A lot has changed in Austin since Adam Gilchrist acquired the franchise just before season three of Major League Rugby. Dan and Pete sit down with Will Magie to catch up on where things have moved since the season's cancellation, the changes that have been made, and how effective they've been. Sam Harris joins Dan Power to discuss the moving parts of solidifying the squad for season four and the identity that he will look to establish for the Gilgronis when they start pre-season. Jeff Hassler, f...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 74
As the days count down towards Christmas, more presents for Major League Rugby fans get arrayed around the Christmas Tree. Commissioner George Killebrew joins the show to reflect upon his first season at the helm of MLR. He's quite honest about what his first season was like and where he sees the growth trajectory. He discusses the decision making process to cancel the first season he led the league and also the difficulties and plans in the current environment. One thing that is not mistakable ...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Major League Rugby launched the team kits for the 2021 season, something every single fan base has been champing at the bit for. Dan and Pete examine the offering and pick their favorites. Matt Walsh, USA Manager for Paladin Sports comes on the show to discuss the process with the teams and how providing kits for Major League Rugby has shaped the grassroots business of their rugby club clientele in the US. Jonny Craenen a fan artist and massive MLR fan from Europe, talks about how he started des...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 72
MLR has launched it's league wide grassroots development program and MLR Kickoff continues it's feature of various MLR Development programs. This week Dan and Pete chat with Scott Lawrence, the Head Coach and General Manager of Rugby ATL; and Cory Hector, the Academy Director and assistant coach of Toronto Arrows. Both teams contribute what are appearing to be explicit themes across the four development programs that MLR Kickoff has featured. How to be additive to the structures currently in pla...
Nov 12, 2020•58 min•Ep. 71
Although there is an off-season, MLR teams have been hard at work deploying grassroots development programs. This is MLR Kickoff's first look at programs throughout the league with New England and Utah. Tom Kindley discusses the deployment of the Free Jacks youth academy initiative that identified 13 sub-regions for development and begun servicing these sub-regions with covid-safe training sessions. Brandon Sparks discusses launching the Warriors senior development side--the Warrior's Selects an...
Oct 22, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 70
John Layfield, or the legend JBL, is a WWE hall of fame wrestler. He has spent a career in sports entertainment first as a football player in college and in the NFL briefly with the Raiders and the World League with the San Antonio Rough Riders. He discusses how he made his way through the lower ranks of professional wrestling to become WWE's Triple Crown Champion and Grand Slam Champion before he called time on his career. He has been a Rugby philanthropist working with Memphis Inner City Rugby...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 69
Major League Rugby has announced the start date for season 4 and has laid down when the Championship Series will take place. An action packed 18 week long schedule with every team playing 16 matches. Jessamyn McIntyre, sideline presenter for the Seattle Seawolves, and all around Seattle Sports Radio legend joins the show. She discusses her broadcasting journey and the rapid process she implemented to learn the game of Rugby before calling her first match in Season 1. Then she discusses her time ...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 68
Tendai Mtawarira played his last season of professional rugby in 2020, where did he choose to play? Old Glory DC played host to the Beast for his final season. We learn that Tendai enjoyed his time playing for Old Glory and helping grow the game as an ambassador for Eagle Impact Rugby Academy. He recounts that he went to DC schools often three times per week to introduce Rugby to young children. His passion for growing the game could put him back in the US as a game ambassador again. Hosted on A...
Sep 10, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 67
The Houston SaberCats made numerous changes heading into season three of Major League Rugby. JT Onyett came on board as team president of the Texas Air Hogs. He joins the show to give an overview from the business side of a Major League Rugby Franchise and how to build an event experience that will create fans for life. Paul Healy was hired following the interim tenure of Paul Emerick. During Season 3 the team set forth installing new systems. Paul talks about that experience and his player deve...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 66
Dan and Pete sit down with Robbie Owen to discuss his journey from UPS Stockist to viral Rugby Youtube Content Creator. Pete muses that he became a Patron during the World Cup and mentions how he found out the World Rugby Commentators were sourcing their commentary from Squidge's videos. And then they get into Squidge's most recent video which is about Major League Rugby. Dani Wexelman, sideline presenter for Major League Rugby joins the show to discuss her own personal Rugby Journey that has sp...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 65
After examining their outcomes from their shortened inaugural season. New England went into a deep evaluation and made the decision to evolve into season four as part of their growth process. CEO Alex Magelby joins the show to provide an exclusive inside look at that process and the decisions they've made to this point with hiring Ryan Martin away from Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup. He also discussed adding Tera Mtembu from the Sharks in Super Rugby. Tera Mtembu joins the show to discuss his decisio...
Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 64
Chris Robshaw joins the show to chat with Dan and Pete about the ongoing preparations to resume his final season with Harlequins. He then discusses why he's chosen to join the San Diego Legion. Pete breaks down the expansion process after it was announced the Kanaloa Hawaii Group have attain exclusive negotiating rights to the Hawai'i market. Then we go around the grounds recapping MLR signings and extensions. Stacy Paetz joins the show to share her rugby journey as a broadcaster over the past t...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Following the inaugural Major League Rugby Draft Dan and Pete sit down to discuss how the teams did. They dig in chatting with Dallas Assistant GM and Attack Coach Elaine Vassie from the expansion perspective. Then Dan chats with longtime friend Tim O'Brien, the head coach of St Mary's college about his draftees in Derek Ellingson and Aaron Matthews and also Undrafted Free Agent signing Tom Brusati. Then we drop in on number one overall Conner Mooneyham and 24th overall pick Cole Zarcone. Hosted...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Dan and Pete do a deep dive into the inaugural MLR draft. They chat with NOLA Gold GM Ryan Fitzgerald and Utah Director of Rugby Brandon Sparks delving into the process of a draft when it comes to evaluating talent and team acquisition processes. Then they give you their top five players in the draft and two dark horses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 10, 2020•59 min
Dan and Pete are back and ready to give you the overview of the Major League Rugby Draft. The structure behind it and how it focuses teams on developing American talent. Two trades have already been executed for the inaugural draft. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2020•36 min
Jason Robertson stops by for a chat with Dan Power and Marc Stcherbina about his journey to Old Glory DC and the first five weeks of the MLR season. Dan and Marc then dig into the fifth week of the season with only San Diego remaining unbeaten as Toronto fell to Colorado. The Austin Gilgronis won their first match in 22 months in their defeat of the Houston SaberCats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 12, 2020•50 min
Rene Ranger stops by to chat about his career with Pete and the Raptor's season so far and his outlook ahead of the Toronto match. Dan and Pete then sit down to dig into week four of the MLR season.Photo Credit: Justin Purdy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Sam Malcolm stops by the show for a chat with Pete after going perfect from the tee in Seattle scoring 24 of Toronto's 39 points. Dan and Pete round up the league as the Eastern Conference has dominated the West 8-2 through the first three weeks of the season 3.Photo Credit: Norma Salinas Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Troy Lockyear earned Player of the Week selection on his MLR debut, he stops to chat with Dan and Pete about his path to collegiate Rugby in the US and then to New York. It was a Wild week in MLR that saw the Beast settle down Old Glory's set piece to defeat the Seattle Seawolves in Old Glory's sold out home opener.Photo Credit: Cool Rugby Photos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min
With a wild week one of the Major League Rugby Season, New England Stun New York. The Champions fall to the Legion, the Gold let the good times roll. Cam Dolan stops by to chat about the Rugby World Cup, his career, and where Major League Rugby is headed.Photo Credit: Craig Boudreaux Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min
New Major League Rugby Commissioner George Killebrew stops by for a chat with Dan and Pete on the eve of the third season of MLR. Dan and Pete take and answer your questions in addition to previewing Week 1's match ups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 06, 2020•1 hr 6 min
With the season just over a week away Dan and Pete break down the final expansion team in Old Glory DC. Owner Chris Dunlavey joins the show to discuss how he and Paul Sheehy constructed the business followed by Andrew Douglas who breaks down how he went about building the roster for an expansion team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 31 min
Major League Rugby Pre-Season is in high gear with four teams heading to Vegas for a mini-camp weekend. The Marquee match of the Weekend was the Tasman Mako victory over the Houston SaberCats on the first leg of their North American tour. Scott Lawrence has a chat with Pete covering his personal coaching journey and Rugby ATL's build up to their first MLR Season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2020•54 min
Dan and Pete examine the New England Free Jacks as they prepare for their first season in Major League Rugby. Head Coach Josh Smith joins Pete to chat about his coaching journey and the foundation the Free Jacks have laid in the pre-season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 16, 2020•55 min
As MLR closes out the off-season, Shane Skinner joins Dan for a chat about their season that was in 2019. What it took to repeat from the inaugural Championship run and the foundation the Seawolves organization has laid entering the third season of Major League Rugby. Dan and Pete analyze the Seawolves of 2019 and look at their off-season signings and how the structures put in place this off-season help for 2020. MLR announces a new Commissioner, George Killibrew. The Beast signs for Old Glory D...
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Dan and Pete sit down to look at the Legion's improvements and then assess how they've met their needs going into 2020. The only way to make a year on year improvement for the Legion will be a West Conference Title and MLR Championship Victory. Rob Hoadley stops by after the second day of training camp to chat with Pete about the season that was. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 05, 2019•54 min
Mark Winokur joins Dan and Pete to discuss the difficulties and triumphs of the 2019 Arrows season. Examining the off-season acquisitions of the Arrows which would allow the Franchise to go strength to strength in 2020, they also took a look at the pre-season and home venues that will be used by during season 3. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2019•51 min
Dan and Pete sit down to discuss the season that was for New York and the season that will be. Greg McWilliams, the new head coach sits down with Pete to discuss the Eagles World Cup and how he'll build the Roosters in season two. The guys then break down the major news around the league from Utah to poker chips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 12 min
Dan and Pete sit down to discuss the end of the World Cup analyzing the performances and the outlook towards 2023 for the US and Canadian programs. Eagles Hooker and RUNY Captain, Dylan Fawsitt stops by whilst on his honeymoon to share an inside perspective from his first Rugby World Cup campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Ryan Fitzgerald stops by to chat with Dan Power about NOLA Gold's 2019 season and the moves the Gold have made to build for 2020. Dan and Pete sit down to analyze the moves the Gold have made for their 2020 campaign while also looking back at the hot start that was the high flying darling of the 2019 MLR season. Looking at round two of the Rugby World Cup they break down the play of both the Eagles and Canada, the performances could not contrast more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 9 min
