MLR Kickoff

MLR Kickoff

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MLR Kickoff episodes

  • EP 64: New England Evolves for Season 4 Ft. Alex Magleby, Tera Mtembu, Ryan Martin

    After examining their outcomes from their shortened inaugural season. New England went into a deep evaluation and made the decision to evolve into season four as part of their growth process. CEO Alex Magelby joins the show to provide an exclusive inside look at that process and the decisions they've made to this point with hiring Ryan Martin away from Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup. He also discussed adding Tera Mtembu from the Sharks in Super Rugby.


    Tera Mtembu joins the show to discuss his decision to head to Major League Rugby and the Free Jacks, he shares that the process was always about returning to the US from having played in the Las Vegas 7s.


    Ryan Martin, having coached at almost every level in New Zealand shares his coaching experiences and methodology, what his favorite phase was, and how he was wearing a Chicago Bulls hat in his first interview for the New England role.


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    1 hr 8 min
  • EP 63: Chris Robshaw hits the San Diego Beaches, Hawai'i Makes a Bid for MLR
    Chris Robshaw joins the show to chat with Dan and Pete about the ongoing preparations to resume his final season with Harlequins. He then discusses why he's chosen to join the San Diego Legion. Pete breaks down the expansion process after it was announced the Kanaloa Hawaii Group have attain exclusive negotiating rights to the Hawai'i market. Then we go around the grounds recapping MLR signings and extensions. Stacy Paetz joins the show to share her rugby journey as a broadcaster over the past three seasons.

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    1 hr 6 min
  • EP 62: MLR Draft Recap Ft Elaine Vassie, Tim O'Brien, Conner Mooneyham
    Following the inaugural Major League Rugby Draft Dan and Pete sit down to discuss how the teams did. They dig in chatting with Dallas Assistant GM and Attack Coach Elaine Vassie from the expansion perspective. Then Dan chats with longtime friend Tim O'Brien, the head coach of St Mary's college about his draftees in Derek Ellingson and Aaron Matthews and also Undrafted Free Agent signing Tom Brusati. Then we drop in on number one overall Conner Mooneyham and 24th overall pick Cole Zarcone.

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    1 hr 14 min
  • EP 61: Eve of the Major League Rugby Draft Ft Ryan Fitzgerald and Brandon Sparks
    Dan and Pete do a deep dive into the inaugural MLR draft. They chat with NOLA Gold GM Ryan Fitzgerald and Utah Director of Rugby Brandon Sparks delving into the process of a draft when it comes to evaluating talent and team acquisition processes. Then they give you their top five players in the draft and two dark horses.

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    1 hr
  • EP 60: Major League Rugby Draft Overview, how it works!
    Dan and Pete are back and ready to give you the overview of the Major League Rugby Draft. The structure behind it and how it focuses teams on developing American talent. Two trades have already been executed for the inaugural draft.

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    36 min
  • EP 59: Austin emerge victorious and San Diego is still undefeated Ft PoW Jason Robertson
    Jason Robertson stops by for a chat with Dan Power and Marc Stcherbina about his journey to Old Glory DC and the first five weeks of the MLR season. Dan and Marc then dig into the fifth week of the season with only San Diego remaining unbeaten as Toronto fell to Colorado. The Austin Gilgronis won their first match in 22 months in their defeat of the Houston SaberCats.

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    51 min
  • EP 57: Only Two Remain Unbeaten Ft. PoW Sam Malcolm
    Sam Malcolm stops by the show for a chat with Pete after going perfect from the tee in Seattle scoring 24 of Toronto's 39 points. Dan and Pete round up the league as the Eastern Conference has dominated the West 8-2 through the first three weeks of the season 3.Photo Credit: Norma Salinas

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    1 hr 12 min
  • EP 56: The Beast arrives in time for Old Glory, Ft MLR POW Troy Lockyear
    Troy Lockyear earned Player of the Week selection on his MLR debut, he stops to chat with Dan and Pete about his path to collegiate Rugby in the US and then to New York. It was a Wild week in MLR that saw the Beast settle down Old Glory's set piece to defeat the Seattle Seawolves in Old Glory's sold out home opener.Photo Credit: Cool Rugby Photos

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    1 hr 11 min
  • EP 55: Free Jacks Stun New York at Kickoff, Ft POW Cam Dolan
    With a wild week one of the Major League Rugby Season, New England Stun New York. The Champions fall to the Legion, the Gold let the good times roll. Cam Dolan stops by to chat about the Rugby World Cup, his career, and where Major League Rugby is headed.Photo Credit: Craig Boudreaux

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    1 hr 2 min

About MLR Kickoff

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Welcome to Major League Rugby Kickoff . The official podcast of Major League Rugby hosted by Dan Power and Pete Steinberg. Bringing breaking news, exclusive guests, and high level analysis every…