Ireland

John Poland will play a fourth Major League Rugby season with the New England Free Jacks. The 25-year-old scrumhalf has committed to the last of his three-year deal signed in August of 2020. Since arriving ahead of New England’s inaugural MLR campaign, Poland has been one of the club’s most …

Shane O’Leary will be playing in Major League Rugby next year after signing on with the Toronto Arrows. The 29-year-old Irish-Canadian flyhalf makes the move to North America after spending the past decade playing professionally in Europe. Originally from Cork, O’Leary first played for Canada at the 2013 Junior World …

The Seattle Seawolves and San Diego Legion have made a second trade in a span of days. Hooker Sean McNulty heads back to California with second row Ben Mitchell moving north to Washington state. Earlier this week San Diego sent hooker Peter Malcolm to Seattle for salary cap considerations. McNulty, …

NOLA Gold have re-signed Pat O’Toole for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old has shared the No2 shirt with Canadian international Eric Howard for the past two seasons. He has previously represented the USA Selects at the 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge in Uruguay. After playing every game during …

Former USA u20 international Roman Salanoa has been named in the Emerging Ireland squad for the upcoming Toyota Challenge matches in South Africa. The USA will also be sending a team to play in the series, though they will not collide with the Irish entry. Salanoa was born and raised …

The third edition of the Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft is now complete. A total of 39 players were selected across three rounds with all 11 teams from the 2022 season participating. LA had already traded their three allotted selections, while Austin’s 33rd overall pick was traded to Utah for …

Tonga booked their place at Rugby World Cup 2023 as Asia / Pacific 1. The Pacific Island country overcame Hong Kong, winning the deciding Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifier 44-22. The outcome is that Tonga will play in Pool B at RWC 2023 while Hong Kong now have the fourth, …

This was Major League Rugby’s biggest season yet with 13 teams and 109 games played. An extra round of playoffs was added and off-field controversy saw the top two teams in the Western Conference disqualified from contesting for the Shield. New England set a new standard for success in the …

Joel Sclavi and Facundo Bosch are 2022 European club champions. The Argentine front-rowers were second-half replacements for La Rochelle who defeated Leinster. The victory gave the French club its first ever trophy at the elite level; remarkably European glory came before winning the Top 14 title. La Rochelle coach Ronan …

New England have now set a new record for consecutive victories and there’s no telling when they might slow down. LA and Austin also continued their winning runs and are set for a titanic battle this coming weekend. San Diego were runaway winners over Dallas though it came at a …