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Austin will take their home show on the road this week as Toyota Field will host its second Major League Rugby fixture. It’s Old Glory who arrives for what is being dubbed the ‘Cuisine Solutions Cup’, a nod to DC’s major sponsor that will soon open a new sous-vide franchise …

The HSBC Men’s World Sevens Series returns on Saturday in Los Angeles. It’s the fifth stop on the 2019-2020 calendar, one that has now been severely disrupted with the Asian leg postponed from April to October due to the coronavirus. After a decade of being hosted in Las Vegas, the …

Enter Week 4 of the 2020 Major League Rugby campaign, and there are some tasty matches that will be difficult to predict. Last week was unkind to the home teams (1-4-1). Will they fare better this week? Two matches will kick off at the same time to start Saturday’s proceedings. …

Retirement will have to wait for Peter Tiberio. The 30-year-old outside back has re-signed with the Seattle Seawolves for the remainder of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. It’s an about-face on his late-September announcement that he would be hanging up the boots. Tiberio quickly became a fan-favorite at Starfire …

The Houston SaberCats have signed a new forward for the remainder of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Van Stewart has arrived from Sydney, Australia, where he has been playing for Manly Marlins in the Shute Shield. He could debut in Sunday’s match against Rugby United New York. Stewart was …

Standards seemed to dip a little in the third week of the Major League Rugby season. Perhaps it was fatigue, or the return to cooler temperatures after the sun of Las Vegas. It was a good week for kickers as discipline faltered, and players on both ends of the throw-in …

NOLA Gold have lost Ignacio Dotti for two to three months. The Uruguayan second-rower suffered a fractured forearm this past Saturday while playing for NOLA Gold against the Colorado Raptors in Glendale. The 25-year-old Dotti is into his second season with the NOLA Gold. He joined the side on his …

Rugby United New York came away 22-19 winners over Rugby ATL at Lupo Family Field on Sunday afternoon. The visitors had pulled away by halftime but a late surge earned the home side a losing bonus point that may well pay dividends come playoff time in the highly competitive Eastern …

Old Glory DC made it two wins on the trot as they scrapped to a 22-13 victory over the Houston SaberCats at AVEVA Stadium on Saturday. In a stop-start match that featured numerous penalties and only rare continuity, the boot of DC flyhalf Jason Robertson proved the difference. Click here …

A last-gasp try from Kalolo Tuiloma pulled the Utah Warriors from the jaws of defeat at Bold Stadium on Saturday. The 20-20 draw denied Austin a first victory since their debut season but did put a halt to a 20-game losing streak that dated back to June 1 of 2018. …