As the sun sets on another Sevens Summer, we come back to review the good, the bad and the ugly of our 2023 season . This week The 99's mysterious benefactor and worst player Tom Bigland joins the pod along with 99's legend and all-round great bloke Joe "BFJ" Callery. We break down our season, tournament by tournament, and we discuss the origin sto…

Content Warning: More swearing than usual! Back again with a grumpy episode. Dan and Dav both have rants to go on in this episode, taking aim at the standard of refereeing across the game, the future of professional rugby and as always the RFU. There a few positives however as we set out our plan to save rugby union with our breakaway league The Ul…

We're Back! After an extended period with no spare time or no internet, we're finally back and ready to prepare for the 2023 season and beyond. This week we discuss the RFU's controversial new tackle law, the RFU's general incompetence and take a look at the weekend's opening round of the Six Nations. It's good to be back!…

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We're back! After a 5 month long week off. This week, we take a look back at our summer of sevens and set out our plan for the future both on and off the pitch. Also, bucket hats for sale!!!!! Get in contact and get yourself a shiny new hat and support some great charities too.Door The 99s

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Julia Kümper is founder & managing partner of Match-Watch GmbH and was awarded with the New Work Award by XING and named as role model entrepreneur by the BMWi. Since 2018, Julia has been Managing Director ... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

This week we run down numbers 6 through 10 of our Rugby bucket list. More travelling makes the list this week with a little bit of civic pride thrown in to the mix. We also get a bit lost down a few tangents and discuss fighting, pain killers, and global geopolitics. As promised, here are clips from the good ol' days: "Uppercut, just give him a tel…

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We finally get the chance to record the pod in person over the sunny bank holiday weekend. We start of this week discussing what Rugby Union can learn from it's cousin Rugby League before moving on to coming up with the solution to keep grassroots clubs going post-pandemic. Finally, we get around to discussing the main topic this week. The first fi…

A BIG week of MLR action this week with some BIG games and some BIG results. Utah take control of the playoff race in the Western Conference with a big win over Austin; New York look back to their best after a big win in a fiery East Coast derby vs Old Glory DC and biggest of all the Giltinis took their second defeat of the season against the on fi…

After last weekend's European finals we discuss the fall and rise of our hometown club Leicester Tigers and lay out our plan for the club for when we strike it rich on the Euromillions. After a number of years in decline and only avoiding relegation due to Saracens' points deduction last season, Leicester has been a club growing stale for a while n…

Another big week of MLR action gets rounded up. LA and Austin squared off in the Bad Names Derby; The eternal rivalry between the cities of Boston and New York gets a new rugby chapter; And NOLA continue to show that they don't get beat down in the Bayou. We also look forward to a huge week of MLR matches next week and the predictions battle goes r…

Something a little bit different this week, we talk about our journey's in the sport of Rugby Union from our beginnings at the tender age of 5 all the way through to the 99's. We chat about how we got started and the people who influenced us along the way, and also give a little insight in to how the original 99's became friends at first sight. Wha…

We round up the latest round of fixtures in Week 9 of Major League Rugby. LA christened the SoFi Stadium with a rebound win after last weeks shock defeat to New York. San Diego look like they've finally got back to their best with a surprise win at home to NOLA and despite a bad result for RUNY, Dav is happy to see the predictions belt head back to…

We give our take on the biggest rugby news of the year with the announcement of the British and Irish Lions squad last week. We also look in to what the future holds for the Lions as fixture congestion, the lack of a global calendar and the dispute between club and country continue to disrupt the spectacle of the Lions. We also take a look at what …

Move over Greece in Euro 2004, Leicester City's Premier League Title win in 2016 and Japan vs South Africa in 2015. There's a new greatest sporting upset of all time as the Giltinis travelled to the Big Apple in Round 8. We round up the rest of the fixtures from the weekend and look ahead to next week too, and the prediction battle went right down …

This week we are joined by our very first guest!!! As an extended pre-season approaches for many players who haven't been able to train for months, personal trainer, strength & conditioning coach and all round nice guy Audace Muhoza shares his tips for getting fit to play rugby and dispels a few fitness myths along the way. We also discuss the week…

