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LOS ANGELES, CA — Wild results across Major League Rugby take center stage in this week’s MLR Weekly… BUT the biggest story may be happening off the pitch as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has officially announced it will leave the College Rugby Association of America (CRAA) for National Collegiate Rugby (NCR), sending shockwaves through the college rugby landscape.
ALSO FEATURED:
-Power Pundit Prognosticators:
•Rugby Morning’s John Fitzpatrick & MLR commentator Ben Holden
WATCH ON ANY DEVICE:
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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AND DON’T MISS the critically acclaimed The Rugby Odds!
NEW YORK, NY – From a stellar Women’s Six Nations, to the 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: #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
00:02 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
06:25 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
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