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The Austin Gilgronis have signed a third scrumhalf for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. 20-year-old Indiana native Sidney Shoop joins incumbent internationals Marcelo Torrealba and Pele Cowley at the revamped Texas club. Shoop earned invitations to two High School All-American camps while playing for South Greenville. He attended the …

Mexico is eyeing a future in Major League Rugby. Plans for the coming decade include a Mexican team in the USA-based competition. Such a move would see Mexico joining professional rugby for the first time and see the MLR expanded to a third North American country. The plans were confirmed …

The LA Giltinis have reached ‘down under’ for another recruit. Arriving from the Melbourne Rebels for the 2021 Major League Rugby campaign is Angus Cottrell. The 31-year-old flanker brings eight years of Super Rugby experience to the expansion side. Originally a rugby league player, Cottrell signed for the Western Force …

The Houston SaberCats have confirmed the return of two international back rowers for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Uruguay’s Diego Magno and Namibia’s Adriaan Booysen follow previously announced Luke Beauchamp and Cecil Garber in committing to another year in Texas. This will be the third MLR campaign for Magno. …

Seattle has now signed both of the Tamaivena twins for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Having already announced Sitiveni, the team has now confirmed that Suliasi will also continue for a second campaign. Both 27-year-old wingers were part of the extended roster this past season. While ‘Siti’ played four …

The New England Free Jacks have announced the singing of former Queensland Reds prop Sef Fa’agase on a two-year deal through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. He arrives from New Zealand where he has most recently been playing for Otago in the Mitre 10 Cup. Though born in Auckland, …

Olive Kilifi will return to Major League Rugby in 2021. It won’t be with the Seattle Seawolves, however, as the US Eagles prop has instead opted to sign for the Utah Warriors. Injury prevented Kilifi from taking the field during the 2020 campaign and also ended his 2019 season early. …

Nese Malifa will join the staff of a second Major League Rugby expansion side for the 2021 season. Having guided Rugby ATL through their inaugural campaign as Backs Coach in 2020, the former US Eagles flyhalf will now assume the same role for the Dallas Jackals. Since retiring as a …

The LA Giltinis have added depth to their forward pack with the addition of Sione Tu’ihalamaka for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. A former USA Select XV representative, the 29-year-old makes the move up the coast from the San Diego Legion. Tu’ihalamaka was the starting loosehead prop for the …

Santiago González Iglesias will play Major League Rugby (MLR). The former Puma has signed for the San Diego Legion. He does so a year after joining Japanese side Munakata Sanix Blues. The Legion will be the third professional team for the Argentine back and the USA will be the third …