#t.u.p

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!

How often do YOU think about the Roman Empire? It's been the hottest question on the internet in the past week or so. Anyways, your favorite fake news rugby podcast is back again with another week of Midwest rugby recaps and previews. Unfortunately not much World Cup chat because Gator forgot to watch the matches last weekend, oh and Mossy is missing again. I guess our DMs are open for applications.

Guess who's back? Everyone's favorite Irish amateur rugby pundit, Mossy! With the whole gang back together, we discuss the 3rd week of competition in the Midwest Rugby Union, as well as talk about the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup.

For a second week in a row, Gator and producer Kress were on their own to recap and review games in the eastern conferences of Midwest rugby, as well as the greater Pittsburgh college rugby scene. Where is the beloved Mossy? Did he get fired from the pod? Is he on a sabbatical? Maybe he's lost at sea? Tune in and listen to find out.

Our dear host Mossy unfortunately couldn't make it this week, but fear not! Producer Kress and Gator recap the Week 1 matches and preview some matchups for a light week 2!

After a lengthy time away, the boys catch up on all of the Pittsburgh and Midwest rugby news that we've missed over the summer as well as some predictions and previews for the upcoming fall season!

The whole crew is back together again for our regularly scheduled content. This week we come to you with some recaps around the local Pittsburgh rugby scene, and especially the local college teams heading to CRC's next weekend. Also, plenty of banter, and some bad WWII takes.

It has been a long time coming, but we finally got a chance to sit down and have a chat with Angela Smarto, who is currently the Women's Rugby Director and Division I & II Commissioner for National Collegiate Rugby. We had quite a lengthy chat talking about all things surrounding college rugby, as well as Smarto's experience as a coach and player.

The long awaited return of Top Of The League finally arrives. We discuss the reasoning behind our time away, amongst other things. Also, we have special guest, Bear, from the Husky Bois to discuss all things Husky Bois and a tour recap from the Savannah St. Paddy's Day rugby tournament.

What. An. Episode. We were thankful to be joined by our guest Seth Erwin, who is the head men's rugby coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Seth joined us for a very lengthy talk, and gave us a lot of insight on his background in rugby, how he got into coaching, and of course, how IUP has become an absolute powerhouse for D2 Men's Rugby, not only in Western PA, but also on the national level. We wish IUP the best of luck as they travel to Houston next weekend for the D2 National Semi-Finals. If you would like to help a self funded club get there, a link to donate to their program is in our Linktree in our Instagram bio.

Today we speak with Andy Smith, with 19 season under his belt we speak on longevity, diet, routine and everything needed for players of all ages.Get a pen and paper ready as he is a wealth of knowledge.