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The NOLA Gold have added more quality to their front row stocks with the addition of prop Jarred Adams. A former Samoa u20 representative, the 26-year-old was first choice in the No1 jersey for Northland during New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship. Adams was three weeks shy of his 20th birthday …

Tomas Aoake has committed to a second season with the San Diego Legion. The hot-stepping winger has re-signed with the club for 2023 after spending the Major League Rugby off-season playing with Auckland in New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship. Visa delays saw Aoake missing the first seven weeks of the …

The USA and Argentina each came away with a victory in their first games at the Hong Kong Sevens. Uruguay and Canada were on the losing side as the new season of the World Sevens Series officially, and with it Olympic qualification got underway on Friday. Argentina took on Canada …

The tension ratchets up considerably this weekend as the World Cup reaches the Semi Final stage. Predictably it’s the top four teams on the rankings who have advanced. Canada will represent the Americas as they take on England, with New Zealand squaring off against France. It’s fair to say that …

Saint Mary’s Gaels scrumhalf Karl Keane has signed with the Seattle Seawolves. The 21-year-old has committed his long-term future to the club with a three-year deal through the 2025 Major League Rugby season. Though eligible for the 2022 Collegiate Draft, Keane was granted an exemption under the league’s Homegrown Player …

Old Glory DC have re-signed fullback Owen Sheehy for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old recently played for the USA Falcons in Montevideo, and was one of three Old Glory players who traveled to Scotland to train with Glasgow Warriors. Sheehy joined the club ahead of the 2021 …

Avery Oitomen is returning to Major League Rugby. The former Arrows flyer has signed with Toronto for the 2023 season, three years after becoming a trying-scoring sensation with the club as a 19-year-old during the team’s inaugural campaign. Oitomen exploded into the scene in 2019, making 11 appearances on the …

Rugby Canada have named a 36-man training group to prepare for upcoming tests against the Netherlands on November 12 and Namibia on November 19. Both matches will be played in Amsterdam. The squad will be trimmed by four names prior to departure. Included are 27 of the 32 players that …

The Utah Warriors have signed Danny Giannascoli for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. It’s a return of sorts for the 25-year-old flyhalf, who was selected by the Warriors in the second round of the 2020 Collegiate Draft and played one preseason game in 2021. Despite impressing in the start …

Old Glory DC have re-signed Canadian international Luke Campbell for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 30-year-old loose forward returns for a third year in the nation’s capital, having previously played with the Toronto Arrows in 2019. Campbell set MLR career highs with 12 appearances and 11 starts this …