Rugby on the Rise was a podcast Max hosted, produced, and published during Covid. During Covid, Max was unable to play rugby but still wanted to interact with the community. Max was in school at the time and was studying communication, so he decided to start a podcast, interviewing some of his friends and coaches. Max stopped the podcast after being signed full-time as a player and wanted to place his focus back on playing. The podcast originally had 11 published episodes, but after stopping the publication payment, the publisher took down six episodes, leaving five still available.