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Richie Walker will leave his role as Head Coach of the Seattle Seawolves at the end of the Major League Rugby season. The New Zealand native will return home to Auckland where he will take over the Auckland Storm in the country’s top women’s rugby competition, the Farah Palmer Cup. …

Justin Fitzpatrick is no longer Head Coach of the Houston SaberCats. The club confirmed the news on their website on Thursday afternoon. Skills coach and former US Eagle Paul Emerick will take over the role in an interim capacity until the end of the season as the search for a …

Old Glory DC have confirmed another name for their upcoming exhibition series. Ryan Smith will play for the side, a collegiate football standout with the Miami RedHawks who played four NFL preseason games for the Green Bay Packers in 2018 after signing as an undrafted free agent. Originally from River …

Toronto Arrows winger Avery Oitomen is set to take his talents to the international stage when Canada faces off against the USA in June for a spot in the World Rugby u20 Trophy. Oitomen is one of four players attached to professional clubs in an impressive list of 32 that …

The NOLA Gold have joined the trend of late signings by adding Eagles cap Alex Maughan to their Major League Rugby roster for the rest of the season. Capable of playing across the front row, the 24-year-old is set to fill a gap at tighthead prop in the absence of …

Perhaps no match had greater implications for one team’s playoff chances than the one at York Alumni Field on Sunday. The Toronto Arrows desperately needed a win to stay in the hunt after a difficult road swing to start the season, and had to get one against the defending champion …

Two teams out of playoff contention dueled in front of a passionate crowd at Zions Bank Stadium on Saturday. The Utah Warriors were looking for just their second win of the season, while Austin Elite had lost 12 matches in a row dating back to last season. For the first …

A potentially pivotal match in the race to the playoffs took place at Infinity Park on Friday night. The Glendale Raptors went toe-to-toe with Rugby United New York. For Glendale it was a must-win situation and while there is still time, the same may yet be true for New York. …

Old Glory DC has added a couple PRO Rugby regulars to their roster for their upcoming spring campaign. Former Ohio Aviators utility back Chris Kunkel and San Francisco Rush scrumhalf Michael Reid have joined the incoming Major League Rugby side. Kunkel, 26, started only one game for the 2016 runners-up …

In many past World Cups, France has been a great enigma. The elimination of New Zealand at the hands of Les Bleus in RWCs 1999, and 2007 continue as main features on the highlight reel of World Rugby videos promoting the sport. Among other things that prior World Cups demonstrate …