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NEW YORK, NY - In this week’s episode of The Rugby Odds, host Matt McCarthy is joined by:

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

🇮🇪 George Hook – Irish rugby legend

🧠 Mike Friday – Head Coach of USA Rugby Sevens

👑 King Gift Egbelu – Global game guru/Inventor of Words

🔥 What’s Inside:

✅ JBL returns with a bang!

✅ RWC DId Mike Friday persuade the panel to pick Canada?!

✅ TRC: Can Pumas Survive Boks? Will NZ bounce back?

✅ URC & Prem Predictions

✅ King Egbelu's war vs France

✅ George Hook on end of NZ powerhouses

✅ NPC & Top14

✅ Grown A$$ [Wo]Man - S.A. Women's Bomb Squad???

✅ Player of the Week: 3 Choices, 1 winner

✅ Great Picks/Predictions

Be sure to check out a sizzling MLR Weekly, with USA Rugby GM/Coach Scott Lawrence

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NEW YORK, NY – One week after exploring the potential changes coming to MLR 2026, this week’s MLR Weekly 🏉 features USA Rugby Men’s 15s GM & Head Coach Scott Lawrence answering the tough questions. He tackles the team’s struggles, MLR speculation, lineup decisions, Assistant Coach Nick Easter’s comments, team culture increasing African American participation, and the relief (if any) of finally qualifying for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

📰 Book-ending Lawrence’s segment, Rugby Morning’s John Fitzpatrick and Americas Rugby News’ Bryan Ray clash with host Matt McCarthy in spirited—and sometimes awkward—debates.

🎖️ALSO INCLUDED: The College Rugby Corner, with Pat Clifton of the College Rugby Show.

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🏉 QUEBEC CITY – This MLR Weekly has some HUGE Major League Rugby rumors, the USA Men standing tall vs Samoa to qualify for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, and our host Matt McCarthy reporting from Quebec.

Featured in this week’s episode:

📰 Bryan Ray (Americas Rugby News) on #MLR2026 rumor implications re Canada and its players, a team in Vancouver, and the future of the MLR.

🎖️ John Fitzpatrick of Rugby Morning brings his usual je n'est sais quoi, MLR news and thoughts on the TRANSFORMATIVE rumors.

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NEW YORK, NY - In this week’s episode of The Rugby Odds, host Matt McCarthy is joined by:

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

🇮🇪 George Hook – Irish rugby legend

🧠 Mike Friday – Head Coach of USA Rugby Sevens

👑 King Gift Egbelu – Global game guru/Inventor of Words

🔥 What’s Inside:

✅ TRC: Can Pumas & Springboks Bite Back?

✅ RWC: Can Canada win the RWC?

✅ George Hooks calls Eddie Jones a blowhard

✅ Grown A$$ [Wo]Man - S.A. Women's Bomb Squad???

✅ Player of the Week: 3 Choices, 1 winner

✅ Great Picks/Predictions

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CYMI: The Houston SaberCats have dropped out of Major League Rugby.

🏉 NEW YORK, NY – This MLR Weekly has us chatting with the last USA Rugby Men's coach to take the team to a Rugby World Cup (2019), Gary Gold. Coach Gold weighs in on the current USA woes, the MLR and the Carolina Anthem model.

Featured in this week’s episode:

📰 Bryan Ray (Americas Rugby News) with insight on the Women’s Rugby World Cup, the USA Men, Canada’s success & the Pacific Nations Cup.

🎖️ John Fitzpatrick of Rugby Morning brings his usual wit/knowledge with MLR news and rumors.

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NEW YORK, NY - In this week’s episode of The Rugby Odds, host Matt McCarthy is joined by:

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

🇮🇪 George Hook – Irish rugby legend

🧠 Mike Friday – Head Coach of USA Rugby Sevens

👑 King Gift Egbelu – Global game guru/Inventor of Words

🔥 What’s Inside:

✅ TRC: Are Wallabies & Springboks too banged up?

✅ RWC: Will Red Roses keep their foot on the gas?

✅ Eddie Jones vs Mike Friday

✅ USA Women & Men need a miracle

✅ Hook argues for a smaller ball for women's rugby

✅ Grown A$$ [Wo]Man - S.A. Women's Bomb Squad???

✅ Player of the Week:

✅ Great Picks

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🏉 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA – This MLR Weekly found us in "The Land Down Under, where beers flows and men chunder." And why, pray-tell are we here? Aside from Oz being sensational, it's because UCLA's Will Sherman, the #1 overall pick in the 2025 Major League Rugby Draft is here, plying his craft with Randwick in the Shute Shield (use The Google). Sherman, who is "... six-foot five and full of muscles," shares his story and coming full circle in rugby with his dad.

Joining the show:

🎖️ John Fitzpatrick of Rugby Morning puts the bong down long enough to make some great points re the state of USA Rugby and the women's chances to advance.

📰 Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News with insights on the Women’s Rugby World Cup, Canada’s men loss to Eddie Jones's Japan & the Pacific Nations Cup, and the MLR Draft.

🚀 BRAND NEW: Our first College Rugby Corner, with Pat Clifton of the College Rugby Show.

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NEW YORK, NY - In this week’s episode of The Rugby Odds, host Matt McCarthy is joined by:

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

🇮🇪 George Hook – Irish rugby legend

🧠 Mike Friday – Head Coach of USA Rugby Sevens

👑 King Gift Egbelu – Global game guru/Inventor of Words

🔥 What’s Inside:

✅ TRC: Pumas Make History... TWICE

✅ RWC: Red Roses Decimate Eagles

✅ PNC: Did Taylor F'n Ardron Knock USA out of '27 World Cup?!

✅ John & Mike unleash "Proxy" Zach Lanning

✅ Hook on USA Women's Demise since 1987

✅ Grown A$$ [WO]Man - Matera, Montoya or... Hele???

✅ Player of the Week

✅ Great Picks

🎙️ Always bold, never boring — The Rugby Odds brings global rugby into focus with a mix of expert analysis and serious personality.

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🏉 NEW ORLEANS, LA – Fresh off retirement, American rugby legend Cam Dolan pulls back the curtain on his incredible journey. From picking up rugby at a high school in Naples, FL, to representing the USA on the world stage, to closing out his pro career with the NOLA Gold—Dolan has seen it all. In this episode of MLR Weekly, the 6’6” international star reflects on his career and even steps into the shoes of MLR Commissioner and USA Rugby CEO (you’ll want to hear this one).

Joining the show:

📰 Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News with insights on the Women’s Rugby World Cup, Canada’s win over the USA, the Pacific Nations Cup, and the MLR Draft.

🎖️ Ryan Fitzgerald – former U.S. Marine, ex-NOLA GM, and now Director of Rugby at Loyola University (New Orleans). He breaks down the MLR Draft (he was live on set!) and shares scholarship opportunities for student-athletes.

🚀 Thomas “Wheels” Grant kicks things off with highlights from the always-electric RugbyTown 7s.

NEW YORK, NY - In this week’s episode of The Rugby Odds, host Matt McCarthy is joined by:

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

🇮🇪 George Hook – Irish rugby legend

🧠 Mike Friday – Head Coach of USA Rugby Sevens

👑 King Gift Egbelu – Global game guru/Inventor of Words

🔥 What’s Inside:

✅ Mike Friday vs King Egbelu over England vs USA.

✅ Hook's Wallabies Conspiracy & USA Women's Demise

✅ Harry F'n Wilson

✅ Beauden Barrett

✅ Player of the Week

✅ Grown A$$ Man

🎙️ Always bold, never boring — The Rugby Odds brings global rugby into focus with a mix of expert analysis and serious personality.

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