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The Rugby Odds — Season 6, Episode 31
NEW YORK, NY – Some serious hardware is being bandied about in Bordeaux and Montpellier, and deservedly so. But there’s no time for hangovers, and our star-pocked panel has lots to weigh in on and predict in all in 25 minutes.
THE PANEL:
John Bradshaw Layfield: #WWE legend & passionate rugby advocate
George Hook: Fearless Irish pundit with zero filter
Mike Friday: 3X Olympic 7s coach and tactical mastermind
King Gift Egbelu: Inventor of Words and rugby evangelist
Matt McCarthy: Heroic host holding it together. Sort of.
WATCH ON ANY DEVICE:
WHAT’S INSIDE & WHEN
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
05:25: 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
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AND DON’T MISS… MLR Weekly:
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!
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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 $ WHEN:
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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