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The Rugby Odds: What France DOESN'T have, Irish Flops, URC 1/4s, JRLO semis
May 28, 2026
🏉 THE RUGBY ODDS — Season 6, Episode 31
📍 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 quarter-finals
19:36: Premiership
20:34: MLR
24:02: 🌎 Super Rugby
25:08: Japan Rugby League One
26:28: Top14
27:15: 💥 Picks of the Week
🔥 DON’T MISS: MLR Weekly with California Legion Captain, Jason Damm.
🎵 Music by Mateo Messina
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