The San Diego Legion held on to defeat the Seattle Seawolves 17-13 in the driving rain at Torero Stadium on Saturday. A late surge by the defending champions nearly saw them make up a 14-point deficit but the home side had just enough resolution to see the win through. For …
Read More »NOLA stun Glendale in statement win
The New Orleans Gold sent a message to the rest of Major League Rugby as they stunned the 2018 finalist Glendale Raptors 40-31 at Gold Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Despite fielding a young forward pack absent four internationals on Americas Rugby Championship detail they held their own up front and …
Read More »Perfect start for Men’s Eagles on Sydney Day One
The USA are the only Americas team to qualify for the Cup Quarter Finals of the HSBC Men’s Sevens Series event in Sydney. Three wins from three no Day One saw the Men’s Eagles finish in first place in Pool B. The other two Americas teams – Canada and Argentina …
Read More »World Rugby releases Americas Combine documentary
World Rugby has released a 50-minute documentary feature on the week-long Rugby Americas Combine that was hosted at Glendale’s Infinity Park in October. The combine featured 26 players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, and the USA. At the end of the week the players came together to play in …
Read More »Utah scrap to win over Austin in season opener
The Utah Warriors started their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on a winning note, defeating Austin Elite 17-9 at Dell Diamond on Friday evening. It was a scrappy match with both teams struggling to find continuity and penalties scattered throughout. A half-break by Tim O’Malley put the Warriors in behind …
Read More »MLR Preview – San Diego Legion vs Seattle Seawolves
One week after facing their inaugural Major League Rugby Final opponents, the defending champion Seattle Seawolves will square off against the side they beat in the Semi Final – the San Diego Legion. Seattle will be trying to make it two from two in their first road game of the …
Read More »MLR Preview – New Orleans Gold vs Glendale Raptors
The New Orleans Gold showed the rest of Major League Rugby that they mean business as they defeated the fancied Toronto Arrows at Gold Stadium last weekend. They will have some more convincing to do on Saturday when the Glendale Raptors arrive with winning on their minds. Finalists in 2018, …
Read More »USA and Canada slide into Sydney Quarter Finals
It wasn’t the smoothest of entries but both North American sides have qualified for the Cup Quarter Finals of the women’s bracket at the Sydney Sevens. The USA lost one pool game and Canada two on Day One but both somehow made it to the top eight. Two tries each …
Read More »ARC Preview – Uruguay vs Canada
Canada return to the place of their greatest calamity in 2018 as they travel to Montevideo to face Uruguay on the opening day of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship. It’s been a long road since with the Maple Leafs eventually earning their place in Japan later this year, but they …
Read More »MLR Preview – Austin Elite vs Utah Warriors
The Utah Warriors will start their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign at Dell Diamond on Friday night. Their week off will have given them time to work out some of the kinks experienced in the preseason and also some insight into the new-look Austin Elite who have radically altered their …
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