And then there were two. Rugby United New York put a halt to the NOLA Gold‘s perfect start to the season with a 27-24 win at Gold Stadium on Saturday. A late penalty goal from Cathal Marsh sealed the win and put the cap on a man-of-the-match performance from the …
Read More »MLR Preview – Seattle Seawolves vs Toronto Arrows
A heavyweight tilt between two sides billed as title contenders will take place at the sold-out Starfire Stadium on Sunday evening. There the defending champion Seattle Seawolves await the expansion Toronto Arrows in a highly anticipated contest of particular interest to Canadian fans. Seattle is as close as it comes …
Read More »MLR Preview – Austin Elite vs Glendale Raptors
If there is such a thing as a must-win game this early in the Major League Rugby season, this is it. Austin Elite have lost all three of their games at Dell Diamond and with only three left at their new home they simply must salvage something before hitting the …
Read More »MLR Preview – San Diego Legion vs Utah Warriors
San Diego’s four game home stand will come to a close on Sunday afternoon when they play host to the Utah Warriors in Week 4 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. With two wins from three the Legion have had a positive start to their campaign and will be determined …
Read More »MLR Preview – NOLA Gold vs Rugby United New York
There are three unbeaten teams left in Major League Rugby. Barring a draw, it will be down to only two after Saturday afternoon’s match at Gold Stadium in New Orleans. The darling of the new season are the NOLA Gold who put their winning streak on the line against Rugby …
Read More »Forward Thinking (Vol 5, Iss 1): How Would a 24-Team RWC Operate?
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 »MLR Team of the Week
It was another exciting week in Major League Rugby and we finally had our first double-digits differential though even that game was enthralling from a fan’s perspective. Toronto got their historic first ever win, NOLA proved themselves the team to beat, and Houston will be kicking themselves for blowing a …
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 …
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