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Before diving into a preview of two of the regular season Majors, Presidents' Day Invite and Queen City Tune Up, Charlie and Keith interview Jim Lloyd, owner of the Toronto Rush to discuss news and signings. Plus, they dive into the mailbag at the end.Make sure to tune into the subscribers-only bonus segment, Out the Back for some bonus mailbag questions!https://ultiworld.com/subscribe/
Dan Hilton and Matt 'Pippin' Auletta review the Empire's match-up with the Toronto Rush in week 9 of UFA action. They talk about Detroit breaking their losing streak, the Empire's hucks against the Rush, the motivation for Salt Lake, and much more!
Dan Hilton has your Over/Unders for Week 6 of the AUDL season for the New York Empire and the Toronto Rush. While New York easily handled Toronto two weeks ago at home, the Rush may prove to be a bit more difficult up in Canada after taking the DC Breeze to their limit.
Dan Hilton has your Over/Unders for Week 4 of the AUDL season for the New York Empire and the Toronto Rush. It may be a storied rivalry, but will the "rebuilding" Rush be able to hang with the 3-0 Empire?
Canada is ready to take the league by storm!Danie and Theo start off the episode by talking about the latest news including multiple college teams making regionals and some world games discussion. Theo then goes in depth with each team as he has separate interviews with Jon Hayduk of the Montreal Royal, Adrian Yearwood of the Toronto Rush and Hagan Riglin and Laura Storey of the Ottawa Outlaws. Have a favourite Canadian AUDL team? Hear what each coach has to say about their squad before opening day!
It all comes down to this. The AUDL Canada Cup season wraps up this Thursday as the Montreal Royal take on the Toronto Rush to crown the first Canada Cup champion. Julia Peden comes on the podcast to preview the final and how the season has gone for all three teams. Danie and Theo also start talking university series as they ask Julia about her experience as a university coach. Group chats have started for university teams. University captains and coaches, reach out to us if you want to take part so you can stay in the loop with all things university ultimate.
The show starts off with a discussion on the BC juniors scene and their recent tournament. For the main event, Danie and Theo are joined by Kevin Quinlan of the Montreal Royal, Nick Boucher of the Ottawa Outlaws, and Geoff Powell for the Toronto Rush for some team previews and trash talk. Daniel Ngai joins the show for the Beaver Tales segment where he discusses ROY's 2018 regionals run where they won three straight elimination games to make nationals.
On this episode of the Rookies Podcast, Olivia Sala and Alize Temel are joined by Jim Lloyd from the Toronto Rush, and Jordan Fung from Cosmos Sports & Entertainment to discuss Pro Ultimate Disc breaking into the sports market, the impact of COVID-19 on the Rush and the AUDL, and the future of Ultimate Disc in Canada post pandemic. We hope you enjoy!
**Editor's Note: Mild swearing in this episode** Toly Vasilyev is a multi-time Russian and Canadian national champion representing both Team Canada and Team Russia in various world tournaments as well as playing for Toronto GOAT and Toronto Rush. Toly has won 6 Russian national championships with Jupiter and Shadows and two Canadian Ultimate Championships with Toronto GOAT. With Team Russia, he won a mixed championship at the 2019 European Championships of Beach Ultimate. With Team Canada, he won a world championship at the 2008 World Ultimate and Guts Championships defeating Team USA in the gold medal game in Vancouver. Toly has done multiple projects in the ultimate world including starting a lifestyle clothing brand (Flatball Collective) and the Disc One 4 One project which has brought ultimate to 2,400 kids in Russia and Ukraine. In this interview, hear Toly share about his beginning in ultimate in Russia and his move to Canada where we learn about some opportunities and stories he has playing for Toronto GOAT and Team Canada. Toly also shares some practical tips including how to get more hand blocks and we learn about Toly's various projects including Flatball Collective and the Disc One 4 One project. Segment #1: Toly's journey (3:49) Segment #2: Daily life in ultimate (31:35) Segment #3: Toly's memorable games as a player (42:10) Segment #4: Rapid fire questions (47:29) Toly's social media contacts: Instagram (@toll18) Flatball Collective social media contacts: Instagram (@flatballcollective) & Website (flatballcollective.com) Disc One 4 One Project: (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disc-one4one#/) 2008 World Ultimate and Guts Championships Open Final Team Canada vs Team USA: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHmTo9Ybp3o&ab_channel=DISCHighlights) 2017 Canadian Ultimate Championships Open Final GOAT vs Winnipeg General Strike: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5zYxK7g3rM&ab_channel=UltimateCanada) Photos: (photo on left) (Brian MacKenzie) (photo on right) (Focus Ultimate) This episode is brought to you by Away From Keyboard. AFK is a lifestyle brand that believes in reconnecting with humanity and our planet. Whether that's tossing a disc on the weekends or hanging out by a campfire, they're dedicated to getting you to explore and grow in your own backyard. Join the adventure and check out their website at www.awayfromkeyboard.co and @get_afk on Instagram. Keep an eye out for the next episode where I interview Dena Elimelech, Ultiworld's 2019 Female College Player of the Year and 2019 USA Ultimate Women's college champion with University of San Diego Dragon Coalition. In this interview Dena shares about the rise of the UCSD program and the beginnings of her ultimate career as well as the amazing ending to her college career when she won a national championship.
This week; Huc, Steve, and Shaggy are joined by professional ultimate player, multi time club champion, and multi time PADA league champion Andrea DeSabato to break down last years June 29th victory on the road against the Toronto Rush. The Phoenix never fell behind once against the championship caliber Canadians in this 26 - 24 thriller. Plus, the gang continues to tackle the tough questions such as: should Mott get the disc more? Should Connor Boyle start? And what would the AUDL look like if it went mixed. All this and more this time on the Phoenix Files Game of the Week.
Harvish "Huc" Mehta returns for the premier of the Burning Bird Presents: The Phoenix Files, Game of the Week! Shaggy, Huc, and Steve break down the Phoenix's seminal May 19th home victory over the Toronto rush. The gang takes a deep dive, going play by play to relive the AUDL.tv masterpiece. From the biggest plays to the best lines from the announcers, the boys cover everything! Also included: Harvish gives some details as to the future schedule and Shaggy goes off about Ben Simmons.
Its a smorgasbord of topics including Bill Nye, the Toronto Rush, bad jobs, pop music, blade related crimes and Canadian tennis phenoms.
June 24, 2017--This week's episode features Toronto RUSH cutter and all around good guy, Andrew Carroll and he talks about parity in the AUDL, what Ultimate Canada is doing at the grassroots level and who the beasts of the East are! #FeelTheRush
June 16, 2017--This week, T. Allen of the4check.com sits down with Toronto RUSH and G.O.A.T. legend, Thomson McKnight and he dishes on the evolution of the ultimate, the RUSH and their upcoming Cross Coast Challenge showdown with the San Fransico Flamethrowers.
Preston Thompson and Nathan Jesson interview Raleigh Flyers' head coach Mike DeNardis, break down the second matchup between the Toronto Rush and DC Breeze, and look further at the Dallas Roughnecks, now competing without Beau Kittredge for the foreseeable future.
This week we talk about hosting 12 people for a dinner patry in a one bedroom apartment, the Toronto Rush's home opener, and break down our weekly topic: food.
Heading into Week 5, Evan Lepler discusses the depth of the San Francisco FlameThrowers, the unorthodox OT decision by the Toronto Rush, and the many compelling matchups on tap this weekend in the AUDL.