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You're here because you love Irish sports and great sports storytelling.

The42 Members support our journalism and get exclusive access to member-only podcasts like Rugby Weekly Extra and Behind The Lines, Insider news direct from your favourite writers, and the chance to help shape what we do.

If you care about Irish sport, it's time to join the club.

• Exclusive, bonus content from your favourite podcasts including Rugby Weekly each week.
• Weekly episodes of Behind The Lines, featuring the top sportswriters from Ireland and beyond.
• Warriors, our Gaelic games podcast; long-form soccer interviews on The Football Family; Really Into Years, where Gavin Cooney and Seamas O’Reilly recall our sporting history as well as How To Win At Dominoes, the show where Shane Keegan interrogates our sharpest coaching minds.
• Guaranteed entry to our monthly draw where we’ll give away great sporting prizes including trips, match tickets and memorabilia.
• Priority ticket access and preferred seating at our live events.
• Inside The Newsroom newsletters with our editorial team’s thoughts on the stories we’ve been working on and how we tackled the big events of the month.
• Insiders’ Newsletters with regular insights from our staff direct to your inbox throughout the week.
• Entry to lively member-only Whatsapp groups.
• A welcome pack on sign-up as a thank you for supporting us.
• A 20% discount off merchandise, tickets and books in The42 Shop

* Membership payments are debited either monthly or annually in accordance with your chosen plan. You may cancel your plan at any time, and access will cease at the end of that billing cycle.