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Tune in to Top of the League Episode 103 this week to learn about… Gator’s Gaze on Gen Z Celebrity Rugby 15 - Flankers Match Review Match Preview As always please share and subscribe on any and all platforms.

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After a summer of rumors that Top Of The League is going away, we are happy to say that the boys are back and are up to the same old shenanigans. We catch up on what we have been up to this summer, as well as pose an interesting question to the listeners. With the recent announcement of the Backyard Sports revival, we discussed who would be the best Backyard Rugby players. And then we have started to build our own celebrity rugby 15. Feel free to chime in on which celebrity you think would make the best loosehead prop and hooker.

After a brief hiatus from the podcast, we welcome the return of Gator back to the pod. A pretty light episode with some classic banter between the boys. Producer Kress was at the “Gun Dog” Dan’s Ruck ALS 7’s tournament hosted by the Presque Isle Scallywags in Erie, PA last weekend and gave a general recap. The Midwest has announced the schedule for the 2024 fall season, and while we did not make any way too early predictions, we look forward to speculating about the upcoming season. Stay tuned in as we are closely approaching EPISODE ONE HUNDRED, and have some exciting things in store. As always, we appreciate the support, and like, subscribe, and share the pod!

On this episode of Top of the League, the tables were turned as in an unlikely turn of events Gator was missing and it was just Mossy and Producer Kress. The boys engaged in a wide-ranging conversation about Producer Kress’ rugby journey. They also discussed last weekend's Midwest Thunderbird Cup where Producer Kress represented the region with the Allegheny Rugby Union men's select side. As always we hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for some big things we have in store, especially our upcoming episode 100!

“3 cheers for the Mother F#cking Rock” today the lads are joined by Chase Nething and Zach Herrington from Slippery Rock who celebrated winning the Small College 7's National Championship this past weekend. Tune in to find out what motivates these national champions, where they go next and was it really apple juice in the cup???

On this episode of Top of the League, we speak to former Akron players Casey Koza and Will Walmsey. In their rugby retirement these two have become "trail ultrarunners". We talk a bit about running, as well as Will's brother Jim who is a professional ultramarathoner. Then we get into a bit of rugby talk as our guests reminisce on the glory days. Check out Casey's podcast "The Hobby Jogger" which can be found on all platforms.

The boys are back from Nashville, but yet again, our Irish co-host Mossy is missing. We do a little recap of the trip to Nashbash and cover some rugby news.

We are headed to Nashville this weekend for the 40th edition of Nashbash. A light week of news and our Irish host was missing, but we were joined by Mr. Manager Bear from Husky Bois Incorporated RFC to talk all things Husky Bois and this upcoming trip to Nashville. If you will be at Nashbash this weekend, slide into our DMs and maybe you'll get on the pod!

Spring has spring and that means rugby and of course Top Of The League. To kick off the new season the boys are joined by Nathan Mosey. Big Nate talks with the boys about Sobriety, his fitness journey and rugby in his life. Follow @moseyandson0826 on Instagram

After an exciting weekend of Midwest Championships we review the outcomes of those games. With the Midwest club season behind us, we look at an exciting weekend of college rugby where this weekend will see teams in National Collegiate Rugby in the Sweet 16 and hopefully the quarterfinals. We are joined by long time listener, Dom Gralia of Slippery Rock Rugby as he is currently in St. Louis with a Sweet 16 rematch against St. Johns on the docket.

Well after a long fall, it all comes down to this weekend at the Midwest’s cornerstone event, the Midwest Championships. We look at the results from the semi-final round and preview the matchups for this weekend’s final matchups. Good luck to all teams involved especially the Pittsburgh Forge women who we have been covering extensively. Also we look at the Allegheny Rugby Union championship results, as IUP and Slippery Rock now move on and have their eyes set on the NCR Quarterfinals.

The regular season has wrapped up across the Midwest. The podcast boys faced a humbling defeat last week in the D3 quarterfinals, but we’re back in the studio, albeit a few days later than our usual posting. All divisions of the Midwest Rugby Football Union are now into the semifinal round and we are previewing those games and making our predictions for who will make the Midwest Championships. On the college side of things, it is an exciting weekend for the Allegheny Rugby Union men’s college teams as the ARU championships are on Saturday November 4th. Oh, we almost forgot to mention that Mossy is back in the studio after his podcast sabbatical and the banter is definitely back!

Playoffs are continuing to heat up! Most Midwest divisions are wrapped up with a few final matches to determine playoff seeding in the Midwest Premiership and Men's D2. We also preview the quarterfinal round for Mens D3, Mens D4 and Womens D2

Playoff season is here! Tune in this week as we cover one of the most exciting weekends of rugby with those intense Rugby World Cup Quarterfinal matches. We check in on the other divisions as they are wrapping up their regular season and hoping to make the playoffs. Most importantly, we preview the Midwest D3 playoff round of 16, and Mossy, Gator, and producer Kress all make their predictions for the first round. If you would like to make your own predictions, hit up our Linktree and complete the D3 Round of 16 Prediction form!

We had to phone in a friend who seems to be missing from the studio all too often...More Midwest rugby scores and standings. Gator is still learning about international rugby with the World Cup. Next week should be a doozy with D3 playoffs starting up!

Welp, we had to do it this week. Mossy was missing YET AGAIN, so we had Midwest referee Pat Feitt filling in as a guest host this week. We check in on the world cup and the results in the Midwest and local college scene this past weekend. Things are starting to heat up in the league as we are looking towards playoffs starting up in a few weeks.

Episode 84 - The One With The Cold OpenThis week we learned about some other rugby podcasts in the Midwest. Shoutout to the B-Side Bois in Iowa, and The Podcastaways in Columbus. Show them some love and check em out! Being 5 weeks into the Midwest fall competition, there was a lot to recap and some more to look ahead to. Touched base on some of the college competition, and we are looking forward to some of these exciting matchups coming up! Thank you to everyone for your support. Please like, follow, rate, and share the pod with anyone and everyone!