Dallas have added a third Fijian to their backline ahead of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The Jackals have signed up 23-year-old fullback Josateki Degei from Namosi. He follows countrymen Tuidraki Samusamuvodre and John Vasurakuta to the expansion side. Degei has followed a similar lineage in his rugby career. …
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Just days after being named in the Fiji squad for the upcoming Autumn Nations Cup, Samu Tawake has another reason to celebrate. The Rugby United New York prop is one of seven Fijian players added to the Barbarians squad to face England. Vern Cotter and Glen Jackson will coach both …
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Poasa Waqanibau will return for the New England Free Jacks in 2021. The 26-year-old Fijian enters the second of a three-year contract that runs through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Arriving from the Fijian Drua, Waqanibau showed off his pace and power in 2020 with two tries scored, though …
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Vern Cotter has named a 32-man Fiji squad for the upcoming Autumn Nations Cup. Included in his first selection as Head Coach are two players signed for Major League Rugby teams in 2021 – Rugby United New York prop Samu Tawake and Dallas Jackals flyhalf Tuidraki Samusamuvodre. Tawake debuted for …
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It’s been a month and chance since our last Major League Rugby update, and much has happened. Most notable is confirmation that the Kanaloa Hawai’i bid was not approved and the 4th season will kick off on March 20 with 13 teams and some familiar broadcast partners. The Kanaloa news …
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The Dallas Jackals have announced the signing of a second Fiji Warriors representative in the span of a week. Outside center John Vasurakuta follows flyhalf Tuidraki Samusamuvodre in joining the expansion side ahead of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Vasurakuta is just 20 years old and might have been …
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History was made on this day in 2019. Quite simply David downed Goliath. Uruguay put in their most memorable rugby performance of all-time to defeat Fiji. The match was Los Teros’ first game of RWC 2019. The September 25, 2019 match was the second of two between the countries in …
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The Dallas Jackals have announced the signing of flyhalf Tuidraki Samusamuvodre for their inaugural Major League Rugby campaign in 2021. At 22 years old he has yet to make his test debut but is considered one of Fiji’s brightest young playmakers at No10. Samusamuvodre represented the national u20 side for …
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Three more teams have been confirmed for the upcoming World Tens Series taking place in Bermuda. Previously announced Ohio Aviators and SX10 will be joined by the Asia Pacific Dragons, London Royals, and an entirely new American side – the Miami Sun. Little is know about the Miami side at …
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The San Diego Legion have confirmed barnstorming forward Keni Nasoqeqe for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He returns for the second year of the contract signed in July of last year, the sixth forward to officially commit to the upcoming campaign. Nasoqeqe has been a real find for the …
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