🏉 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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LOS ANGELES, CA - Some wild matches/results in Major League Rugby are front and center is this MLR Weekly episode, BUT... there was a major move the rocked the college rugby landscape, as UCLA announced it will be leaving the CRAA for the NCR. Head Coach Harry Bennett, former Rugby New York #10, discusses the stunning move and the new Scholar's Cup with Matt McCarthy.

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•☕️ Rugby Morning's John Fitzpatrick & MLR voice Ben Holden join McCarthy

🧭 WHAT'S INSIDE AND WHEN:

🎥 01:18: Rugby's Best Recap

🎥 04:11: Power Pundit Prognostications

•Last Week's Last Licks

•Prognosticators' Prognostications

🎥 17:13: MLR picks from The Rugby Odds

🎥 18:08: Featured Guest: UCLA's Head Coach, Harry Bennett

•Leaving the College Rugby Association of America for National Collegiate Rugby

•The Scholar's Cup

•Unifying the college landscape

•Next shoes to drop

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 30

📍 NEW YORK, NY - From a stellar Women's Six Nations, to - a lot! And it’s good. And quick. All handled by an extraordinarily eclectic panel of personalities 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

00:02 Brave Lupus fans cheer us from Japan

01:07 📈 Records

•Layfield answers: Was beating John Cena better than besting Mike Friday?

01:50 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Red Roses hold off France

• King Egbelu & his twins re Siya Kolisi

• JBL on MLR bottom-feeders

03:36 🏆 Player of the Week Nominees

• Ellie Kildunne

• George Hendy

• George Horne

0625 💪 Grown A$$ Man Nominees

• Joe McCarthy

• Carlo Tizzano

• Nick Timoney

08:50 ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Women's Six Nations

• George wrong on ball size?

Predictions:

16:34: Champions Cup - Leinster v Bordeaux

18:46: Challenge Cup - Montpellier vs Ulster

20:00: Major League Rugby

25:33 🌎 Super Rugby, Japan Rugby League One

27:14: 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with UCLA Head Coach Harry Bennett re HUGE announcement the Bruins are jumping ships in College Rugby.

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 29

📍 NEW YORK, NY - Lots of stellar rugby, and dramatic subplots, covered by and extraordinarily eclectic 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

01:05 📈 Records

•Somebody's smokin' hot!

02:26 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• Super Rugby disparity makes no sense

• King Egbelu vacating his throw/leaving the show

• Saracens still punching

• Play them or rest them?! Bordeaux & others face dilemma

• Hideous yellow uniforms mean losses

07:32 🏆 Player of the Week Nominees

• Sacha Feinberg-Mgomezulu

• Marlie Packer

• Jamie Benson

09:29 💪 Grown A$$ Man Nominees

• Josh Iosefa-Scott

• Jac Morgan

• Leicester Faingaʻanuku

12:20 ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Connacht in

• Munster out

Predictions:

18:21: Women's Six Nations

19:26: URC, MLR

24:38: 🌎 Premiership, Super Rugby Top14

26:37: 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with New England's returning masher, Andrew Quattrin.

LINK: https://youtu.be/l3IowXT28Co?si=_Hfg7LMPGD8SKapo

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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QUINCY, MA - There's a bit of a rumbling noise coming out of that little Major League Rugby town just outside Boston. Our intel tells us it's coming from Free Jacks HQ, as the heretofore struggling reigning champs are starting to stir. AND - they've got some REALLY GOOD players coming in to join the surge. One such player is MLR Weekly's favorite prodigal son, Andrew "Q-Train" Quattrin, who is back from the French D2. "Q" talks all about the journey and return - and who'll they will be playing in the final - with host Matt McCarthy

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•Former Eagles Alycia Washington and Nate Augspurger join McCarthy

-☕️ Rugby Morning's Coffee Break with John Fitzpatrick

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🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 28

📍 NEW YORK, NY - Lots of stellar rugby, and dramatic subplots, covered by and extraordinarily eclectic 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

00:58 📈 Records

•Someone shined!

01:44 👀 What Caught Your Eye?

• More Bath vs Ref fallout

• Bordeaux's excellence

• HOLY MOLIE French TV crew

• MLR Ref Review

• Calendar Catastrophe

06:12 🏆 Player of the Week Nominees

• Maxime Lucu

• Mattheu Jalibert

• Caelan Doris

09:05 💪 Grown A$$ Man Nominees

• Juarno Augustus

• Miheil Shioshvilli

• Fraser McReight

12:46 ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook

• Leinster Leo's Loose Lips

• Ulster in a final!

Predictions:

16:53 URC, Prem, MLR

23:33 🌎 Super Rugby, Top14 JRLO

26:27: 💥 Picks of the Week

🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with Seattle Seawolves' Captain Riekert Haddingh.

LINK: https://youtu.be/r5aSar9pgzM?si=u4jcblFUWjaVOYrR

🎵 Music by Mateo Messina

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SEATTLE, WA - There is but one player in Major League Rugby that has been with just one team since the league's inception. This individual, through all the bumps and bruises has also earned 100 caps as a Captain. Simply remarkable. Who is the super human? It's none other than MLR Weekly's featured guest, Riekert Haddingh of the Seattle Seawolves. Astonishingly, he's achieved this remarkable milestone playing in the trenches as a backrow beast. BUT... what is the one thing that has escaped his grasp in the MLR? Host Matt McCarthy peels back the curtain to find out.

ALSO FEATURED:

-💪 Power Pundit Prognosticators:

•Former Eagle turned Sunday Night Rugby commentator Will Hooley & MLR voice Ben Holden.

-☕️ Rugby Morning's Coffee Break with John Fitzpatrick

WHAT'S INSIDE AND WHEN:

🧭

01:08: Rugby's Best Recap

🎥 02:36 Coffee Break

•Cal vs Navy: CRAA Championship results

•WER back in action with Meghan Trainor!

🎥 05:59: Power Pundit Prognostications

•Holden, Hooley, McCarthy

•Last Week's Last Licks

•Prognosticators' Prognostications

🎥 20:18: MLR picks from The Rugby Odds

🎥 21:04: Featured Guest: Seattle's Iron Man, Riekert Haddingh

•From backrow to backline?

•Playing Stormers in Cape Town a negative?

•Life after rugby

•Drive to win another MLR Shield.

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