno Hayes; Creggs' Mia White and Ciara Corrigan; along with Gort Monivea's Cairinn Kearns. Connacht under-18 head coach Craig Hansberry caught up with Galway Bay FM's William Davies. == Kick-off at UCD on Saturday is 2.45pm. CONNACHT U18 GIRLS MATCHDAY SQUAD VS LEINSTER RUGBY 15. Roisin O'Sullivan (Ballinasloe RFC) 14. Kate Gallagher (Ballina RFC) 13. Esther Albert (Ballinasloe RFC) 12. Ruth Conway (Westport RFC) Co-Captain 11. Aoibh Morrow (Tuam/Oughterard RFC) 10. Mia White (Creggs RFC) 9. Kitty Fin Sweeney (Westport RFC) 1. Isabel Lynott (Ballina RFC) 2. Ciara Corrigan (Creggs RFC) 3. Cairínn Kearns (Gort/Monivea RFC) 4. Aoibhinn Lyons (Westport RFC) 5. Juno Hayes (Tuam/Oughterard RFC) 6. Ruby Jennings (Claremorris RFC) 7. Anna McDermott (Ballinasloe RFC) Co-Captain 8. Evie Kennedy (Ballina RFC) 16. Millie Ager (Claremorris RFC) 17. Holly Horkan (Westport RFC) 18. Sharron Thornton (Tuam/Oughterard RFC) 19. Orla Palasz (Westport RFC) 20. Poppy Tunney Ware (Westport RFC) 21. Maebh Smith (Claremorris RFC) 22. Sally Fleming (Buccaneers RFC) 23. Leah McNamara (Westport RFC)

RUGBY: Connacht vice captain Poppy Garvey with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their third interprovincial round-robin fixture against Leinster

RUGBY: Connacht head coach Emer O'Dowd with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their final round-robin interprovincial fixture against Leinster

The Connacht team has been announced for Sunday's interprovincial opener against Munster (10th August 2025). Ros A'Mhil's Eabha Nic Dhonnacha captains the team. Jemima Adams Verling and Poppy Garvey are vice-captains. Head coach Emer O'Dowd has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's William Davies. == The Connacht team in full: 15. Clara Barrett (UL Bohemian RFC) 14. Emily Foley (Galwegians RFC) 13. Orla Dixon (Galwegians RFC) 12. Éabha Nic Dhonnacha (UL Bohemian RFC) Captain 11. Ava Ryder (Blackrock College RFC) 10. Siofra Hession (Creggs RFC) 9. Grainne Moran (Galwegians RFC) 1. Ella Burns (Tuam/Oughterard RFC/Galwegians RFC) 2. Lily Brady (UL Bohemian RFC) 3. Megan Collis (Railway Union) 4. Poppy Garvey (Railway Union) Vice-Captain 5. Grace Browne Moran (Galwegians RFC) 6. Beibhinn Gleeson (Tuam/Oughterard RFC) 7. Lesley Ring (Old Belvedere) 8. Jemima Adams Verling (Creggs RFC) Vice-Captain 16. Stacy Hanley (Galwegians RFC) 17. Hannah Coen (Creggs RFC) 18. Roisin Maher (Galwegians RFC) 19. Ailish Quinn (Galwegians RFC) 20. Caoilfhionn Morrissey (Ennis/Kilrush RFC) 21. Karly Tierney (Tuam/Oughterard RFC) 22. Sinead O'Brien (Galwegians RFC) 23. Fódhla Ní Bhraonáin (Tuam/Oughterard RFC) Kick-off at Virgin Media Park, Cork on Sunday is 4.15pm.

