The Rugby Odds: What France DOESN'T have, Irish Flops, URC 1/4s, JRLO semis, Spain7s, Big Opinions

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The episode discusses various rugby topics including player nominations and predictions for upcoming matches.

🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 31 The Rugby Odds: What France DOESN'T have, Irish Flops, URC 1/4s, JRLO semis, Spain7s, Big Opinions 📍 NEW YORK, NY - Some serious hardware is being bandied about in Bordeaux and Montpellier, and deservedly so. And the URC and Japan Rugby League One 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 (JBL) – WWE Hall of Famer & rugby advocate 🇬🇧 Mike Friday – 3× Olympic 7s coach & Harlequins fan 🤔 ☘️ George Hook – Ireland’s most unfiltered voice 🔥 King Gift Egbelu – Inventor of Words 🎤 Matt McCarthy – The host ⏱️ WHAT'S INSIDE & WHEN 00:51 📈 Records •Layfield & Friday on fire 02:16 👀 What Caught Your Eye? • Irish choking • "Real" World Rankings • Gamers getting gamed! • SVNS in Spain 07:06 🏆 Player of the Week Nominees • Cheslin Kolbe • Josh Moorby • Mazime Lucu • Mattheiu Jalibert 08:57: 💪 Grown A$$ Man Nominees • Yoram Moefana • Leicester Fainga’anuku • Lenni Nouchi 11:11 ☘️ Headlines With [George] Hook • What France Doesn't Have • The '95 RWC food poisining Predictions: 18:45: URC…

People in this episode

Host: Matt McCarthy

Guests: John Bradshaw Layfield, Mike Friday, George Hook, King Gift Egbelu

Topics covered

• Rugby
• URC
• Japan Rugby League One
• Player nominations
• World Rankings
• Predictions

Keywords

• Rugby Odds
• URC
• Ireland
• Player of the Week
• Champions Cup
• Predictions

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Bordeaux, Montpellier, Ireland

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