The Utah Warriors began their 2019 Major League Rugby campaign on the road against Austin Elite on Friday evening. A number of players made their MLR debut for the side, including starters Franco van den Berg, Logan Daniels, Ian Luciano, James Semple, Tim O’Malley, and Sione Ika. Other debutants included …
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The Glendale Raptors traveled to New Orleans to face the Gold on Saturday in Week 2 of the 2019 Major League Rugby season. Glendale were arriving on the back of a tough loss to the Seattle Seawolves in the season opener and were without star halfback duo Shaun Davies and …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP Uruguay Few would have dared suggest that the creation of the Americas Rugby Championship would see Uruguay mounting a four-test winning …
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Two Men’s Eagles have been named to the official HSBC Dream Team for the Sydney Sevens. Team captain Madison Hughes has been rewarded for leading his team to their fourth consecutive Cup Final appearance, while starting hooker Stephen Tomasin has also been selected. Hughes would finish second in overall points …
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One week after earning his first ever HSBC Dream Team selection in Hamilton, Folau Niua has reached another career milestone. Sydney marked the 63rd HSBC Sevens Series tournament in his career, which sees Niua overtaking Zack Test as the most-capped Men’s Eagles Sevens player of all-time. Niua’s international sevens career …
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The USA Men’s Eagles are still on top of the HSBC Sevens Series table after a Silver finish in Sydney. It’s the fourth consecutive Cup Final appearance for the team though the ultimate victory continues to elude them. As they did in the women’s bracket, New Zealand claimed first place …
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Test match rugby got underway for 2019 this weekend. In round one of the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) there were two matches counting towards the Americas and World Rankings. The big winner was Uruguay. Los Teros’ miraculous 14-man win over Canada sees the teams trading 0.31 rankings points. For Uruguay …
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The USA Women’s Eagles claimed their second top-three finish of the season as they took Bronze at the Sydney Sevens. Canada were knocked out in the Quarter Finals by eventual champions New Zealand but won their remaining matches to salvage a 5th place result. A last-gasp try by Cheta Emba …
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The San Diego Legion held on to defeat the Seattle Seawolves 17-13 in the driving rain at Torero Stadium on Saturday. A late surge by the defending champions nearly saw them make up a 14-point deficit but the home side had just enough resolution to see the win through. For …
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The New Orleans Gold sent a message to the rest of Major League Rugby as they stunned the 2018 finalist Glendale Raptors 40-31 at Gold Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Despite fielding a young forward pack absent four internationals on Americas Rugby Championship detail they held their own up front and …
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