RUGBY: Ireland captain Neve Jones with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their World Cup warm up against Canada

RUGBY: Ireland head coach Scott Bemand with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their World Cup warm up against Canada

RUGBY: Connacht and Creggs back row Ivana Kiripati with Galway Bay FM's William Davies before the 2025 World Cup

RUGBY: Ireland joint captain Edel McMahon with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of the 2025 World Cup

RUGBY: Ireland 2nd row Siobhán McCarthy with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of the 2025 World Cup

Connacht Rugby's announcement back in June (2025) that former England head coach and Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster caught a lot of attention. Lancaster brings experience probably not seen by any of his predecessors, including leading his country into the 2015 World Cup, helping Leinster to four PRO14 titles and the 2018 European Champions Cup, and he recently served as head coach in Racing 92 in France. His career spans over 20 years, and he'll have responsibility for defence as well as his Head Coach role. Stuart Lancaster has been chatting to Galway Bay FM's William Davies. == Connacht will start the European Challenge Cup away to Ospreys on Sunday, 7th December, before hosting Georgia's Black Lion six days later. Connacht then head to Montpellier on Sunday, 11th January, before welcoming French side Mont-a-bán on the 17th.

RUGBY: Georgia head coach Richard Cockerill with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their summer test match with Ireland in Tbilisi

Connacht Rugby and the IRFU have announced the appointment of Stuart Lancaster as the club's new Head Coach. Lancaster has signed a two-year contract and arrives at the province with a wealth of coaching experience at the highest level of the sport, across all three major European leagues and at international level. He most recently served as Head Coach of Racing 92 in France, and before then enjoyed a hugely successful seven-year spell as Senior Coach of Leinster Rugby. With primary responsibility for the day-to-day coaching of the team, he helped lead Leinster to four consecutive PRO14 titles and four Champions Cup finals, including victory in the 2018 decider. As the news broke, Galway Bay FM's William Davies joined John Morley and Darren Kelly on Galway Talks. == He made the move to Leinster after four years as Head Coach of the England national team, with whom he led for four Six Nations campaigns and the 2015 Rugby World Cup in his native country. He was appointed to that role after four years as the RFU's Head of Elite Player Development, where his primary remit was to help young players realise their potential at club and international level. Lancaster began his coaching career over 20 years ago, as Head of Academy at Leeds RFU. He was then appointed Head Coach of the Leeds Tykes in 2006, leading them to promotion to the English Premiership in his first year in charge. After a further year as Head Coach, he was promoted to the RFU. As Head Coach, Lancaster will also have responsibility for defence, thereby completing next season's coaching team. Joining him will be new attack coach Rod Seib, scrum & contact coach Cullie Tucker, and lineout & maul coach John Muldoon. Lancaster will take up the role in time for the beginning of pre-season training in July, and will be formally presented to the media and wider Connacht supporters next month.

RUGBY: Connacht scrum half Ben Murphy with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their final URC game of the season away to Zebre

RUGBY: Connacht interim head coach Cullie Tucker with Galway Bay FM's William Davies ahead of their final URC game of the season away to Zebre

Bundee Aki will make his 150th Connacht appearance against Edinburgh in their final home game of the United Rugby Championship on Saturday (10th May 2025). Jack Carty misses out due to a minor ankle injury so JJ Hanrahan starts his last game in Galway at number 10. With a full preview of the game, Galway Bay FM's William Davies is joined by Connacht lineout and maul coach John Muldoon. == Kick-off at Dexcom Stadium on Saturday is 7.35pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.

Josh Cohen's new book, All the Rage (Granta), explores anger, in all its permutations - social media arguments, political divides, road rage, passive aggression – in the words of Deborah Levy, ‘brilliantly investigating what it is when we are enraged'. What should we make of our anger; to what use can we put it? Cohen's previous books include Not Working and The Private Life. He was in conversation with the sociologist and political economist William Davies, whose most recent book is Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Connacht play their second BKT United Rugby Championship game in South Africa on Saturday (26th April 2025) against the Emirates Lions, needing a result to keep their play-off hopes alive. Cullie Tucker's side are 12th on 34 points, four points ahead of their opponents, but five behind the Stormers in 8th place.  It's only the second time they've played the Johannesburg franchise and they did enjoy a 33-30 success in April 2022. To preview the game, Galway Bay FM's William Davies is joined by Connacht's Lineout and Maul coach John Muldoon. == Kick-off in Johannesburg on Saturday is 3pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.

