The New England Free Jacks have confirmed the return of scrumhalf Ollie Engelhart for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Part of the inaugural exhibition campaign, the 24-year-old re-signed with the club in August 2019. He also fills several roles under the title of ‘Operations Associate’ in the team’s front …
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Former Utah Warriors captain Tim O’Malley will return to Major League Rugby in 2021 but with a new team. The Dallas Jackals have captured the signature of the 26-year-old New Zealander who is set to start for the Tasman Mako in Saturday’s Mitre 10 Cup Semi Final against Bay of …
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Make it two Canadian wingers heading to Austin. Just two days after confirming Jeff Hassler‘s move from Seattle to the Texas capital, the Gilgronis have announced the signing of fellow Albertan export Cole Davis for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Davis, 23, won five caps for Canada in 2018 …
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The 2020 Mitre 10 Cup regular season has come to a close and the Semi Finals are up this coming weekend. Overall it was a unique campaign with a number of test All Blacks taking part during the early stages of the competition and New Zealand Sevens reps appearing throughout. …
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The LA Giltinis have signed DTH van der Merwe. The Canadian flier joins the new Major League Rugby franchise after eleven years playing in Europe. The move follows months of speculation that he was on his way to back to North America to join a MLR team. van den Merwe …
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The Austin Gilgronis have confirmed the signing of Canadian winger Jeff Hassler for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He arrives after spending the last season-and-a-half with the Seattle Seawolves, whom he joined part-way through the 2019 campaign. Hassler, 28, lifted the MLR Shield with the Seawolves in his first …
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Brad Tucker will suit up for a third season of Major League Rugby with the Seattle Seawolves, the club has confirmed. The 28-year-old second row was most recently spotted playing for the Ohio Aviators at the World Tens Series. Since arriving from New Zealand ahead of the 2019 campaign Tucker …
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Major League Rugby has unveiled its kit lineup for the 2021 season. Last year’s provider Paladin continues and has produced some striking designs. As they were a year ago, the overall reception has been positive. In general many teams have opted for similar designs to the 2020 lineup, which makes …
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Scotland dual-international Adam Ashe is heading to Los Angeles. The 6’4″ (1.93m) No8 departs Glasgow Warriors after eight seasons to join the expansion Giltinis for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. He follows Exeter Chiefs lock Dave Dennis in making the move from the UK to the USA. Ashe made …
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Up and Under is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It covers the best and worst from games involving the Americas players and teams over the previous week. UP Argentina Los Pumas did it! Argentina completed an historic win over New Zealand on Saturday. The 25-15 result was …
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