CHICAGO, IL- There's a lot to unfold re the Chicago Hounds MLR Championship and perfect season. Helping with the task are Chicago GM Will Magie and star prop Charlie Abel. Each chat with host Matt McCarthy, who witnessed it in person.

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•☕️ Rugby Morning's John Fitzpatrick & 3X RWC #9 Mike Petri, MLR commentator Ben Holden

🧭 WHAT'S INSIDE

🎥 Rugby's Best Recap

🎥 Power Pundit Prognostications

•Last Week's Last Licks

•Prognosticators' Prognostications

Featured Guest: GM Will Magie

Featured Guest: Charlie Abel

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 35

📍 NEW YORK, NY - With so much at stake in terms of championships and global rankings, our eclectic ensemble digs in over 25 minutes of mayhem, analysis and wit (that's arguable).

🎙️ THE PANEL

💥 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby advocate

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3× Olympic 7s coach & Harlequins fan 🤔

☘️ George Hook – Ireland’s most unfiltered voice

🔥 King Gift Egbelu – Inventor of Words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – The host

⏱️ WHAT'S INSIDE:

📈 Records 13-15

👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Layfield stays hot

• Leinster doesn't choke

• Canes fool us all!

• Saints on brink of dynasty

• Chicago's perfect season

• Pro rugby divided by "who cares, when?"

• Invincible Toulouse

• What is the best pro league?

🏆 Player of the Week

Nominees:

• Ruben "Show Me The" Love

• Cheslin Kolbe

•"Ginger Ninja" George Hendy

💪 Grown A$$ Man

Nominees:

• Jack Willis

• Billy Vunipola

• Jack Conan

☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Leinster's win means what for URC & RWC 2027

Predictions:

Top14 Final

Nations Cup

RWC U-20s

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with Chicago Hounds' GM Will Magie & star prop, Charlie Abel

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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QUINCY, MA - You'd think we'd be reporting from Chicago, where the hot host Hounds will be facing off against the clicking California in the Major League Rugby Championship. BUT... New England is the reigning champion - for now - and MLR Weeky seized the chance to chat with Free Jacks owner Errik Anderson. In a spot he's not accustomed to, Anderson opens up re some awkward moments with host Matt McCarthy, and what's listed below.

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•☕️ Rugby Morning's John Fitzpatrick & Fantasy Ruckers' Ryan Ye join McCarthy

🧭 WHAT'S INSIDE

🎥 00:53: Rugby's Best Recap

🎥 02:57: Power Pundit Prognostications

•Last Week's Last Licks

•Prognosticators' Prognostications

🎥 11:12: Predictions from The Rugby Odds

🎥 12:13: Featured Guest: Errik Anderson, New England Owner

•Not 4-peating

• Not making the playoffs

•International players

•Changes in the league structure

•Franchise model at lesser costs

•What to expect in 2027

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 34

📍 NEW YORK, NY - Playoff rugby is everywhere this weekend and our eclectic panelist get to all of it in just in 25 minutes.

🎙️ THE PANEL

💥 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby advocate

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3× Olympic 7s coach & Harlequins fan 🤔

☘️ George Hook – Ireland’s most unfiltered voice

🔥 King Gift Egbelu – Inventor of Words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – The host

⏱️ WHAT'S INSIDE & WHEN

01:10: 📈 Records 22-14

•Gallivanting Guests

01:52: 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Pau's Unlucky 13

• Bulls to strong up front for paper thin Leinster front row?

• Chicago's mercurial Hounds

• Premiership & Super Rugby Chiefs to win, respectively?

• Toulouse to dominate?

• Man-crushes on Referees?

05:18: 🏆 Player of the Week

Nominees:

• Romain Briatte

• Harvey Skinner

•Tom Litchfield

06:54: 💪 Grown A$$ Man

Nominees:

• Ethan Burger

• Henry Pollock

• Greg Fisilau

09:43: ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Spain Getting Shafted

Playoffs' Predictions:

18:36: URC final

20:53: Premiership final

22:01: MLR final

24:17: Super Rugby final

25:43: Top14 semis

26:57 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with New England owner Errik Anderson

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 33

📍 NEW YORK, NY - From a championship in Japan, to playoffs in the URC & Super Rugby, to the final week of the MLR, and postseason details in the Premiership, there's a lot to cover. Our star-spangled panel gets to just enough of it in just in 25 minutes.

🎙️ THE PANEL

💥 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby advocate

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3× Olympic 7s coach & Harlequins fan 🤔

☘️ George Hook – Ireland’s most unfiltered voice

🔥 King Gift Egbelu – Inventor of Words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – The host

⏱️ WHAT'S INSIDE & WHEN

00:52: 📈 Records 28-13-4

•The King's booty!

01:36: 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

Sinking Saracens

• Kobe Steelers hold off Kubota Spears

• No 4-Peat for New England

• Stomers fatal fashion choice

• Glasgow Gags!

05:08: 🏆 Player of the Week

Nominees:

• Damien McKenzie

• Henry Slade

•Jamison Gibson-Park

•Handre Pollard?!

07:40: 💪 Grown A$$ Man

Nominees:

• Ethan Blackadder

• Johan Grobbelaar

• Thomas Du Toit

09:36: ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• The Confounded French!

• Bordeaux & Toulon bounced!

