The Toronto Arrows return to Major League Rugby on Friday evening when they travel to the great state of Texas to take on Austin Elite at Dell Diamond. Under normal circumstances the expansion side might have been favored but with four more internationals off on Canada duty and another unavailable, the …
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The New England Free Jacks won’t be taking part in the Major League Rugby regular season until 2020 but in the meantime they have put together an impressive list of exhibition matches beginning this weekend. Boston’s expansion franchise has confirmed eight fixtures against a mix of domestic and overseas sides. …
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Washington DC’s future Major League Rugby franchise now has a name and a shiny new logo. The new team, who will officially join the league in the 2020 season, will be called ‘Old Glory DC’ with their new logo featuring a shield design with a silhouette of the Capitol Building …
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Uruguay scrumhalf Santiago Arata has been suspended for three weeks following his red card against Canada this past weekend during their opening round match of the Americas Rugby Championship. The 22-year-old was sent off by referee Federico Anselmi for a dangerous head-high tackle on Canadian winger Andrew Coe in the …
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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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Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season gave us three games to peruse, and given the results it should be no surprise that the NOLA Gold enjoy the greatest representation for the second week running. In the end at least one player from each team managed to squeeze …
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The final match of the Major League Rugby weekend saw the San Diego Legion hosting the defending champion Seattle Seawolves at Torero Stadium. Rain poured down from start to finish and while that put a damper on expansive rugby, it made for some big collisions in the middle of the …
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The Utah Warriors began their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on the road against Austin Elite on Friday evening. A number of players made their MLR debut for the side, including starters Franco van den Berg, Logan Daniels, Ian Luciano, James Semple, Tim O’Malley, and Sione Ika. Other debutants included …
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The Glendale Raptors traveled to New Orleans to face the Gold on Saturday in Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. Glendale were arriving on the back of a tough loss to the Seattle Seawolves in the season opener and were without star halfback duo Shaun Davies and …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Uruguay Few would have dared suggest that the creation of the Americas Rugby Championship would see Uruguay mounting a four-test winning …
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