The weekend’s test match results have given optimism to expanding the RWC from 20 to 24 teams. RWC 2019 competitors Canada and Russia suffered losses to non-RWC 2019 competitors, Brazil and Spain respectively. SPORTING Canada claimed the final spot at RWC 2019, doing so after having been sent into repechage …
Read More »MLR Highlights – NOLA Gold vs Seattle Seawolves
The NOLA Gold put their undefeated start to the 2019 Major League Rugby season on the line against the defending champion Seattle Seawolves on Sunday. For two sides provided a full 80 minutes of entertainment in a back-and-forth fixture loaded with open, attacking rugby. Uruguay lock Ignacio Dotti made his …
Read More »NOLA still perfect with win over Seattle
The New Orleans Gold kept their perfect start to the Major League Rugby season intact as they defeated the defending champion Seattle Seawolves 41-31 in a thoroughly entertaining contest at Gold Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Fans were treated to nine tries in all and plenty of open attacking rugby. Seattle …
Read More »Legion leave it late to beat SaberCats
The San Diego Legion scored two tries late in the game to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and earn a 17-13 win over the Houston SaberCats on Saturday evening. Joe Pietersen was the hero once again with a bit of magic creating the game winning score for Nate …
Read More »MLR Preview – San Diego Legion vs Houston SaberCats
The San Diego Legion will be looking to make it two wins in a row when they host the Houston SaberCats at Torero Stadium on Saturday evening. A win over defending champions Seattle was an early triumph for the Legion, and with a reasonably consistent lineup for a third consecutive …
Read More »Ardron to start for Chiefs against Reds
Tyler Ardron has been named at lock for the Chiefs in their Super Rugby warm-up match against the Reds at Ballymore on Friday. The Canadian international packs down beside captain Michael Allardice in a mixed team that includes All Blacks scrumhalf Brad Weber and new signing Jack Debreczeni. Ardron is …
Read More »MLR Team of the Week
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 …
Read More »MLR Highlights – San Diego Legion vs Seattle Seawolves
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 …
Read More »Draw revealed for Las Vegas Sevens
The draw for what will reportedly be the last edition of the Las Vegas event on the HSBC Sevens Series has been confirmed. Next year’s USA Sevens event is set to take place in a new venue as World Rugby looks to freshen up the circuit. Four Americas teams will …
Read More »MLR Highlights – New Orleans Gold vs Glendale Raptors
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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