Austin have announced the signing of South African hooker Robbie Coetzee for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 31-year-old arrives at the AG’s with nearly a decade of experience as a professional in his home country, most notably with the Lions in Super Rugby. Originally from Pretoria, Coetzee made …
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USA Rugby has announced the approval of eight National Development Programs that will officially join the High Performance Pathways initiative. Among them are two Major League Rugby teams – the New England Free Jacks and San Diego Legion. Each program was required to submit a plan for verification with USAR …
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The Western Force have re-signed Marcel Brache. The team’s website made the announcement, noting it as a new two-year-deal. Brache joins Kieran Longbottom, and Brynard Stander in committing to the Western Australian Super Rugby side. The 32-year-old Brache has over 50 appearances in Super Rugby. In addition to playing for …
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The Utah Warriors have confirmed a four-match fall series for their Warriors Selects side. Composed of local development players and fringe senior squad members, the Selects group has unearthed the likes of Puna Vuli, Thomas Tu’avao, and Dom Toluono who made their MLR debuts in 2020. Kick-starting the series on …
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The Houston SaberCats have confirmed the returns of Zack Godfrey and Valdemar Lee-Lo for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Both players carry over existing contracts announced in September and November of last year respectively. Godfrey arrived from England having previously been part of the Leicester and Ealing academy programs. …
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Old Glory DC have re-signed USA age-grade international Will Vakalahi for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 21-year-old prop has been with the team since their inception having been their second-ever addition ahead of their 2019 exhibition series. After playing both in the back row and age loosehead prop …
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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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The New England Free Jacks have announced the signing of 25-year-old hooker Pieter Jansen on a contract through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from the Golden Lions in South Africa, where he has been part of the senior provincial squad since 2016. Jansen is the most accomplished …
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Round 10 of 13 is now in the books for the Shute Shield, and Darren Coleman‘s Gordon team remain at the top of the ladder. They have finally proved mortal, however, tasting defeat for the first time this past weekend against an in-form Northern Suburbs who are now just one …
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The second week of the Mitre 10 Cup season featured less scoring than the first but there were two compelling contests on Saturday including a cracking battle for the Ranfurly Shield in Christchurch. As with the first week there were plenty of Major League Rugby connections, in fact this time …
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