EP113: 2020 - The Lost Season

Touching on 2020 season, with a behind the scenes look at the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic marking a make or break type moment for Major League Rugby. George Killebrew sits down with Pete Steinberg giving an inside look on the decisions that went into cancelling the 2020 season. Killebrew also discusses using that period to focus the League Staff and MLR's Member Teams to expand the business operations and prepare for 2021. Brad Tucker, MLR Player of the Year sits down with Dan Power to discuss the beginning and the moments of 2020 where he found himself for the first time in almost two decades without competitive sport and then on the reasons he remained stateside in that period Pandemic Period.   Pete Steinberg also breaks open the topic of "What is Transition?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Touching on 2020 season, with a behind the scenes look at the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic marking a make or break type moment for Major League Rugby. George Killebrew sits down with Pete Steinberg giving an inside look on the decisions that went into cancelling the 2020 season. Killebrew also discusses using that period to focus the League Staff and MLR's Member Teams to expand the business operations and prepare for 2021. Brad Tucker, MLR Player of the Year sits down with Dan Power to discuss the beginning and the moments of 2020 where he found himself for the first time in almost two decades without competitive sport and then on the reasons he remained stateside in that period Pandemic Period. Pete Steinberg also breaks open the topic of "What is Transition?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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