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New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship is ready to begin and once again there will be several players with Major League Rugby experience taking part. Formerly known as the Mitre 10 Cup, this year’s competition is known as the Bunnings NPC for sponsorship reasons. Three notables have been included in the …

Rugby ATL have confirmed the signature of outside back Te Rangatira Waitokia for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old New Zealander has already been with the team for several weeks and played in both the Silver vs Black intra-squad match and the hit-out against the Utah Warriors. Waitokia …

Peter Thorburn has passed away. The former USA Eagle Men’s Head Coach was 81-years-old. During his lengthily career Thorburn played for New Zealand provincial giants Auckland. Post retirement he turned to coaching. He was the first coach of North Harbour, beginning in 1985. It was a homecoming for the native of …

Recent Major League Rugby signings have revealed several players eligible for the USA that may have been previously unknown. Players like Gordon Fullerton, Thomas Morani, and Zack Godfrey were signed up in 2020. In 2021 we can add James King, Luke Carty, Joe Johnston, Harrison Boyle, Harry Barlow, Joel Miranda, …

Rugby United New York have signed Bay of Plenty flyhalf Dan Hollinshead for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old New Zealander recently completed his fifth Mitre 10 Cup campaign with the Steamers, and also boasts professional experience in France and Japan. Hollinshead made his senior provincial debut as …

Old Glory DC have re-signed US Eagles hooker Mike Sosene-Feagai for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old follows the lead of scrumhalf Danny Tusitala in returning from his third stint with Auckland in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup. Injury delayed Sosene-Feagai’s MLR debut but he started the last …

Old Glory DC have announced the re-signing of scrumhalf Danny Tusitala for the 2021 season. The Samoa international returns for a second Major League Rugby campaign having spent recent months playing for Auckland in New Zealand’s Mitre 10 Cup competition. Tusitala paired with Jason Robertson to form Old Glory’s starting …

Former All Blacks lock Isaac Ross will join the Austin Gilgronis as a player-coach deal that runs through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 36-year-old confirmed the move to New Zealand publication Stuff prior to Saturday’s Mitre 10 Cup final won by the Tasman Mako. Ross has been suiting …

ARN Player of the week is a weekly exclusive on Americas Rugby News. It recognizes the top performers from the Americas over the past week. This past weekend we looked far and wide to find our nominees. The search began in England where AJ MacGinty was leading Sale to victory …

The New England Free Jacks have announced the signing of Otago flyhalf Harrison Boyle for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. It’s a homecoming of sorts for the 20-year-old, who was born in Boston before his family returned to New Zealand where he was raised. Boyle developed in the Wellington …