The seventh Major League Rugby season officially kicks off when the NOLA Gold host Eastern Conference rivals Old Glory DC on Saturday afternoon. Old Glory enjoyed their best-ever campaign in 2023, reaching the Conference Final, while NOLA are still searching for a first-ever playoff appearance. CLUB DEBUTS (6) – Böhme, …
Read More »MLR 2024: Miami Sharks – ARN Season Guide
Until a few weeks ago Miami were meant to be the only truly new franchise, but now they share the newcomers tag with Carolina. The Sharks are the first Floridian team in Major League Rugby and arrive just as would-be neighbors Atlanta ship across to the opposite coastline. Long-time Argentina …
Read More »MLR 2024: Anthem Carolina – ARN Season Guide
Anthem Rugby Carolina are the newest franchise in Major League Rugby and are unlike any seen before. Operating costs will largely be covered by World Rugby with the MLR owners picking up the rest of the bill. It’s a joint agreement with WR, MLR, and USA Rugby designed to increase …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. UP Pumas celebrate another Vancouver Men’s Sevens title Argentina are Vancouver Sevens Men’s Champions for a third straight year. …
Read More »Stadiums of Major League Rugby 2024
New homes in Chicago and Miami were the talk of 2023, and the seventh season of Major League Rugby will welcome four new venues. Two of those are for entirely new teams, one team has crossed a river, and another has moved to the opposite coast entirely. American Legion …
Read More »Canada names Selects squad for Seawolves friendly
Rugby Canada has named a 31-man Selects squad to prepare for Wednesday’s friendly against the Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby. Included are five players with test experience, and several members of the newly-formed Vancouver Highlanders semi-professional outfit. Almost half of the squad comes from the Pacific Pride, Canada’s centralized …
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Up and Under is an Americas Rugby News exclusive. It identifies the best and the tops and the flops involving the Americas during the course of the past seven days. Up and Under returns following the start of the Super Rugby Americas 2024 season. UP Cobras Stun Peñarol in …
Read More »MLR 2024 – Preseason Week 1 Review
The preseason for Major League Rugby’s seventh year has officially kicked off. While the Hounds got a taste of opposed collisions in a controlled scrimmage with LA earlier in the week, it was full-on match conditions against the Legion on Friday. Other matches included the Seawolves hosting the Pacific Pride, …
Read More »MLR Notes: Preseason games set to start, new roster additions
The Chicago Hounds got the preseason unofficially underway in an opposed training session with RFC Los Angeles earlier this week. It was played at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, the same venue where the Hounds square off against the San Diego Legion on Friday afternoon. Also set …
Read More »Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Selknam – ARN Season Guide
Following Chile’s inaugural appearance at a Rugby World Cup, attention now turns to seeing if Los Cóndores can do it again. For serious rugby supporters this means paying attention to Selknam in Super Rugby Americas. The Chilean professional team was responsible for 30 of the 33 players on the roster …
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