Rugby Pickem

The PickEm guys can barely handle all the rugby over the weekend but we do it for our fans .... Uncle Johnny gives his "State Of The Rugby Union", recapping Wales vs. SA in the Nation's Capital, London 7s, and Club National Championships. We talk MLR, featuring our usual weekly awards. Vili Toluta'u wins #FirstTeamAllHair and Marcus Walsh is our #spiciestscrummy. In our first ever Breaking News on #RugbyPickEm .... Logan Collins will make his MLR debut this week with Glendale. We change it up and pick against the point spreads for the June International Test Matches. All that and more on this week's Rugby PickEm.

After a week off from recording ... (the boys were in TCB mode), we recap you on everything MLR. Uncle Johnny has a couple of bones to pick in his State of the Rugby Union, last week's game recaps features the spiciest scrummy, first-team all-hair, #RigJealousy, Dan Power and Grant Cole's awkward broadcast chemistry, we take different stands on heckling kickers, and our premier of "Eighty Minute Men". HARPO sends a goodbye text, we get some strange voicemails, Thanking Doug, Player Try Pool, our hopeful outlook on the Eagle's June Test games and next week's MLR spreads and picks. All that and more on this week's Rugby PickEm.

HARPO in STUDO! That's right folks, we broke down week 4 with the one and only as he updated us on his upcoming trip to Maggotfest in Missoula, his complicated relationship with technology and his pet peeve ... missed tackles. Things got a little off the walls this week and it's the audio editing job of the year. Phil Mack is this week's spiciest scrummy, Pete Steinberg snatched the announcing crown this week and sideline reporter Stacey Bates has stolen our hearts. When you have HARPO in studio (and the guys record immediately after rubbing elbows in the Try Club) .... you get top notch rugby banter. Enjoy this week's first taste of HARPO in the flesh.

Week 3 in the MLR was the week of upsets that had our heads spinning. Catch up with HARPO's hot takes, game recaps, voicemail (from a very powerful, concerned friend), Thanking Doug, player try pool and week 4 picks. Top notch MLR banter on this week's RUGBY PICKEM!

We learned A LOT in week 2, and like all you fans ... were frothing for more. In Seattle, HARPO sees a familiar face and we have our first plus sized athlete of the week. Down in Houston, Grant Cole snatches the announcing crown, and Bt has a case of #rigjealously. In San Diego, Nate Augsburger is our spiciest scrummy of the week, and we deliver our first official MLR first-team all-hair as we break down some Utah Warriors's hair-dos. Voicemail, Thanking Doug, Player Try Pool, and Week 3 PickEm .... (including HARPO's sure thing Derby winner) ... there's a little bit of everything this week on Rugby PickEm!

MLR Week 1 is in the books ... Uncle Johnny whiffed on his picks, but he's ready to get back on the horse and bounce back in week 2. We break down the games to find out where we were right, where we were wrong, and how we can right those wrongs. A bit of everything this week including an MLR facial hair breakdown, our first voicemail, a look back at PRO Rugby (to thank our friend Dougy Scho), player try pool, our week 2 spreads and picks ..... and we catch up with our scoops expert HARPO as he treks across the country (with some interesting stops) for the game of the week in Seattle. Subscribe to Rugby PickEm on Apple Podcasts and send us your picks (rugbypickem@gmail.com)!

The guys had their boots on the ground today for the MLR opener of the Austin Elite Rugby against the Glendale Raptors. Pregame, halftime and post-game analysis of the exciting week 1 match up. Shoutout to Matt Clement on the Intro and Asher Postman on the Outro

Team Previews: 2:10 - 22:00 Prop Bets: 22:00 - 29:00 Player Try Survivor Pool: 29:10 - 31:30 Las Vegas Sportsbooks Hate Rugby: 31:30 - 34:50 Week 1 Lines: 34:50 - 39:30 Harpo (Scoops Expert)Call: 39:50 - 41:50 Outro: 42:45