The first half of the Major League Rugby regular season will officially come to a close when the Seattle Seawolves host the Utah Warriors at Starfire Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Seattle are coming off a hard-fought win over the NOLA Gold last weekend while Utah dominated Austin to grab their …
Read More »Americas Rankings – May 20 2018
International competition involving senior side’s has closed for the weekend. In total there were four test matches, two in South America and two in the Caribbean. The Americas Rankings – May 20 2018 have been updated to take into account the points exchanged. Brazil hammered Colombia 67-5 in the opening match …
Read More »SaberCats stumble in New Orleans
Houston’s hopes of reaching the Major League Rugby Semi Finals took a major tumble as the SaberCats flopped to a 24-20 defeat at the hands of the New Orleans Gold on Saturday. Played on a choppy field in sweltering heat, both teams struggled to find continuity with discipline also front …
Read More »Ardron Scores in Losing Effort
Tyler Ardron scored today in a losing effort. The Chiefs fell 28-24 against the Sharks in Durban in a back-and-forth contest. The loss was the fourth of the 2018 season for the New Zealand franchise. The South Africans face Los Jaguares next weekend in Buenos Aires. Both the Chiefs and …
Read More »Canada Selects grind out win over Arrows in Toronto
The fans showed up on a windy Friday evening before a long weekend in Toronto but unfortunately they didn’t quite get the game they were hoping for. What could have been a spectacle of running rugby was instead a largely dour affair that offered plenty of front-on clashes but little …
Read More »MLR Preview – New Orleans Gold vs Houston SaberCats
Only four teams will suit up in Week 5 of the inaugural Major League Rugby season. Saturday’s match is another first for the startup league, the first rematch. The New Orleans Gold host the Houston SaberCats in a repeat of the first game on opening day, a match won 35-26 by …
Read More »Match Preview – Ontario Arrows vs Canada Selects
In what could well be viewed as a ‘Probables vs Possibles’ trial ahead of the June test series, the Ontario Arrows will host the Canada Selects in Toronto on Friday evening in the first of a home-and-away series. It will also be a second ‘home opener’ of sorts for the …
Read More »Ardron back To Lock To Face Sharks
Having started at no 8 last week Tyler Ardron moves back to lock to face the Sharks. The Chiefs successfully defeated the Stormers last weekend in their first match in South Africa. Their tour continues on Saturday in Durban. Chiefs Had Coach Colin Cooper has made seven changes to the …
Read More »Romania, Spain, and Belgium out of 2019 World Cup
World Rugby have handed out severe punishments to Romania, Spain, and Belgium as a result of the player ineligibility scandal that has rocked the Rugby Europe World Cup qualification process. All three have been handed 5-point penalties for each qualifying game in which an ineligible player was used during the …
Read More »Major League Rugby to add Washington DC team
Washington DC is getting a professional rugby team. Major League Rugby will soon confirm that exclusive franchise rights have been granted to a group in the nation’s capital headed by lead investors Paul Sheehy and Chris Dunlavey. Their target entry is the 2020 season but the team could begin as …
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