Tony Lamborn will return to the Southland Stags for the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season. The Eagles flanker missed out on this year’s campaign due to his Rugby World Cup commitments but is set to skipper the side next year with 2019 captain Brayden Mitchell already ruled long-term with a …
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Austin confirms five Outside Back returnees
Five outside backs will be continuing their stays in Austin for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Accompanying the club’s transition from Elite to Herd are Sione Fangaiuiha, Peni Tagive, Reece Czarnecki, Alex Faison-Donahoe, and Zinzan Elan-Puttick. Fangaiuiha enters his third season with the team after signing on ahead of …
Read More »Heartbreaking Rugby Moments
The winning side in a rugby match takes the glory though in rugby there are also the heartbreaking moments. The moments live in the memory with many often seeming like they happened yesterday. Below are a sample of five very hard results for teams from the Americas. 1 – …
Read More »RUNY signs Super Rugby veteran Kara Pryor
Rugby United New York have signed veteran Super Rugby flanker Kara Pryor for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 28-year-old arrives on the back of six New Zealand provincial campaigns, four seasons of Super Rugby, and three appearances for the Māori All Blacks. Pryor began his professional career with …
Read More »San Diego signs Canadian back Josh Thiel
The San Diego Legion have signed Canadian international Josh Thiel for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Most recently part of the Pacific Pride national development program, the Abbotsford product adds further depth to a backs division already bursting in talent. Thiel comes from strong rugby roots. His father Jon …
Read More »Pieretto Set for English Premiership Debut
Enrique Pieretto is set for his English Premiership debut. He has been named on the bench for the Exeter Chiefs who take-on the Leicester Tigers on Saturday. Pieretto will be up against two countrymen with Tomás Lavanini starting for the Tigers and Facundo Gigena named on the bench. All three …
Read More »Peñarol Sign Genco and Pueyrredón from Argentina
Peñarol have added to their playing roster by recruiting two players from Argentina, reports Ignacio Chans. The Uruguayan side for the new Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) has signed Alfredo Pueyrredón, and Mauro Genco. Both Pueyrredón and Genco played in Montevideo against Uruguay in August, doing so for the …
Read More »Duane Aholelei and Rory van Vugt to join ATL
Rugby ATL’s recruitment drive looks to be complete as two more professionals will join the expansion side for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Tonga ‘A’ prop Duane Aholelei and outside back Rory van Vugt are set to arrive in Georgia early in the new year. Aholelei has most recently …
Read More »Four more re-sign for Rugby United New York
Rugby United New York have confirmed the signatures of four more returning players for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. US Eagles front rowers Dylan Fawsitt and Paddy Ryan are joined by openside flanker James Denise and midfielder Quentin Pradère. Irish-born Fawsitt capped an excellent 2019 with selection to his …
Read More »Free Jacks sign Samoa prop Donald Brighouse
The New England Free Jacks have secured Samoa prop Donald Brighouse on a two-year contract through the end of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He represented New Zealand at the 2013 World Junior Championship and was most recently first choice tighthead for Taranaki Bulls in the 2019 Mitre 10 …
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