Connacht's first game since the announcement that Pete Wilkins is stepping down as head coach is in South Africa on Saturday (19th April 2025) when they take on the DHL Stormers in the BKT United Rugby Championship. Cullie Tucker is interim head coach until the end of the season with Connacht sitting in 13th place on 33 points, two points behind the hosts, but only three points behind Edinburgh in the play-off spots. Connacht have yet to win away to the Stormers in their two previous trips - the last being a 43-25 defeat in May 2023. With the full match preview, here's Galway Bay FM's William Davies with Connacht lineout and maul coach John Muldoon. == Kick-off at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday is 3pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.

Plug in to your worst nightmare. Technology Terror month continues with 1993's GHOST IN THE MACHINE. A serial killer's soul is transferred into a computer network after a freak accident, allowing him to continue his deadly spree through the electrical grid. As victims pile up, a determined woman, her tech-savvy son, and a skilled hacker team up to stop him before it's too late. Did The Boys find this one to be broad band quality or 56K? Find out here! Also this week: Our first computers, the return of "the butt cut", and Lance rants on A Minecraft Movie memes and a grumpy gas station Patron. All this--and a whole lot more--on this week's episode of NEON BRAINIACS! "Excuse me... a little stiff. Caught a b**** of a virus." ----- Check out our Patreon for tons of bonus content, exclusive goodies, and access to our Discord server! ----- Ghost in the Machine (1993) Directed by Rachel Talalay Written by William Davies and William Osborne Starring Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux, and Will Horneff ----- 00:00 - Intro & Opening Banter 37:00 - "The Schpiel" 45:42 - Film Breakdown 01:49:22 - Stump The Brainiacs & Outro

“I didn't really set out to make Cordelia (Uzo Aduba) quirky. I just wanted to make her distinctive. I just really thought about who I wanted her to be and how I thought [birdwatching] would be an interesting way for her to approach her job. And the very first thing that came to me was just her use of silence and her ability to just be comfortable in situations that might make other people uncomfortable. And it's a quality that I've seen in certain people that I've always admired and been fascinated with because there's nobody quite like Cordelia, but I've seen glimmers of it,” says The Residence creator and showrunner Paul William Davies about creating his lead character Cordelia, a detective who uses her birdwatching skills as framework for solving cases.  On today's episode, we talk with Paul William Davies about The Residence, the new Shondaland show streaming on Netflix. Set behind closed doors at the White House, The Residence follows an offbeat detective, Cordelia Cupp (Aduba), as she investigates the murder of a lead member of the White House staff. Davies says the idea came to him watching a hearing on C-SPAN that went into details of the White House's layout. But the show is more than just a game of Clue set in the upstairs-downstairs world of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The show goes deep into character and offers plenty of laughs along the way.  Davies talks about what he's learned working with television revolutionary Shonda Rhimes, the intense work that goes into structuring a murder mystery, and shares his advice for anyone who may be working on their own TV mystery.   “I think it's really important that you think about what the environment is that you're having this murder mystery in, and making the motive something that feels like it's related to the world that you're working in. In most murder mysteries, the murderer is doing it for money or for love or lust. And that's probably in 98% of the ones that you read. And that's fine… But I think really giving a lot of thought to, what is the motive here? How do I keep it organic to this world and these people, as opposed to it just being grafted onto it, which I think sometimes does happen. Make sure that the killer is doing something that feels like it's part of that world for a reason that is related to that world,” he says.    To hear more, listen to the podcast.   

Monday 31st of October 1960, at 5:30pm, the body of 53-year-old William Davies was found inside the top-floor flat of 5 Westbourne Park Road in Bayswater, London, W2. There was no sign of a break-in, no struggle and no obvious robbery. He was found on his knees, with a knife in his chest, and even though all the evidence pointed to this being a suicide, the police knew it wasn't.Date: Sunday 30th of October 1960 (at 12:20am+, likely time of murder)Location: top floor flat, 5 Westbourne Park Road, Bayswater, London, UK, W2Victim: 1 (William Davies)Culprits: 1 (Istvan Szabo)Murder Mile is one of the best UK / British true crime podcasts covering only 20 square miles of West London. It is researched, written and performed by Michael of Murder Mile UK True Crime Podcast with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name and additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer.For links click hereTo subscribe via Patreon, click here Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.