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

Season 6 Episode 3

NEW YORK, NY - The Rugby Odds,  with its animated opinions, questionable behavior, solid insight, and utter nonsense, has critics calling it, "Irreverent but necessary!"

The star-studded panel of know-it-alls, includes:
John Bradshaw Layfield (#WWE legend and rugby loyalist)
George Hook (Irish pundit with no filter)
Mike Friday (3X Olympic 7s coach)
King Gift Egbelu (Inventor of  Words)
Matt McCarthy

WHAT'S INSIDE:
-TRC at Twickenham
-Tindall's R360 Reality Check
-Mike Friday: Bath Prem's Best
-Prendergast Woes
-Top14 Heavyweights
-NPC Playoffs
-George Hook: "USA should Bring me back!"
-Player of the Week: 3 Choices, 1 winner
-Grown A$$ [Wo]Man
-Great Picks/Predictions

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The Rugby Odds: R 360 Reality Check, Bath Prem's Best, NPC Playoffs, Prendergast, Top14, Picks

NEW YORK – Major League Rugby came out with a statement following last week's Owners' Meetings and MLR Weekly goes behind the curtain to unravel the known unknown. It also dives into the problematic College Rugby landscapes in the USA and Canada, while coming up with some outside-the-box ideas.

🎖️ALSO INCLUDED: 
Rugby Morning’s John Fitzpatrick and Americas Rugby News’ Bryan Ray.
The College Rugby Corner, with Pat Clifton of the College Rugby Show.
-Cameos by players from Sam Houston State, Texas State & University at Buffalo
-A Hollywood show around a pro rugby team?

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MLR Weekly: New Developments, Fixing USA/Canada's College Game, Hollywood & Rugby? College Corner

CHICAGO, IL - With the All Blacks and Ireland already arriving in The Windy City in preparation for their Soldier Field rematch, MLR Weekly caught up with the man largely responsible for that - and a many global rugby sponsorships, Chris Mead, Chief Marketing Officer of Gallagher... Is the MLR in their sights? Tune in to find out. Plus, there are Major League Rugby players being signed here and abroad, so we've got that, too. 
 
🎖️ALSO INCLUDED: 
-Rugby Morning’s John Fitzpatrick and Americas Rugby News’ Bryan Ray.
-The College Rugby Corner, with Pat Clifton of the College Rugby Show.
-Interview with Bruce McLane at Iona Rugby Hall of Fame math vs Siena College Rugby

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MLR Weekly: Gallagher CMO Chris Mead, MLR Signings, College Rugby Corner, NZ v Ireland in Chi-Town

CARDIFF, WALES - What does Cardiff Rugby have to do with a MLR Weekly show? Plenty. Why? Because a band of savvy, passionate mix of Hollywood producers, businessmen and rugby professionals may have just what the sport needs: outside the box thinking with some Hollywood flare. In this case, the aforementioned want to purchase Cardiff Rugby, a storied club since 1876, rescue them from bankruptcy, see them flourish... AND script a TV series about the whole thing. One of the principals, Rhino Rugby CEO Reg Clark, speaks candidly and in-depth with host Matt McCarthy about this wild and intriguing venture.  

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

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MLR Weekly: Cardiff & Hollywood? Reg Clark of Ownership Group Speaks Candidly, College Rugby Corner

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