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Top Of The League Podcast

Top Of The League Podcast

The Top Of The League Podcast lads bring you a weekly dose of puns and punditry, news and analysis, banter and bets from the Mid West Rugby conference and beyond.

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44:51

Episode 96 - The Slippery Rock Episode (ft. Zach...

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2024/05/02

“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???

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71:43

Episode 95 - Running From Rugby (ft. Casey Koza and...

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2024/04/13

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.

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43:45

Episode 94 - Where the f*** is Mossy??

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2024/03/30

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.

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51:33

Episode 93 - Spring Has Sprung! (ft. Nathan Mosey)

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2024/03/13

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

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48:26

Episode 91 - Midwest Champions, NCR Playoffs, (ft....

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/11/18

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.

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48:23

Episode 90 - Midwest Championship

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/11/09

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.

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89:55

Episode 89 - Midwest Semifinals and ARU Championships

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/11/04

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

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44:44

Episode 88 - Midwest Quarterfinals

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/10/26

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

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49:30

Episode 87 - Playoffs Baby!

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/10/18

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

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42:53

Episode 86 - Hotline Bling

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/10/12

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!

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44:27

Episode 85 – Featuring Patrick Feitt

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/10/05

Welp, we had to do it this week. Mossy was missing YET AGAIN, so we had Midwest referee Patrick 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.

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48:25

Episode 84 - The One With The Cold Open

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/09/27

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,

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34:48

Episode 83 - The Roman Empire

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/09/21

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.

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47:44

Episode 82 - Return of the Mossy

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/09/14

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.

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47:54

Episode 81 - Mr. Mossy, Lost at Sea

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/09/07

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.

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42:35

Episode 80 - Missing Mossy

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/08/31

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!

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42:09

Episode 79 - A New Hope

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/08/24

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!

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54:00

Episode 78 - Spring Showers

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/04/20

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.

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130:00

Episode 77 - Angela Smarto

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/04/13

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.

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56:13

Episode 76 - The Boys Are Back! (ft. Husky Bois Rugby...

Top Of The League Podcast ·

2023/03/15

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.

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