A heavyweight tilt between two sides billed as title contenders will take place at the sold-out Starfire Stadium on Sunday evening. There the defending champion Seattle Seawolves await the expansion Toronto Arrows in a highly anticipated contest of particular interest to Canadian fans. Seattle is as close as it comes …
Read More »MLR Preview – San Diego Legion vs Utah Warriors
San Diego’s four game home stand will come to a close on Sunday afternoon when they play host to the Utah Warriors in Week 4 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. With two wins from three the Legion have had a positive start to their campaign and will be determined …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 5, Iss 1): How Would a 24-Team RWC Operate?
The weekend’s test match results have given optimism to expanding the RWC from 20 to 24 teams. RWC 2019 competitors Canada and Russia suffered losses to non-RWC 2019 competitors, Brazil and Spain respectively. SPORTING Canada claimed the final spot at RWC 2019, doing so after having been sent into repechage …
Read More »MLR Highlights – NOLA Gold vs Seattle Seawolves
The NOLA Gold put their undefeated start to the 2019 Major League Rugby season on the line against the defending champion Seattle Seawolves on Sunday. For two sides provided a full 80 minutes of entertainment in a back-and-forth fixture loaded with open, attacking rugby. Uruguay lock Ignacio Dotti made his …
Read More »MLR Team of the Week
It was another exciting week in Major League Rugby and we finally had our first double-digits differential though even that game was enthralling from a fan’s perspective. Toronto got their historic first ever win, NOLA proved themselves the team to beat, and Houston will be kicking themselves for blowing a …
Read More »MLR Highlights – Austin Elite vs Toronto Arrows
History was made on Friday evening as the Toronto Arrows recorded their first ever Major League Rugby victory. It would come at Dell Diamond at Round Rock, at the expense of hosts Austin Elite. The Arrows had to overcome adversity, not least the weather, with a late try from captain …
Read More »MLR Preview – NOLA Gold vs Seattle Seawolves
The New Orleans Gold will look to become the first team in the 2019 Major League Rugby season to record three wins when they host the Seattle Seawolves at Gold Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Defeating the defending champions will not be an easy task but San Diego showed last week …
Read More »Arrows earn historic first win in Texas
It wasn’t pretty on a cold, damp night in Texas, but as the saying goes a win’s a win and the Toronto Arrows now have their first etched into the Major League Rugby history books. A late try from Dan Moor gave the expansion side a 23-19 win over Austin …
Read More »Ardron to start for Chiefs against Reds
Tyler Ardron has been named at lock for the Chiefs in their Super Rugby warm-up match against the Reds at Ballymore on Friday. The Canadian international packs down beside captain Michael Allardice in a mixed team that includes All Blacks scrumhalf Brad Weber and new signing Jack Debreczeni. Ardron is …
Read More »NOLA sign Eagles flanker Lamborn
The New Orleans Gold sent another ripple through Major League Rugby on Tuesday afternoon. Already off to a perfect start in the new season, NOLA have confirmed the signature of US Eagles flanker Tony Lamborn. He joins the team from the Southland Stags in the Mitre 10 Cup. Born in …
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