The Fantasy Rugby Yanks Podcast

It is the latest and greatest from those American (rugby) Idiots. On this episode we are all over the place and cover a ton of stuff. We talk a little player movement, ranking the Premiership front rows right now and who we'd prefer to start a club with. We picked the order of CYL Super Rugby FRD league for this weekend's draft, oh the controversy! Of course, we look at the happenings this past we...

It is the latest from your favorite American rugby knuckleheads for your listening pleasure. It's a long one so feel free to skip around and listen to the stuff you REALLY want. We start off the pod with a pretty cool announcement (4:35). The Yanks are joined by old friend James to chat all things 6 Nations, predictions, hopes, dreams and all that stuff (22:21). We then say bye to James and we tal...

We are back to doing the actual pod things! It's the return of your favorite American Rugby knuckleheads. In the episode we have a look at the personnel movement from and around the Premiership. We have ourselves a quick peak at the squads for the upcoming 6 Nations tournament. We dive into ranking the back rows for reach Premiership club, I'm sure we caused some controversy there. Of course, it's...

It is the 100th Episode with the boys from TFRY.   The Fantasy Rugby Geek, George, joins us and leads us through a fun chat as we cover, actual rugby, fantasy rugby, how the 2 of us started in the sport and many other points in between.   Have a laugh and a beer with us, thanks for tuning in!

It's the latest stylings of those American rugby knuckleheads. After a big episode last week, we are coming back to earth a bit for this one. On this episode we discuss the postponements and cancellations all over the rugby calendar, as well as other events that could see the knock on from it. As promised, we discuss both Premiership captains and guys that pull on that 10 kit, and where they fall...

It is those American Rugby dudes yapping at you. OK, this is an episode that if you aren't into politics, you may want to skip the first few minutes because we were on one today thanks to the awful things occurring in Washington D.C. Elsewhere on this episode, we have a chat about what Premiership (and the rest of rugby) could do to drive fan interest and possibly help some of our fantasy site fri...

IT'S FESTIVUS TIME. It is our yearly special looking back on the year, getting all the stuff that's on our minds out in the open and practicing being nice to folks is here. Have a laugh with us as we officially say goodbye to 2020 with our grievances, feats of strength, XV's of the year and top 5 (we don't mind if the door hits 2020 either). Enjoy and Happy New Year All!

It is your favorite American rugby knuckleheads back for their final official episode of 2020 (although keep your eyes out for the Festivus special). This episode we talk about UAR's findings of their investigation into Matera et al, have what seems to be a periodic chat about ring fencing and discuss Wales do in their engine room with the recent departure news. Of course, we also recap the action...

First off, if you are a sympathetic crier, you might want to skip ahead of the very beginning or prepare some tissues. In this episode The Yanks say goodbye to a teammate and friend. After we gather ourselves, we talk about the recent news of Leicester and Newcastle being cancelled, a Saracen loanee, no longer being a loanee and the really cheap pot shots a few pundits decided to take at Cips. Of...

It's those American rugby knuckleheads back with their latest babbling to entertain you. On this episode we get through quite a bit, including a few bits from the news cycle (no we didn't talk about all the money in the world either, unfortunately). We have a look at the World Cup draw, where that potentially puts our Eagles, the revolving door at the Gloucester 10 position, give recognition to an...

It is the latest episode from those American rugby hammerheads. What don't we touch on in this one? Very little one assumes, but also a lot at the same time. In the latest and greatest we cover much of what popped up in the rugby news cycle the last 6-7 days including Steve Diamond's departure, the Puma's 180 on Matera's status, concussion issues coming down the road in many ways, the World Rugby...

It is the Champions Cup Live Draft Special as we draft for our highly touted(?) Champi-Yanks League competition. This time thankfully there are no other drafts occurring for either of us. We pick through the fine margins and strategies that will need to be employed for this year's competition. Have a listen for all of our mistakes, headaches and feel good picks as we go through 17 rounds of fun wi...

It is the latest and greatest from those American Rugby knuckleheads. On this episode we chat about the ugliness that reared its head for the Puma's Captain, and how to move forward. We also chat about some of the poor ideas we are seeing out there on how to make rugby entertaining again (hint law changes aren't the answer). We wrap the international action including the match featuring one of the...

