Tag Archives: Guinness Pro 14

US Eagles scrumhalf Ruben de Haas is set to make his Super Rugby debut this weekend. The 22-year-old has been named among the Cheetahs reserves to face the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday. de Haas joins a select group of players who have featured in Super Rugby as capped USA …

The New England Free Jacks have announced the signing of loosehead prop Xandré Vos on a two-year deal through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Two weeks shy of his 24th birthday, the Pretoria native arrives from the Southern Kings, one of the two South African franchises in the Guinness …

Houston have signed center Moa Maliepo, prop Nikoloz Khatiashvili, and second row Apisai Tauyavuca for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. SaberCats flyhalf Sam Windsor confirmed the news on the latest edition of the MLR Kickoff Podcast. All three arrive from European professional clubs. Maliepo arrives from Romania, most recently …

Erich de Jager is switching from the Free State to the Free Jacks. The South African prop has signed on with New England through the 2022 Major League Rugby season after five years in the Cheetahs organization. At just 24 years old de Jager is already an experienced professional. He …

The New England Free Jacks have announced the signing of Scottish dual-international Dougie Fife on a deal that runs through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He arrives directly from the Guinness Pro 14, where he has played for Edinburgh since 2012. Fife, 29, was a standout winger with the …

DTH van der Merwe is set to play in Major League Rugby beginning in the 2021 season. The long-time Canadian international and Glasgow Warriors star revealed the move in conversation with South African outlet Sport24. He confirmed his departure from Glasgow earlier this year. “I can’t go into detail because …

The Dallas Jackals have confirmed Allen Clarke as the first Head Coach of the Major League Rugby expansion side. The former Ireland international spent 15 years coaching for Ulster and the IRFU before joining Ospreys in 2017. He also coached Emerging Ireland in 2015. Clarke was Head Coach of the …

US Eagles scrumhalf Ruben de Haas will stay with the Free State Cheetahs for another year. The 21-year-old has signed a contract extension that will keep him in Bloemfontein through to October 2021. Originally from George, South Africa, de Haas moved to Arkansas at the age of 10 and represented …

Hawaiian prop Roman Salanoa will make the move to Munster ahead of the 2020-21 Guinness Pro 14 season. The 22-year-old tighthead leaves Leinster, where he has been part of the senior academy since September 2017. A move west to Connacht had been suggested but instead it’s the southern Irish province …

Glasgow Warriors have confirmed that DTH van der Merwe will leave the club at the conclusion of the Guinness Pro 14 season. When exactly that will be remains to be seen. The 2019-2020 campaign has been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic with talks ongoing about a possible resumption that …