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Houston’s hopes of reaching the Major League Rugby Semi Finals took a major tumble as the SaberCats flopped to a 24-20 defeat at the hands of the New Orleans Gold on Saturday. Played on a choppy field in sweltering heat, both teams struggled to find continuity with discipline also front …

Only four teams will suit up in Week 5 of the inaugural Major League Rugby season. Saturday’s match is another first for the startup league, the first rematch. The New Orleans Gold host the Houston SaberCats in a repeat of the first game on opening day, a match won 35-26 by …

The play-off’s in France’s Top 14 will begin this weekend. On Friday and Saturday the Top 14 Barrage fixture will see four clubs fighting for the two remaining places in the Semi Finals. In the opening match Toulon are at home against Lyon on Friday. The Mediterranean club enters as …

Ramiro Herrera and AJ MacGinty have been named in the Barbarians Roster to Face England later this month. England will warm-up for their tour to South Africa by playing at home at Twickenham Stadium on May 27. The Barbarians are to be capped by Ireland’s center Bundee Aki. The New …

The Semi Finals stage of the English Premiership season has arrived. On Saturday four teams will compete for the right to compete in the 2018 Aviva Premiership Final at London’s Twickenham Stadium. With RWC players from Argentina, Canada, and the USA all contracted to clubs involved in the final there is …

This weekend sees the Semi Finals taking place in the Pro 14. The final four see three of the competition’s five nations represented with the Celts Ireland, Scotland and Wales all having teams involved. Not involved are Italian or South African sides though teams from both countries had admirable seasons. …

England international Ben Foden will play for New York in the 2019 Major League Rugby season. The 32-year-old fullback confirmed the news at a recent Northampton Saints season-end dinner event. Earlier this month he made his 250th appearance for Saints across all competitions having joined the club in 2008 from …

What an interesting weekend! With Europe’s gaze squarely on the European finals our selections have come entirely from within the Americas this week – specifically via Major League Rugby and the Sudamericano 6 Naciones ‘A’. Even those results, however, have left selection hazy. Brazil earned a famous win but were …

Premiership Rugby Limited have blocked Welsh players from the opening match of the upcoming tour to the Americas. The English based Tomas Francis, Luke Charteris, and Josh Adams are now to all be replaced by Welsh-based players. The trio will be unable to play Wales’ matches in Washington D.C., San …

Chicago has landed a special November Triple Header. The iconic home of the Chicago Bears, Soldier Field will play host to three international matches on November 03, two of which involve both the Men’s and Women’s Eagles. The USA Women’s Eagles will play in the opening fixture, taking on New …