Playoffs' Predictions:

17:43: URC final

17:44: Premiership semis

19:52: MLR semis

23:19: Super Rugby semis

25:35: Top14 quarters

27:28 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with Old Glory, DC owner Paul Sheehy

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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WASHINGTON, DC - Many of us are still twitching after the pressure-packed final weekend of Major League Rugby's regular season. Nobody was more stressed than than Old Glory, DC owner Paul Sheehy, this week's featured guest. Mr.Sheehy talks about the stress and what's listed below with MLR Weekly host Matt McCarthy.

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•☕️ Rugby Morning's John Fitzpatrick & MLR Voice Joey Lindtrom join McCarthy

🧭 WHAT'S INSIDE

🎥 00:53: Rugby's Best Recap

🎥 03:36: Power Pundit Prognostications

•Last Week's Last Licks

•Prognosticators' Prognostications

🎥 18:22: Featured Guest: Paul Sheehy, Old Glory Owner

•His team's roller-coaster season

• Supporting $$$ USA Men & Women

•Thrill of USA 7s resurgence

•Frustrations re Old Glory's historical success

•Will there be a MLR 2027

•How many teams in 2027

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 32

📍 NEW YORK, NY - From a championship in Japan, to playoffs in the URC & Super Rugby, to the final week of the MLR, and postseason details in the Premiership, there's a lot to cover. Our star-spangled panel gets to just enough of it in just in 25 minutes.

🎙️ THE PANEL

💥 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby advocate

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3× Olympic 7s coach & Harlequins fan 🤔

☘️ George Hook – Ireland’s most unfiltered voice

🔥 King Gift Egbelu – Inventor of Words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – The host

⏱️ WHAT'S INSIDE

00:50: 📈 Records

•Somebody went 8-2

01:48: 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Sacha FM injury

• 7s in Spain

• Irish teams overrated?

• Sale Sharks suck

• Old Glory ALMOST beat Chicago

005:25: 🏆 Player of the Week Nominees

• Paddy Ryan

• Fin Smith

• Embrose Papier

06:41: 💪 Grown A$$ Man Nominees

• Christian Lio-Willie

• Jack Dempsey

• Seuseu Naitoa Ah Kuoi

08:48: ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Fake Grass vs Injury

Predictions:

15:26: URC semi-finals

17:44: Premiership

19:52 MLR

23:19: Super Rugby Qualifiers

23:56: Japan Rugby League One Final

25:35: Top14

26:14 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with Chicago Head Coach Chris Latham

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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CHICAGO, IL - Hard to believe but it's the final week of the regular season. Crazy, we know. Crazier still, the three bottom teams are still alive in the playoff hunt and the Chicago Hounds have a chance to go undefeated. With that, MLR Weekly welcomes Chicago Head Coach Chris Latham, the Wallabies legend in. Coach Latham talks about the pressures of being on top, honesty in the clubhouse and host Matt McCarthy continuously picking against his team!

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•☕️ Rugby Morning's John Fitzpatrick & Sunday Night Rugby host Will Hooley, MLR Voice Ben Holden join McCarthy

-A welcomed pit-stop at the W.E.R. match between NY and Denver

🧭 WHAT'S INSIDE

🎥 00:54: Rugby's Best Recap

🎥 03:27: Power Pundit Prognostications

•Last Week's Last Licks

•Prognosticators' Prognostications

🎥 15:18: MLR picks from The Rugby Odds

🎥 15:56: Sheila Decker of the Denver Onyx post-match after beating the NY Exiles

🎥 16:58: Featured Chicago Head Coach Chris Latham

•Having everyone gunning for you

•Being the 2nd leading try scorer in Wallabies' history

•Honesty & Respect

•Talking to today's players in comparison to how his coaches handled him

•Resting players vs playing them

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The Rugby Odds: What France DOESN'T have, Irish Flops, URC 1/4s, JRLO semis, Spain7s, Big Opinions by Matt McCarthy

🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 31

The Rugby Odds: What France DOESN'T have, Irish Flops, URC 1/4s, JRLO semis, Spain7s, Big Opinions

📍 NEW YORK, NY - Some serious hardware is being bandied about in Bordeaux and Montpellier, and deservedly so. And the URC and Japan Rugby League One Champions Cup and some really juiced Toshiba Brave Lupus fans, our extraordinarily eclectic panel of personalities makes sense of it all in 25 minutes.

🎙️ THE PANEL

💥 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby advocate

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3× Olympic 7s coach & Harlequins fan 🤔

☘️ George Hook – Ireland’s most unfiltered voice

🔥 King Gift Egbelu – Inventor of Words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – The host

⏱️ WHAT'S INSIDE & WHEN

00:51 📈 Records

•Layfield & Friday on fire

02:16 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Irish choking

• "Real" World Rankings

• Gamers getting gamed!

• SVNS in Spain

07:06 🏆 Player of the Week Nominees

• Cheslin Kolbe

• Josh Moorby

• Mazime Lucu

• Mattheiu Jalibert

08:57: 💪 Grown A$$ Man Nominees

• Yoram Moefana

• Leicester Fainga’anuku

• Lenni Nouchi

11:11 ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• What France Doesn't Have

• The '95 RWC food poisining

Predictions:

18:45: URC quarter-finals

19:36: Premiership

20:34: MLR

24:02: 🌎 Super Rugby

25:08: Japan Rugby League One

26:28: Top14

27:15: 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with California Legion Captain, Jason Damm.

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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