Tag Archives: Team of the Week

With only four games this past weekend there were less candidates to choose from but we also saw a couple of the strongest individual efforts of the season. Remarkably there are 12 who get their first selections of the seeason with a few previously settling for honorable mentions. 1 – …

Another busy week of Major League Rugby action saw all six teams in action. Unlike previous weeks, only one match was decided by seven points or less. Undoubtedly the top performance was that of the Toronto Arrows, whose tremendous win over New York is rewarded with four selections. 1 – …

There were more close matches this past weekend, with really only one that stood out as being uncompetitive. It makes for some tough choices and long may that continue. In some spots there were three and even four candidates. Four players make the cut for a second week in a …

What a weekend for Major League Rugby. Three road wins, a neutral venue flop, and a dynamite upset. It was an unpredictable adventure and a number of new players put their hands up for selection in our weekly picks. LA may feel short changed but their win was a team …

The reduction from six games to four in Week 3 made selection time slightly less complicated, though there will still some tough calls. Flanker was particularly difficult with multiple candidates at either spot. Four players are making their second appearance of the season, including one who makes the grade at …

The second week of the new Major League Rugby season was a mixed bag in terms of performance. Some teams have adjusted to the restart more rapidly while others are still stuck in preseason mode. Individually it was one for the forwards, with hooker and lock particularly difficult to choose. …

Major League Rugby is back with a bang and that means our weekly selections are too. With a full load of six games there was more than enough action to find contenders, and based on the evidence there will be no shortage of names in the running at the end …

The most competitive weekend in Major League Rugby history made for some similarly difficult selections. In many cases little separated those selected from honorable mentions. Such parity only ads to the intrigue in what promises to be a captivating race towards the playoffs. There are still 11 regular season games …

A change in fortunes was the theme for two established teams in the 4th week of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 2018 finalists – Seattle and Colorado (formerly Glendale) – were a combined 0-6 coming in and both earned resounding victories. Meanwhile San Diego and Toronto extended their …

Standards seemed to dip a little in the third week of the Major League Rugby season. Perhaps it was fatigue, or the return to cooler temperatures after the sun of Las Vegas. It was a good week for kickers as discipline faltered, and players on both ends of the throw-in …