US Rugby Happy Hour

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Newly capped USA Eagle, Chris Mattina, joined Bill and John to talk about finally earning that first cap, his drive to earn it, the recently wrapped up tour of Europe, Eagles teammates, Chicago Hounds and much more!!    Be sure to listen to the 2nd half of the show with USA 7s star, and Olympian, Stephen Tomasin, here on the US Rugby Happ...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Recently retired USA Eagles, Ryan Matyas and Dino Waldren join Bill Baker to have a talk around the pub table about their careers, the fears and difficulties in making the decision to retire, mushroom soup, pigeon for dinner, landmines, nicknames and so much more! This is perhaps the funniest Happy Hour yet!!    Follow @eaglesoverseas and...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Scrum-half, Ruben de Haas, joins Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about the Eagles camp in Charlotte, NC, preparing for their August tests, his time with Sarries and his return to the Toyota Cheetahs. Oh, and does he have permission from Coach Scott to try another drop goals?   Be sure to listen to the first half of the show wi...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Men’s Head Coach, Scott Lawrence, joins Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to discuss the current Eagles camp in Charlotte, NC, preparing for the August tests, needs in 2024 to get USA more international matches, pathways program and much more!    Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with USA Scrum-half, Ruben de Haas, here o...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Women’s Head Coach, Rich Ashfield, joins us again to talk about the recent Pacific Four Series matches against Australia, Canada and New Zealand, the upcoming WXV competition, young and veteran players and he shares the toughest part, and best parts, of his job!   Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with USA Women’s U23 He...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Dartmouth Rugby and USA Women’s U23 Head Coach, Katie Dowty, joined us to talk about the recent Americas Rugby Trophy tour, next week’s Border Battle with Rugby Canada at the home of MLR Champions, New England Free Jacks in Quincy, Mass, and Katie talks about the exciting and talented young pool USA has.    Be sure to listen to the second...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Rugby Play by Play Announcer, Ben Holden, New England Free Jacks’ Head Coach, Scott Mathie, and Americas Rugby News’ Bryan Ray joined Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about the MLR Shield matchup of New England and San Diego, the spectacle it was, what were some of the big stories of the 2023 season and what’s next!   Follow @eagle...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Old Glory DC Rookie, Collin Grosse, joins Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about playing MLR with Old Glory DC, the team making their first ever playoffs, transition from college rugby (Army) to Major League Rugby, Old Glory’s young nucleus of players and veteran influence on his game, and much more! And, why hasn’t changed his hai...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, PR7S’ Head of Scouting, Richie Walker joined Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about the Premier Rugby 7s season kicking off this weekend in Austin. Richie shares about the addition of more teams, 8 men and 8 women’s teams, new influx of HSBC talent from around the world, including Black Ferns Ruby Tui and Stacey Waaka, the return o...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Seattle Seawolves’ wing Conner Mooneyham joins Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about this weekend’s MLR game of the week matchup with New England Free Jacks, last week’s performance against Utah, the Seattle fanbase, and much more!   Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with New England Free Jacks’ flyhallf, Jayson Potr...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, New England Free Jacks’ flyhallf, Jayson Potroz, fresh off his MLR Player of the Week performance against Atlanta, joins Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about that performance, the team’s prep for Seattle Seawolves, live in Boston, the team vault and much more!   Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with Seattle Seawol...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Rugby 7s and social media star, Ilona Maher joins Bill & John to talk about the women’s 7s program, this years squad, Paris Olympics, her injury recovery and becoming a social media star.    Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with Guardian US Breaking news editor, journalist, and author, Martin Pengelly, who talks about h...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Guardian US Breaking news editor, journalist, and author, Martin Pengelly joins Bill & John to talk about his new book, Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went to War.   Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with USA Rugby 7s star, Ilona Maher, here on the US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE Podcast.   Follow @eaglesoverseas and @rugbymor...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Chicago Hounds and USA Eagle #497. Bryce Campbell Jon Bill and John to talk about the latest USRPA’s campaign, Rugby Union Now. What is Rugby Union Now, what are the benefits of unionizing, is MLR communicating, MLR’s voluntary recognition, Safety, Security and Strength of the union, and much more!   Follow @eaglesoverseas and @rugbymorni...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Miami Sharks CEO, Mark Winokur joins us to talk about the new MLR franchise, why Miami, coaching and player search, will we hear “Baby Shark” at home matches, and much more.    Follow @eaglesoverseas and @rugbymorning on Twitter and Instagram for the latest in USA Rugby and MLR news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Eagle and San Diego Legion, Nate Augspurger, joined us to talk about the player of the year type season he is having, Ryan Matyas’ addiction to In-n-Out Burger (joking!), USA Eagles, and more! Stephen Tomasin also calls in to ask Nate a question of his own, while Nate does his best to convince Scuba Steve to join the MLR one day.   Be...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, Dallas Jackals’ Rookie and midseason MLR rookie of the year candidate, Sam Golla joined us to talk about his experience in the MLR, Dallas team culture, his CAL experience, USA Eagles goals, and much more.    Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with USA Eagle and San Diego Legion, Nate Augspurger, having one of his best seaso...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Women’s Head Coach, Richard Ashfield joined Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to discuss the Pacific Four Series, 9 new caps, including to our second half guests, Summer Harris-Jones, the Eagles’ win over Spain, and yet another loss to Canada, and much more!  Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with USA Eagle, Summer Harris...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Eagle, Summer Harris-Jones, fresh off earning her first XV’s cap against Spain, joins Bill Baker and John Fitzpatrick to talk about that cap, the veterans she’s playing with, USA 7s, PR7s, and much more! Bill and John even try to get her to say which she likes more, 7s or 15s!  Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with USA...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, HBCU Rugby Classic’s Gift Egbelu joined us to talk about the upcoming HBCU Rugby Classic in DC, the growth of rugby in historical black colleges and universities, driving the dangerous streets of DC and much more. Also, Ryan Matyas calls in two talk about the growth of college rugby and breaking in to the community college scene.   Be sur...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA High Performance Pathways Manager, Brendan Keane, joined us to talk about the USA High Performance program, the USA Hawks, player development pool, getting ‘discovered’, Charlotte NC and much more.   Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with HBCU Rugby Classic’s Gift Egbelu, here on the US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE Podcast.   F...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, NOLA Gold flyhalf and Samoan international, Rodney Iona, joins us to discuss NOLA’s season thus far, their matchup against Old Glory DC this weekend, the rugby World Cup and his hopes of making the Samoan squad, and we also talk food! Samoan food and what New Orleans has to offer.   Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with US...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' US Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Eagle and Old Glory DC No. 8, Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz, joins us to talk about Old Glory’s season, this weekend’s matchup with NOLA Gold, USA Rugby, and rebounding from a difficult 2022, becoming Old Glory captain.   Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with NOLA Gold flyhalf and Samoan international, Rodney Iona, here on t...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' USA Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Rugby 7s and two-time World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year, Perry Baker joined us to talk about this season of HSBC Sevens, his future in rugby, maybe landing in MLR? Also Perry talks about his teammates, old and new, and the future of the team, and lots more!   Be sure to listen to the first half of the show with USA Rugby 7s risin...

On this replay of Twitter Spaces' USA Rugby Happy Hour LIVE, USA Rugby 7s rising star, Sammy Sullivan, joined us to talk about her rise on the circuit, playing alongside her idols, becoming an role model, WCAP and much more!   Be sure to listen to the second half of the show with USA Rugby 7s legend, Perry Baker, here on the USA Rugby Happy Hour LIVE Podcast.   Follow @eaglesoverseas and @rugbymor...