A shortened round of fixtures for Round 7 of the MLR this week with only the 4 games to take a look back at. A double header in the City of Angels, a game of two halves down in the Bayou as NOLA hosted Toronto and RUNY survive a scare on the road in Seattle. We also look ahead at full round of fixture for Week 8 and interesting development in the P…

After last week's look at the grassroots game we take aim at the professional set up around the world and suggest a few changes. We question whether enough is being done to grow the game both globally and in established rugby nations by the powers that be, and dive in to the extent that Rugby is being affected by the root of all evil. We even find …

We take a look at Round 6 of MLR which this week featured a host of local derbies. Toronto shock Dav's beloved RUNY, Austin make it 4 in a row and Los Angeles win the battle of California to continue their 100% start. We also discuss what the professional game in Europe can learn from MLR and the predictions belt goes on the line again.…

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This week we work at putting the grassroots game in England to rights (sorry the rest of the world). The RFU have outlined a plan for a restructure of the league pyramid in England and we have a few things to say about it. We also take aim at whether semi-professionalism is doing the game any good and how can the grassroots game be structured to be…

Welcome to our new show! We change things up a little bit and give Major League Rugby the spotlight in a second weekly podcast. This week sees a bumper round for MLR action with a hatful of points scored across the board. A week which saw Austin go three in a row, a resurgent Toronto and Los Angeles extend their 100% record. Dav puts his undefeated…

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With the news coming out last week that the RFU are looking in to bringing in a "risk assessment" for trans women to play rugby, we take a look at their proposal and discuss whether or not it's the right way to approach the issue. As much as we're totally unqualified to talk about the issue (didn't stop us starting a podcast in the first place), we…

With the Women's 6 Nations starting this week we take a look at the rise of Women's Rugby in recent years and look ahead to it's bright future. Dav maps out his perfect blueprint for professionalism in the women's game, and as usual we wrap up with our MLR review, with a big focus on the first Texas Cup match of the year (which went very badly for …

Unfortunately we have to start the episode off with a big rant about a huge issue plaguing the game, but we eventually get round to covering the week's headlines, talking about the wonderful world of 7s and outline the plans for our own club and round up a bad week for both of our teams in Major League Rugby. Kate Rowan's Telegraph article: Groped,…

We completely forget to talk about what we planned to and instead recap the 6 nations, make some Lions predictions and take a look at the opening round of MLR. Apologies in advance to Rob HowleyDoor The 99s

Our first full episode, we talk about the recent issues surrounding head injuries and disciplinary issues, recap on the 6 Nations and build up to the upcoming Major League Rugby season.Door The 99s

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We introduce ourselves and our new 99's Podcast. We outline our aims and ambitions with the pod and accidentally make an enemy of Bill Beaumont!Door The 99s

Kristin Bauermeister currently works as an Innovation Manager at Startup Colors. She is responsible for the IntellIot project - an EU... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Tilman Sauter is both innovation manager at Evonik Industries, a chemical company, and Co-Founder of Fior, one of worldwide two companies producing picture-based artificial grass. As a scientist... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Julia Doll is Head of Innovation & UPLIFT for Vodafone Germany. She drives multiple innovation topics in an open innovation approach and is Founder and CEO of Vodafone UPLIFT. Vodafone UPLIFT is the... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Jens Pilz, Spectrum specialist, worked at the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute in Berlin he managed several research projects in the 5G field. He looked very closely into the 5G NR physical layer, had overlap with... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Prof. Dr. Philipp Kleine Jäger is Managing Partner at CORE a European Technology Think Tank, and accompanies the management .... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Pascal Scheffler is Innovation Manager at Uniper, in Düsseldorf. There he contributes with his experience in the areas of... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Victor Thoma is a former start-up founder and works as product manager within ERGO Digital Ventures ERGO is one of the major insurance groups... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Tobias Krüger, Head of Culture Change 4.0 at the Otto Group, reports to CEO Alexander Birken. From his previous position in the group strategy, he recommended to the board of directors to... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

Daniel Dinh is the CEO and co-founder of Laserfocus.io. Before that, he was at Delivery Hero, where he was responsible for the international markets and CEO of Delivery Hero Austria... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

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Marc Dönges is deputy head of the Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Berlin, Gemeinsam digital, a project ... Continue readingDoor Florian Schulze

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