Tag Archives: Currie Cup

The Legion have found their new hooker for the 2024 Major League Rugby season. Hugh Roach has been acquired from Chicago in a straight swap for scrumhalf Jason Higgins. The former fills the enormous gap left by the departures of both Sama Malolo and Shilo Klein to Super Rugby. Roach …

The Miami Sharks have revealed their second official signing ahead of their inaugural Major League Rugby campaign. South African flanker Roelof Smit will make the move from the Currie Cup, following Pumas scrumhalf Tomás Cubelli to the south of Florida. Smit, 30, represented South Africa at the 2013 World Rugby …

Ruben de Haas is heading back to South Africa. The US Eagles scrumhalf will depart English Premiership side Saracens after signing a two-year deal with the Cheetahs beginning in July of this year. He will first return stateside for a short-term deal in Major League Rugby. It’s the second stint …

Rugby ATL have said their goodbyes to six players who will not be returning in 2023. John Sullivan and Connor Cook have confirmed their retirements from professional rugby, while Marko Janse van Rensburg, Justin Basson, Evan Mintern, and Eamonn Matthews will move on to different clubs. Sullivan has hung up …

Old Glory DC have announced the signing of Argentine flyhalf Joaquín Díaz Bonilla for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 33-year-old arrives from South Africa where he has most recently been playing for the Sharks in the Currie Cup and United Rugby Championship. ‘Tito’, as he is known, is …

Another South African has joined the Houston SaberCats for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Second row Wynand Grassmann arrives via Moscow, where he spent the past two years playing for Slava. There are now 10 players from South Africa signed up by the Cats since the hiring of Heyneke …

The Seattle Seawolves have signed utility back Duncan Matthews on a three-year deal through the 2024 Major League Rugby season. He most recently suited up for the Lions in the Currie Cup having played Super Rugby for the South African provincial side last year. Matthews toured with the South Africa …

The Houston SaberCats have announced the signing of winger Gerrie Labuschagne for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Hailing from South Africa, the 26-year-old recently returned to action with the Pumas in the Currie Cup after a one-year injury hiatus that initially prompted a retirement call. Labuschagne made his senior …

The San Diego Legion have signed South African prop Hencus van Wyk for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He had initially signed for the 2020 campaign but did not ultimately join the team in 2021, instead playing for NTT Docomo in Japan and subsequently with the Cheetahs in the …

The Houston SaberCats have signed midfielder Louritz van der Schyff for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He is the seventh South African player to sign for the re-building Texan side during the off-season, joining new Director of Rugby Heyneke Meyer and Head Coach Pote Human at AVEVA Stadium. van …