It’s those American rugby bozos here to give you their latest bit of banterings. On this episode of TFRY we discuss the all too soon passing of Christophe Dominici, RIP Monsieur. We give our rugby thanks in honor of the holiday here in the U.S. We hit up all the international action including the draw in Tri-Nations and the England comeback that’s not being talked about enough. Oh how could we for...

It's the latest banterings of those American Rugby knuckleheads. On this episode we chat about the comments of a certain former broadcaster from the southern hemisphere, and how it's probably more a bad thing if you don't cry, no matter the gender. We do a whip around the international matches including THOSE looks from a certain Argentine flanker. And yes we dig into our first Start or Sit of the...

It is the Premiership Live Draft Special as TFRY are joined by the man known as The Fantasy Rugby Geek. As luck would have it, Jarrod and George were right in the middle of another draft. On top of that there were at least 1 other member of the Champi-Yanks League in the middle of this other draft. Tune in for all of our mistakes, issues and sneaky picks, mix in some chaos to boot. Kick back and h...

We are back! Did you miss us? Oh come on we weren't gone that long after all. Yes it is the Season 3 debut of TFRY and we are happy to be back in the saddle. In this episode we are talking all Premiership all day. We go down team by team and pick out some key players that will make or break their club's seasons, have our crack at who will finish top 4 and who will get relegated (assuming there sti...

It's the final go around in Season 2 for those American rugby knuckleheads. In this episode we start off by discussing the unfortunate situation that lead to the BaaBaas match being cancelled. We touch on the final England squad selections, plenty of new faces to be happy for in there. We also talk about the long awaited conclusion of round 4 of the Six Nations with Ireland and Italy. Of course, w...

It's those American Rugby knuckleheads back for more fun! In this episode, we can confirm, Eddie is still not OK. Discuss World Rugby's total muck up of the player eligibility policy (here's a hint, look at the countries opposing it). Dig in to the Irish Autumn squad a little bit. As always, we recap the action from this past weekend including both European finals and the action from Auckland. Cra...

It is your favorite American rugby knuckleheads back for more banter and rugby chat. In this pod we have a look at Gregor Townsend's Scotland selections, FINN IS BACK, and other names of note. We also have a look at the Premiership Semis from the Ricoh and Sandy Park, and look forward to the resulting final. Of course we talk about the big finals in Europe this week. Finally, we get into the big d...

It's been a long week for us all so here's something to make you laugh, smile or just feel better about yourselves. First off, apologies if it sounds like either of us are under water or something. Storms rolling through the New England area of the U.S. played havoc with our connections. IN ANY CASE, on this episode we cover a whole litany of things. We talk about the international squads that hav...

It is the latest from those dopes in North America. Naturally neither of us could keep our yap's shut, so this was a long one. We got a bit stuck in to a few things, but sometimes you just can't help yourself. If you are looking for a certain bit of material, feel free to fast forward to the time stamps given. In this episode we do a little informal go around with the Saracens loanees in the Premi...

It is those American Rugby knuckleheads that are supporters of the club everyone loves to hate. Sorry, had to squeeze that in there. In this episode we get into a couple deeper issues, having nothing or very little to do with on the pitch play, superstardom, and being a good player while also being a knob of a person. Of course we talk about the fantastic final we were treated to in Super Rugby AU...

It is your favorite, dopy but lovable, American Rugby knuckleheads back for some fun. First off, thank you to everyone out there for getting us to 2000+ downloads. Just a couple of old rugby yanks are very grateful for everyone out there that's supported this show in whatever way you could. On this week's babbling between Ben and Jarrod, we dive into Dave Rennie's first squad selection for Austral...

It’s more rugby chatter from those rugby know nothings in America. In this Episode of TFRY we get into plenty of trouble…I mean rugby. We cover the week that was in the sport including the long awaited return of the North v. South matchup in New Zealand & the All Black selection that followed. We also talk about the final round of the regular season in Super Rugby AU, including the Jekyll and...