RTÉ Soccer Podcast: Kenny Cunningham previews Ukraine vs Ireland and the U21s' Italian job

On this Monday's RTÉ Soccer Podcast, former Ireland defender Kenny Cunningham and RTÉ Sport online's Ed Leahy join Raf Diallo and Anthony Pyne from Lodz, Poland to preview Ireland's UEFA Nations League clash against Ukraine.

Kenny discusses the key reasons for the improvement against Scotland and how Stephen Kenny can unlock even more potential from the tweaks made to the system.

Kenny also looks ahead to the U21s' potentially historic trip to Italy with an automatic qualification place for the European Championships on the line in Ascoli.

Raf and Anthony also review the Women's National League results as the title race tightens up suddenly and matters off the field for Bray Wanderers in the wake of fan disturbances in the match at Longford Town.

The podcast will return on Wednesday will a full review of both the Ireland senior and U21s games which will be live back-to-back on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 4pm on Tuesday.

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Follow Italy U21s v Republic of Ireland U21s (Tuesday, 5pm) via our live blog on rte.ie/sport or on the RTÉ News app. Watch live coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player commencing at 4.30pm

Follow Ukraine v Republic of Ireland (Tuesday, 7.45pm) via our live blog on rte.ie/sport or on the RTÉ News app. Watch live coverage on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player commencing at 7pm with radio commentary on Game On 2fm.