Two of Major League Rugby’s founding members will collide in New Orleans on Saturday afternoon as the Gold play host to the Houston SaberCats. NOLA are on a short turnaround after beating the Arrows on Sunday while Houston are fresh off a bye week. It’s been two years since they …
Read More »MLR Preview – New England Free Jacks vs Austin Gilgronis
The New England Free Jacks will look to maintain their unbeaten home record as they host the Austin Gilgronis in just the second ever Major League Rugby match at Union Point Stadium. It’s the first ever meeting between the two sides with the new date coming almost a year to …
Read More »SLAR: 2021 All-Stars
The 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season has given players from six countries the opportunity of playing professional rugby in South America. The demanding season featured ten regular season rounds, all of which were played on five-day turnarounds. There is no debate as to which was the leading team …
Read More »Mexico names Men’s 7s training squad for Olympic Qualifier
Mexico have named a Men’s Sevens training squad of 22 players to prepare for the final Olympic Qualifying tournament. Monaco will again host the event set to take place on the weekend of June 19-20 at Stade Louis II. The Rugby Sevens event at the Olympics begins on July 27. …
Read More »LA to play Utah game at SoFi Stadium
Major League Rugby is headed for SoFi Stadium. The LA Giltinis will host the Utah Warriors at the new Inglewood home of of the NFL’s two Los Angeles teams – the Rams and Chargers. It will be a a Saturday night game set for a 7pm local (10pm Eastern) kickoff …
Read More »North America’s Lions – The Wolverines
Today’s announcement of the British & Irish Lions squad brings a definitive end to months of doubt whether the tour would even go ahead. Fingers crossed anyway. Four years ago we approached the concept of an ‘Americas Lions‘ touring side, and while it was a fun exercise there was no …
Read More »MLR Team of the Week
With only four games this past weekend there were less candidates to choose from but we also saw a couple of the strongest individual efforts of the season. Remarkably there are 12 who get their first selections of the seeason with a few previously settling for honorable mentions. 1 – …
Read More »Argentina 2021: five months on the road and 12 away test matches
Argentina are preparing for a busy 2021. Los Pumas will play 12 test matches, none of which will be in Argentina. In reporting for El Ciudadano, Lisando Olearo notes that the matches will come in three cateogries. First, three relocated test matches in July. Second, the Rugby Championship from August …
Read More »Fernando Luna ruled out of Tokyo Olympics
Argentina have been dealt a significant blow ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Vastly experienced forward Fernando Luna has been ruled out of the tournament after suffering a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee that will require surgical repair. Luna, who turns 31 in a week, has been a leading …
Read More »New York signs Pumas legend Juan Manuel Leguizamón
Juan Manuel Leguizamón is coming to Major League Rugby after all. The 87-test Pumas loose forward has signed with Rugby United New York for the remainder of the Major League Rugby season. He joins fellow Argentines Benjamín Bonasso and Joel Miranda in The Big Apple. It’s been 18 months in …
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