Mateo Sanguinetti has opted not to join the Houston SaberCats for the 2020 Major League Rugby season notes Ignacio Chans. Uruguay’s starting loosehead prop at the World Cup will instead stay in Montevideo and play for Peñarol in the new Súper Liga. The new South American professional league is set …
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The NOLA Gold have made a significant splash in the free agent market with the signing of Argentine winger Julián Domínguez. He joins on a three-year deal that will see him tied to the Gold through the 2022 Major League Rugby season though he retains an option to join the …
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Mungo Mason will take a second shot at Major League Rugby after signing with Old Glory DC for the 2020 season. The 24-year-old openside flanker appeared during the 2018 preseason for the San Diego Legion but was unable to secure a visa to take part in the regular season. Scottish-born …
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It was two losses from three matches for the men’s teams from the Americas on Day One of the Dubai Sevens. Only the USA were able to open their World Sevens Series season with a win as both Canada and Argentina suffered one-score defeats. The opening match of the 2019-2020 …
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The opening day of the Dubai Sevens saw both North American entries winning in the women’s bracket. Canada got past a tricky Russia side in their first match, with the USA besting Brazil immediately following to set up a mighty battle for Pool A supremacy on Day Two. Two first …
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The Houston SaberCats have added scrumhalf Jake Christmann to their roster for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. It’s the third MLR club the 20-year-old has been attached to having played for the Glendale Raptors in 2018 and signing with the Utah Warriors ahead of 2019. Christmann enjoyed a breakthrough …
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John Hayden has joined the hunt for a third consecutive Major League Rugby championship with the Seattle Seawolves. The 27-year-old tighthead prop has signed on for the 2020 season, the 15th returning player confirmed by the club to date. A Collegiate All-American while playing for the Central Washington Wildcats, Hayden …
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Rugby ATL have added three players to their roster for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Ryan Nell, Cronan Gleeson, and Harry Higgins arrive from South Africa, Ireland, and Australia respectively to boost the expansion side for their inaugural campaign. Nell, 29, comes with six years of Currie Cup experience, …
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The Utah Warriors have completed the signing of Canadian international Robbie Povey for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He joins from Sale FC in England’s National One, who he joined earlier this year after initially signing with RFU Championship club Coventry. Povey is English-born but qualifies for Canada through …
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Rugby United New York have named four more returning players for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. Kyle Sumsion, Cathal Marsh, Will Leonard, and Gavan D’Amore-Morrison make it 19 confirmed returnees and 6 newcomers confirmed by the club thus far for the new campaign. Former Eagles flanker Sumsion combined his …
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