The idea behind the American Raptors is a simple one. Take high-level athletes that didn’t advance to the professional levels of their respective sports and transform them into the best rugby players they can possibly be. By training bigger, stronger athletes to play the game of rugby, the club’s ultimate goal is to funnel these players into the United States…
Colton begins the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about the USA landing the 2031 and 2033 Rugby World Cups, the American Raptors’ 89-point victory, and All of the Rugby You Can Watch this weekend presented by Wintergreen (0:00-14:26). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton and American Raptors prop Jarrett Sitton talk about Jarret’s transition to rugby, moving away…
Colton starts the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about some more American Raptors on the move, the World Rugby Sevens Series, and what is going on with Rugby ATL (0:00-10:50). After “The Breakdown”, Colton talks with new American Raptors head coach and friend of the program Paul Emerick about his new job, what he’s most excited…
Colton starts the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about some big changes regarding the American Raptors, some news out of the World Rugby Sevens Series, and Major League Rugby news as the 2022 season approaches (0:00-14:14). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton chats with USA Rugby sevens player and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Stephen Tomasin about his rugby career,…
The American Raptors have hired former USA Eagle Paul Emerick to be the club’s next head coach, the team announced on Tuesday. Emerick will join the team after serving primarily as the skills and defense coach of the Houston SaberCats for the past four seasons. He served as the team’s interim head coach for the team’s final five matches of…
Colton starts the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about some Raptors on the move to Major League Rugby teams for the 2022 season, some interesting moves in the rugby sevens space, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-16:01). After “The Breakdown”, Colton talks with American Raptors lock Mikey Grandy about playing football…
Colton kicks off the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about USA Rugby’s upcoming match against the New Zealand All Blacks, the American Raptors upcoming match against the Utah Warriors Selects, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend. After “The Breakdown”, Colton answers a few of your questions about the USA-New Zealand match, a…
Colton kicks off the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about USA Rugby’s upcoming match against Uruguay, the American Raptors showing at Ruggerfest, a former Colorado XO in the Premier Rugby Sevens, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-8:35). After “The Breakdown”, Colton answers some of your questions about the XV Series, some…
Colton starts off the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about the latest news around USA Rugby, what the American Raptors are up to this weekend, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-9:21). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton talks with American Raptors scrum-half Nolan Saraceni about his stellar football career at Montana Tech, how…
Colton kicks off the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by covering an American Raptor on the HSBC Sevens Circuit, the American Raptors roster, USA Rugby’s big win, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-11:16). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton talks with American Raptors No. 8 Casey McDermott-Vai about the feeling around the team, the new…
Colton starts the show with a short version of “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by talking about the latest news surrounding the American Raptors, USA Rugby, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-6:23). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton talks with USA Rugby and San Diego Legion wing/center Ryan Matyas about his rugby career, the Legion’s wild 2021…
Colton starts the show with “The Breakdown” presented by O’Neills by recapping the 2021 RugbyTown Sevens, talking about the latest Premier Rugby Sevens news, and the Major League Rugby draft (0:00-12:03). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton chats with USA Rugby sevens player and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Cody Melphy about his rugby career, the Olympics, and capitalizing on opportunities (12:05-44:09). Following the…
Colton starts the show with “The Breakdown” by talking about some of the biggest MLR news, the USA Eagles roster ahead of this weekend’s match, a women’s Stars vs. Stripes scrimmage, and all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-9:53). Following “The Breakdown”, Colton connects with rugby journalist Joe Harvey about his thoughts on the 2021 Major League…
Colton begins the show off with “The Breakdown” by talking a little bit about the XO’s 71-5 win over SoFlo Rugby Football Club last Friday, what the XOs are up to this weekend, and talks about some of the action from Major League Rugby’s second round before wrapping up with all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-11:43).…
If you think this is another show filled with interviews that happened throughout the year, you are correct. While the regular show will return next week, Colton kicks off the final show of 2020 by talking about all of the rugby you can watch this weekend and wishes you a Happy New Year (0:27-6:10). After that, he plays interviews with…
Colton starts the show by talking about all of the rugby you can watch this weekend and by talking about his first year as a podcast host (0:00:27-0:04:55). After that, Colton plays some of his favorite interviews from 2020. These interviews include former Raptor and UNC Bears football tackling machine Cristian Sarmento (0:04:56-0:37:54), USA Rugby CEO Ross Young (0:37:55-1:00:16), former…
Colton Strickler jumps into this week’s episode with ‘The Breakdown’ by sharing the news regarding Monday’s Rugby World Cup 2023 draw and finishes by talking about all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (0:00-6:37). After ‘The Breakdown’, Colton talks to Cameron Marshall about his experience at the RugbyTown Crossover Academy’s November camp, his transition to rugby, and what’s…
In a quiet week around the rugby world, Colton Strickler kicks off this week’s show with ‘The Breakdown’ by talking about Major League Rugby’s schedule release, some of the key points in the MLR’s latest Zoom press conference, the latest Raptor to head to the beach, and what Mark Cuban did for USA Rugby. Following ‘The Breakdown’, Colton chats with…
Colton Strickler talks about what happened during the first day of the RugbyTown Crossover Academy and details all of the COVID protocols that were put in place to make sure the camp operates safely. After that, Colton chats with former LSU defensive back Ed Paris and former Adams State running back Addie Brown about their football careers and transitioning to…
Glendale’s rugby department has been hard at work during the pandemic. With the Colorado Raptors withdrawing from Major League Rugby back on April 9 and no season to prepare for, things have looked a little different around Infinity Park. The seven people that makeup Glendale’s rugby department have been chasing an idea that everyone familiar with rugby has thought about…