The Rugby Odds, Season 5, Episode 22

NEW YORK, NY - Featuring an All-Star panel of #WWE Hall of Famer/Rugby-Advocate John Bradshaw Layfield, Irish legend George Hook, world class coach Mike Friday, King Gift Egbelu & host Matt "Money" McCarthy.

INCLUDED
Picks: 18-17-1
Foul Play Hurt Dupont?
Eliot Daly or Marcus Smith?
Blair Murray Try Scandal
Tale of Two Scotlands
King Egbelu Gets A Brazilian
Crowley vs Prendergast
Fijian Drua SHOCK Chiefs
Moana Pasifika STUN Hurricanes
Grown A$$ Man
Player of the Week
Picks/Predictions

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The Rugby Odds: Foul Play re Dupont, Daly Over Smith, MLR Surprises, Super Rugby Epics, URC, Picks

QUINCY, MA - We watched the latest round of Major League Rugby through green-colored glasses, as teams paid homage to St. Patrick. Indeed, the luck of the Irish was needed by two home teams, particularly New England. Indeed, star-in-the-making - Free Jacks' flanker Jed Melvin - was the beneficiary of luck and hard work, soaring over the whitewash at death for a "walk-off" try. The affable J-Melv talks about that exhilarating moment, his 60 meter back-breaker vs LA, the crowded FJ's back row, the new coaching system and more on this MLR Weekly, hosted by Matt McCarthy.   

INCLUDED in the 24 minutes:
-John Fitzpatrick of Rugby Morning
-Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News
-Exclusive Highlights
-TRN Play of the Week
-Picks of the Week by The Rugby Odds
-Analysis & Predictions

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MLR Weekly: New England's Budding Star Jed Melvin, Rugby's Best Recap, Opinion, Highlights, Picks

HOUSTON, TX - With Major League Rugby teams fighting to make the playoffs already, every missed tackle, dropped ball, missed kick, and trip to the Sin Bin have have consequences. Some sides are better at handling adversity than others. The Houston SaberCats are one such squad. And star Emmanuel Albert, the #2 pick in the 2021 MLR Draft, is part of their success story... Meanwhile, WER (Women's Elite Rugby) star Rachel Ehrecke has her own story to tell, with the brand-new Denver Onyx. Both players share their journeys with host Matt McCarthy.   

INCLUDED:
-John Fitzpatrick of Rugby Morning
-Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News
-Exclusive Highlights
-TRN Play of the Week
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-Analysis & Predictions

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MLR Weekly: Houston Star Emmanuel Albert, WER Star Rachel Ehrecke + MLR Opinion, Recap, Picks

LOS ANGELES, CA - The MLR Weekly staff has a flat-out crush on Rugby Football Club Los Angeles' prop, Declan Leaney. He's a blue collar, lunch-pail prop worthy of your attention, and we have him on. Also, from the W.E.R., we have Boston Banshee star Emily Henrich, the USA Rugby legend that also spends time with the Leicester Tigers. Check out the interviews with host Matt McCarthy. Show's total run time: 24 minutes.

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-Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News
-Exclusive Highlights
-TRN Play of the Week
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MLR Weekly: L.A.Hero Declan Leaney, Boston Banshee Emily Henrich, Highlights, Opinion, Recap, Picks

The Rugby Odds, Season 5, Episode 25

NEW YORK, NY - Featuring an All-Star panel of #WWE Hall of Famer/Rugby-Advocate John Bradshaw Layfield, Irish legend George Hook, world class coach Mike Friday, King Gift Egbelu & host Matt "Money" McCarthy.

INCLUDED:
RECORD 43-33
Crowley O’Gara-d O’Gara!
Tigers & Saracens Allow 134 Points
The King vs “Did Nothing” Dupont
LA Wins 4th Straight
Crusaders Bite Back
Toulon Host Toulouse 
Headlines With Hook
DC Slams Seattle
Grown A$$ Man
Leany, Harley 
Conradie, Casey, Hastings
Player of the Week

AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT... The new MLR Weekly with L.A.'s blue collar hero Declan Leaney and Boston Banshee star Emily Henrich. 

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The Rugby Odds: Champions Cup Drama, MLR & Super Rugby Sizzle, Highlights, Picks, Strong Opinions

NEW ORLEANS, LA - The stunning news that the NOLA Gold will not be partaking in Major League Rugby's 2026 season and the  LA/SD merger was enough to yank us from our vacation, and see host Matt McCarthy dust off his soapbox for a rare editorial. Following that, this Special Edition of MLR weekly features USA rugby CEO Bill Goren, plus Can-Am Rugby director Cam Moody re another spectacular tournament, along with exclusive highlights and some key cameos.  Thanks to the men's champion East Side Hyenas for back-dropping our thumbnail this week.

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MLR Weekly: NOLA Out! Miami? URC/R360 & USA? USA Rugby CEO Bill Goren, Can-Ams Cam Moody, Highlights

NEW YORK, NY - The Rugby Odds: Stellar MLR Championship, Top14 Epic,  Hook's Top Lions Captain & #10 Opinion, Picks

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:

✅ British & Irish Lions Tour: 
-Best Player
-Toughest Player
✅ George Hook: Did Andy and Owen Farrell tarnish the British & Irish Lions legacy?

Predictions for:
🏉 URC
🏉 Premiership
🇫🇷 Top 14

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The Rugby Odds: Farrells Tarnish Lions? MLR Strife, WRWC, URC, Prem & Top14 Predictions, NPC Picks

NEW YORK, NY - The winds of change are still bustling through Major League Rugby front offices, and though more change may be upon us, we carry on with business as usual. With that, this MLR Weekly features Houston SaberCats' wunderkind sensation, Seth Smith, who'll be entering his 3rd season at the ripe old age of 20. Smith talks about his intriguing and Hollywood-esque story with host Matt McCarthy.

Also featured is the impressive Alycia Washington, a 26-time USA Eagle, who is now Director of Rugby at the NCR (National Collegiate Rugby). Washington shares her views re the College Rugby landscape, needs, and potential for sponsors and partners.

Ending with flair, Elite Rugby exec/coach Steve Lewis fully recaps the National Club 7s, before continuing on his mission to improve rugby in places like Nigeria, Guyana, Costa Rica and... the Rugby Town 7s.
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MLR Weekly: Houston Wunderkind Seth Smith, NCR Exec Alycia Washington, Steve Lewis re All Things 7s

MEMPHIS, TN - This is, without question, one of our most important shows under the Rugby Wrap Up umbrella... EVER. Indeed, this MLR Weekly deals with the actual changing of lives through rugby. Shane Young, after helping build Memphis Inner City Rugby (MICR) into the life-altering juggernaut that it is, is taking the successful MICR template, a "how-to" program for inner-cities across the USA, to Florida. His new challenge is with Urban Rugby America. 

Here are some the amazing things they've accomplished: 
-America's first poverty-fighting youth rugby initiative 
-Disrupting poverty and cultivating economic upward mobility 
-Closing academic deficits and expanding opportunity 
-Trauma informed coaching model for healing and social-emotional growth

You will want to hear/see him speak. It ain't lip-service.

ALSO: Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News is back from his Northwest Territory walkabout to weigh in on:
-Women's Rugby World Cup
-MLR Draft
-Pacific Nations Cup

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MLR Weekly: Shane Young - Changing Lives w/ Rugby. Bryan Ray re WRWC, MLR Draft, Pacific Nations Cup

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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The Rugby Odds: World Cup Drama, NZ vs SA, AUS v ARG, Smaller Ball for Women?! Pacific Nations Cup

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