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Old Glory DC have confirmed three more names for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Versatile front rower Dante Lopresti returns for a second MLR campaign while there are two newcomers in tighthead prop Jack Carroll and flyhalf Owen Sheehy. All three played high school rugby at Gonzaga College. Lopresti …

Houston will play host to a preseason double-header at AVEVA Stadium on Saturday, March 6. The first match will feature Texan neighbors Austin against NOLA at 4pm local, with the Gold splitting their squad and taking the pitch again at 7pm against the SaberCats. While the Texas Cup won’t be …

The Seattle Seawolves have confirmed the addition of four players to their extended roster for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Most notable is returning flyhalf Scott Dean, who is joined by props Alfred ‘Freddy’ Tafuna and Henry Hall, and lock Conor McGill. Dean, 25, has played seven games for …

The LA Giltinis have confirmed the signing of Wallabies centurion Adam Ashley-Cooper for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Originally due to join Austin during the 2020 season, the 36-year-old outside center or wing has been linked with the expansion side for several months. Ashley-Cooper’s 121 test caps are third …

Osaiasi Tonga’uiha has signed on with the NOLA Gold for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 22-year-old followed older brother Moni to the club in 2020 when he was part of the extended roster, appearing in the preseason game against Rugby ATL. Originally from Oakland, California, Tonga’uiha also followed …

Jasa Veremalua has re-signed with the San Diego Legion for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The former Fiji Sevens star had initially been out of contract but will now play a third season for the club, which will temporarily move its operations to Las Vegas. Since arriving from the …

NOLA Gold have signed flanker Giovanni Lapp for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 30-year-old has been with the team since the 2019 season but is yet to make his full professional debut. A former offensive lineman for the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen, Lapp has slimmed down since his collegiate …

We are now exactly one month away from the start of the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Normally another off-season update would not come this late in the hour, but much has changed since our last offering in mid-December. A planned January update was pushed to the side as the …

This week’s signing spree from the New England Free Jacks continues with confirmation that Matt Wirken has joined from Rugby United New York. A veteran of three Major League Rugby campaigns, the 31-year-old lock moves to his third MLR team having initially played for the NOLA Gold. At 6’7″ (2.01m) …

The LA Giltinis have reinforced their front row stocks with the signing of former Raptors prop Marco Fepulea’i for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. A tighthead specialist, he is the latest Colorado castoff to find a third home in the span of a year following the subsequent withdrawal of …