Perry Baker has suffered a serious injury at the Madrid Sevens. The two-time World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year went down with what appeared to be a broken leg or ankle two minutes into the first half of the USA’s match against Kenya on Saturday. While a full diagnosis …
Read More »Rodrigo Bruni scores first try for Vannes
Rodrigo Bruni scored his first try for Vannes. He did so on Friday in a Pro D2 match against Nevers. The try was a third phase play with the Pumas N8 bumping off a tackle to slice through the defense and score. It came against the run of play. Vannes …
Read More »Juan Cruz Mallía busy on Toulouse debut
Juan Cruz Mallía made his Toulouse debut on Saturday. He did so in a round 17 Top 14 match against Lyon. Toulouse were beaten 31-23 in what was an away fixture. The result sees Toulouse now in third position. Wins to La Rochelle and Racing 92 see them now above …
Read More »Argentina impress on day one of Madrid Sevens
Argentina impresso on Day One of the Madrid Sevens. Los Pumas 7’s won 40-12 against Spain and 24-17 against the USA on the opening day of the competition. Joaquín de la Vega was the star against Spain. The former u20 fly half scored a hat-trick. Franco Sábato and Marcos Moneta …
Read More »MLR Off-Season Update – One Month Out
We are now exactly one month away from the start of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Normally another off-season update would not come this late in the hour, but much has changed since our last offering in mid-December. A planned January update was pushed to the side as the …
Read More »Madrid Sevens fixtures and Broadcast details
This weekend will see the return of international sevens rugby as Madrid plays host to an Olympic warm-up tournament. It’s the first such competition for many of the countries competing since the postponement of the World Sevens Series nearly a year ago. Originally slated for six teams in each division, …
Read More »Matt Wirken moves from RUNY to Free Jacks
This week’s signing spree from the New England Free Jacks continues with confirmation that Matt Wirken has joined from Rugby United New York. A veteran of three Major League Rugby campaigns, the 31-year-old lock moves to his third MLR team having initially played for the NOLA Gold. At 6’7″ (2.01m) …
Read More »Tomás Cubelli scores in Western Force debut
Tomás Cubelli scored on his Western Force debut. The Argentine scrum half scored the only try for the Force in their season opener against the Brumbies. The Brumbies were 27-11 winners in the Super Rugby AU fixture. Cubelli touched down four minutes from full time. He did so after having …
Read More »Former Raptors prop Marco Fepulea’i lands in LA
The LA Giltinis have reinforced their front row stocks with the signing of former Raptors prop Marco Fepulea’i for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. A tighthead specialist, he is the latest Colorado castoff to find a third home in the span of a year following the subsequent withdrawal of …
Read More »Dallas Dispersal Update – Where would-be Jackals are now
The decision of the expansion Dallas Jackals to withdraw from the 2021 Major League Rugby season left 30 confirmed signings without a team. Some were entered in a supplementary draft that also included some college athletes, while others were released from their contract and are now free agents. To date …
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