🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 38

NEW YORK, NY - The Nations Cup and World Rugby Nations Cup seen both the predictable and unbelievable. Our eclectic expert panel is fully engaged and poses/answers questions like:

Can Australia play complete games like Scotland?

Can anyone match the Springboks physicality?

Are the French kidding with their depth of play-makers?

In just 25 minutes, you'll get answers, opinions and predictions, along with exclusive highlights and pundit slap-fight or two.

The Panel/Ensemble:

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

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3x Olympic 7s coach

☘️ George Hook – Filter-free Irish legend

🔥 King Gift Egbelu – “Inventor of Words”

🔔 Proxy Zach Lanning

🎙️ Matt McCarthy – Harried host

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🎙️ THE ECLECTIC ENSEMBLE

🏆 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby champion

☘️ George Hook – Ireland's fearless pundit with absolutely no filter

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3-time Olympic 7s coach & tactical mastermind

🌍 King Gift Egbelu – Rugby evangelist & inventor of... words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – Host desperately trying to keep the train on the tracks

🔥 THIS WEEK'S SHOW

Panel Record: 14-6

👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Awful Welsh singing

• Scotland better than England

• Zimbabwe fans

• The Beastly Boks roll on

• Scottish schoolboys stun the Pumas

• Instant rugby classics

⭐ Player of the Week

Who deserves the honors?

•Will Jordan

•Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang

•Sione Tuipulotu

💪 Grown A$$ Man

The toughest of the tough:

•Fraser McReight

•Scott Cummings

•Corey Daniel

📰 Headlines with George Hook

Fixes for Nations Cup

Tango in Buenos Aeres

Scotland's grit

🔮 Predictions

🏆 Nations Cup

🏆 World Rugby Nations Cup

🏆 World Rugby U20 Championship

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LAKE TAHOE, CA - The World Rugby Nations Cup is littered with MLR stars, mostly on Team USA. With that, MLR Weekly host Matt McCarthy talked all things Major League Rugby and USA Rugby with American rugby legend, Lou Stanfill (3 Rugby World Cups, San Diego Legion, who "summers in Tahoe"), and rising USAR & MLR Anthem star Julian Roberts. Two completely different players, with a life-long bond.

🎥 Featured Guest: GM Lou Stanfill

🎥 Featured Guest: Julian Roberts

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS | Season 6, Episode 37 | Rugby Chaos, Big Hits & Bold Predictions

NEW YORK, NY – Championships, rankings, pride... and plenty of opinions are on the line as our delightfully unpredictable panel tears through the biggest stories in world rugby. In just 25 minutes, you'll get sharp analysis, questionable humor, and fearless takes you won't hear anywhere else.

🎙️ THE ECLECTIC ENSEMBLE

🏆 John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby champion

☘️ George Hook – Ireland's fearless pundit with absolutely no filter

🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3-time Olympic 7s coach & tactical mastermind

🌍 King Gift Egbelu – Rugby evangelist & inventor of... words

🎤 Matt McCarthy – Host desperately trying to keep the train on the tracks

🔥 THIS WEEK'S SHOW

Panel Record: 13-3

👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• An Englishman playing like a Springbok?

• Fijian madness strikes again

• USA vs. Portugal draws a big crowd

• The Beastly Boks roll on

• Scottish schoolboys stun the Pumas

• Instant rugby classics

⭐ Player of the Week

Who deserves the honors?

•Chris Hilsenbeck

•Cam Roigard

•Kyle Rowe

💪 Grown A$$ Man

The toughest of the tough:

•George Martin

•Jack Conan

•Malcolm Marx

•Pita Gus Sowakula

📰 Headlines with George Hook

A different take on the Nations Cup

Wait... George has kind words for Joe Schmidt?!

George weighs in on Trump & FIFA

🔮 Predictions

🏆 Nations Cup

🏆 Nations Cup 2nd Tier

🏆 World Rugby U20 Championship

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DENVER, CO - After USA Rugby's tension-packed win over Portugal in the [World] Nations Cup, star prop Jack Iscaro talks about the victory and adjusting from Old Glory, DC in the MLR to Stade Francais in the France's Top 14.

ALSO FEATURED:

• Rugby Morning's ☕️ John Fitzpatrick

•🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🏉Cam Moody re the 52nd Can-Am Rugby tournament later this month.

🎥 Featured Guest: GM Cam Moody

🎥 Featured Guest: Jack Iscaro

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Season 6 Episode 36

Our "odd" and eclectic - yet surprisingly knowledgeable panel - gets you around the globe and back in just 24 minutes, giving you top-shelf talking points around the water cooler, keg, on the pitch or at the pub.

🎙️ 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 0-4

👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Soccer World Cup?

• U-20s

• Hollywood ending for George North

• Antoine Dupont's withdrawal

• South Africa vs England

• Ireland as underdogs to Australia?!

• All Blacks vs Les Blues

🏆 Player of the Week

Nominees:

• Simon Pfister

• Marlie Packer

•Carwyn Leggatt-Jones

💪 Grown A$$ Man

Nominees:

• Jack Willis

• Peota Mauvaka

• George North

☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Is the Nations Cup a good thing?

• USA v Portugal

Predictions:

Nations Cup

Nations Cup 2nd Tier

RWC U-20s

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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