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Field day for Legion as SaberCats skewered

The San Diego Legion put a sound beating on the Houston SaberCats at Dyer Stadium on Sunday evening. Shaky defense and a litany of errors from the home side saw the visitors score 6 tries in the first hour en route to a 40-19 score. A hole the size of …

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Seawolves tiptoe past sleepy SaberCats

The Seattle Seawolves maintained their spot at the top of the Major League Rugby table with an uninspired 20-7 win over the Houston SaberCats on Saturday evening. It was a largely forgettable match on the whole, littered with handling errors and bereft of tension with the combined points the lowest …

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Warriors too strong for SaberCats

The Utah Warriors dealt a hammer blow to the Semi Final chances of the Houston SaberCats as they took a 36-30 win over their hosts at Dyer Stadium on Saturday. Both teams struggled with continuity in the Texas heat with shorts bursts of excitement surrounded by large periods of inactivity. …

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Houston outgun Austin in Battle of Texas

The first edition of Major League Rugby‘s ‘Battle of Texas’ has gone to Houston. Like a good old-fashioned Western, the SaberCats outscored Austin Elite by 50-38 in a match that saw an incredible nine tries scored in a wild second half. Houston got off to a rocking start with Connor …

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NOLA upsets Houston in MLR opener

The historic day for American rugby started at Dyer Stadium where the NOLA Gold upset the hometown Houston SaberCats 35-26 to claim victory in the first ever Major League Rugby regular season contest. Damp and windy weather combined with a slew of penalties left little room for continuity but the …

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