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History was made on Friday evening as the Toronto Arrows recorded their first ever Major League Rugby victory. It would come at Dell Diamond at Round Rock, at the expense of hosts Austin Elite. The Arrows had to overcome adversity, not least the weather, with a late try from captain …

The New Orleans Gold will look to become the first team in the 2019 Major League Rugby season to record three wins when they host the Seattle Seawolves at Gold Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Defeating the defending champions will not be an easy task but San Diego showed last week …

It wasn’t pretty on a cold, damp night in Texas, but as the saying goes a win’s a win and the Toronto Arrows now have their first etched into the Major League Rugby history books. A late try from Dan Moor gave the expansion side a 23-19 win over Austin …

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 …

The New Orleans Gold sent another ripple through Major League Rugby on Tuesday afternoon. Already off to a perfect start in the new season, NOLA have confirmed the signature of US Eagles flanker Tony Lamborn. He joins the team from the Southland Stags in the Mitre 10 Cup. Born in …

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 …

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 …

The Utah Warriors began their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on the road against Austin Elite on Friday evening. A number of players made their MLR debut for the side, including starters Franco van den Berg, Logan Daniels, Ian Luciano, James Semple, Tim O’Malley, and Sione Ika. Other debutants included …

SANZAAR have trimmed their number of referees from 17 to 15 for the 2019 Super Rugby season. The officials included include six from New Zealand; five from South Africa; three from Australia; and one from Argentina. Included are newcomers AJ Jacobs (South Africa), and Damon Murphy (Australia). They join Egon …

Two Men’s Eagles have been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Sydney Sevens. Team captain Madison Hughes has been rewarded for leading his team to their fourth consecutive Cup Final appearance, while starting hooker Stephen Tomasin has also been selected. Hughes would finish second in overall points …