The Toronto Arrows have signed two more props for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Veteran loosehead Rob Brouwer returns for a third season and there is a new name in tighthead Marc-Antoine Ouellet, who arrives from the Pacific Pride national academy program. At 38 years old Brouwer is currently …
Read More »Peni Tagive moves from Austin to Dallas
The Dallas Jackals have announced the signing of Peni Tagive for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from soon-to-be Texas Cup rivals Austin where he has played for the past two years. After appearing primarily on the wing for Austin during the 2019 campaign, Tagive switched to outside …
Read More »Gloucester sign Santiago Carreras from Jaguares
The Argentine player exodus continues. Gloucester have signed Santiago Carreras from Los Jaguares. The English Premiership club will be Carreras’ first foreign experience. He was a Super Rugby rookie in 2019 and went on to play in RWC 2019. He joins Gloucester with immediate effect. He contract is for the remainder …
Read More »Dylan Audsley re-signs with San Diego Legion
Dylan Audsley has re-signed with the San Diego Legion for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The USA Eagles international returns for a fourth season with the club having played a leading role since the inaugural 2018 campaign. He is the 10th returning player to sign an extension in recent …
Read More »LA signs Australian flanker Christian Poidevin
Christian Poidevin is the latest Australian to sign with the LA Giltinis for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 22-year-old flanker follows GM Adam Freier and second row Nathan Den Hoedt from the Randwick club. He is notably the son of former Wallabies great Simon Poidevin. For the past …
Read More »Utah adds seven players to Senior Training Squad
The Utah Warriors have added seven players to their senior pre-season training roster ahead of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Among them are former NFL signings Aaron Wade and Logan Tago. All seven appeared for the Warriors Selects during their fall exhibition campaign. Wade signed for the Cleveland Browns …
Read More »Guido Volpi returns to Doncaster Knights on loan from Ospreys
Guido Volpi has returned to England. The Argentine flanker will turn out for the Doncaster Knights on loan from the Ospreys. The 25-year-old will feature for the northern English side in the RFU Championship, the English second division. It will be Volpi’s second stint with the Doncaster Knights. The former …
Read More »Player of the Week – DeLeaka Menin
This past weekend saw the closure of the international test window. For Los Pumas it was another draw, an acceptable result given the off-field turmoil during the week. While few were truly exceptional, we must credit Felipe Ezcurra with a vastly improved showing from the New Zealand disaster. Bautista Delguy …
Read More »Canadian flanker Nakai Penny extends Seattle stay
Canadian international Nakai Penny has extended his stay in Seattle for a fourth season. The openside flanker signs on for the 2021 Major League Rugby campaign, joining countrymen Djustice Sears-Duru, George Barton, and Brock Staller in re-committing to the two-time champion Seawolves. Penny was in top form when the 2020 …
Read More »Juan Pablo Socino suspended for role in Barbarians breach
Juan Pablo Socino is one of 13 players who have been sanctioned by the RFU as a result of their breach of protocol that led to the cancellation of the Barbarians match against England in October. The players were twice caught leaving quarantine to socialise at local establishments, on the …
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