**MLR Weekly** — your weekly look at the biggest stories shaping American rugby.
NEW YORK, NY – The American rugby landscape had some big end-of-summer stories/names, and our crack MLR Weekly staff has it all for for you. Big moves, rising stars, coaching shakeups and college rugby are all on the table.
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? **FEATURED GUEST: LUKE GROSS**
Luke Gross joins us to discuss his historic appointment as the **first USA Rugby General Manager for Collegiate Rugby** — and what it means for the future of the college game.
? **JOHN FITZPATRICK**
Major League Rugby coaching changes are here. Fitz breaks down the moves with Old Glory DC & the California Legion, plus the impact and what comes next.
?? **WENDY YOUNG**
Freda Tafuna’s star is rising! Wendy Young on Tafuna and the crazy **WXV**.
? **COLLEGE RUGBY CORNER**
Zach “Maverick” Lanning brings the latest recaps, storylines and a look ahead at what’s next in college rugby.
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PERTH, AUSTRALIA – WOW!!! We still can’t move after that unbelievably CRAZY Wallabies win over the Springboks. Indeed, we’ve got visions of refs on cellphones, 4 Aussies in the Sin Bin and electric plays spinning in our heads. Out All-Star panel is here to make sense of it all, along with the wondrous WXV, rousing openings for the Premiership & URC, Top14 upsets and NPC playoffs looming.
THE PANEL:
John Bradshaw Layfield: #WWE legend & passionate rugby advocate. And he likes chicken. A lot.
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.
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THIS WEEK’S SHOW:
What Caught Your Eye?
• 4 Yellow Cards in 5 minutes?!
• Red Roses Stun Black Ferns
• Irish provinces poop play
• WXV thrillers
• USA’s rising star
• Aussie’s now RWC 2027 contenders?
• North Harbor to Make Mike Friday smile?
• Racing 92’s egregious grass
Player of the Week
Who deserves the honors?
•George Hendy
•Seb Atkinson
•Tristan Tedder
•Ryan Lonergan
Grown A$$ Man
The toughest of the tough:
•Johnny Lee
•Freda Tafuna
•Max Jorgensen
Headlines with George Hook
•11 Angry Aussies
•Does Less Kiss know how to defuse Bomb Squad?
•Eliminate yellow cards
Prognostications
WXV
URC
Premiership
Top14
NPC
Picks of the Week
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