The last week of the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season will start with a match in Herriman on Saturday. Zions Bank Stadium will host the Utah Warriors and the Houston SaberCats. Neither team will be taking part in the Semi Finals but there is still much to play for. …
Read More »Namibia Depart for Uruguay
Namibia’s national men’s rugby team has departed for Uruguay. The Namibians will compete in Uruguay against the Argentina XV, Russia, and Los Teros in the World Rugby Nations Cup in June. The Africa No 2 are flying today from Namibia to Uruguay, doing so with connecting flights in Johannesburg, and …
Read More »2019 Sudamérica 6 Naciones A Dream Team
The 2019 Sudamérica 6 Naciones A saw both the Argentina XV, and Uruguay XV unbeaten. With an eye to RWC 2019 it is good signs for the respective development structures of the two national next of XV’s. Yet the competition was about a lot more including the crowning of a …
Read More »Rodrigo Capó Ortega To Play One More Year For Castres
Castres captain Rodrigo Capó Ortega is to play one more year for Castres. The Uruguayan will remain at the French side for the 2019-2020 season, thereby completing a staggering 18 years playing for the Top 14 club. The 38-year-old had an early ending to the 2018-2019 season. Having suffered a …
Read More »Houston wins again as Glendale’s season ends
Make it three wins in a row for Houston. The SaberCats showed they had more left in the tank than the Raptors as they came away 32-17 winners at AVEVA Stadium in their rescheduled fixture on Wednesday night. With that Glendale’s season comes to a close on three straight defeats, …
Read More »MLR Full Match – Toronto Arrows vs Glendale Raptors
The Toronto Arrows played host to the Glendale Raptors at their downtown venue of Lamport Stadium on Sunday. More than 2,700 fans showed up to take in the festivities and they were treated to an exciting game between two familiar foes. Toronto had won five games in a row entering …
Read More »Todd Clever new Director of Rugby for Austin Elite
Austin Elite have responded to their winless season with a change to their management. Thierry Daupin has stepped down as General Manager with immediate effect. Taking charge with a new job title at Director of Rugby is Eagles all-time cap leader Todd Clever. The change will not be a great …
Read More »MLR Preview – Houston SaberCats vs Glendale Raptors
The rains had their say on May 11 when this match was originally scheduled, but the forecast is all clear for tonight reschedule at the AVEVA Stadium. With two wins in a row the resurgent Houston SaberCats will look to continue their late-season form when they host the slumping Glendale …
Read More »World Cup Watch – Uruguay – May 29, 2019
With vastly more rugby for Uruguay’s leading domestic-based players and Uruguay happening to have far more professionals the roster for RWC 2019 will see some tough choices and close selections. This has been evident in 2019 in the Americas Rugby Championship, and Sudamérica 6 Naciones A. With the Nations Cup …
Read More »MLR Playoff Race – Who Needs What
The final week of the Major League Rugby regular season is upon us and the playoff race could not possibly be any closer. One team is in – the San Diego Legion – while four vie for the three remaining Semi Final spots. Remarkably, all are equal in points. Toronto, …
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