Author: John Murren
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Folau expected to be sacked by Rugby Australia
Israel Folau is expected to be sacked by Rugby Australia after he posted an Instagram post in which he stated amongst other things that “hell awaits” gay people. Folau had just signed a four year deal with the Waratahs and Rugby Australia back in March. Folau who is 30 years of age and an experienced…
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MLR Week 11 Recap and Team of the Week
MLR Week 11 saw wins for the Seattle Seawolves, Glendale Raptors, NOLA Gold and San Diego Legion. The Seawolves put their disappointing defeat well and truly behind them with solid performance over the Utah Warriors. Mat Turner made a welcome return last week and put in a great shift on Friday to make the team…
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MLR Week 11 Preview
Utah Warriors Vs Seattle Seawolves Utah Warriors suffered a heavy defeat last week to the Toronto Arrows in what was the performance of the season so far. The Arrows scored a remarkable 9 tries thus breaking the record for total points scored in an MLR game. The Warriors did come back from 19-0 down in…
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MLR Week 10 Recap
Last weekend we reached the halfway point of the MLR 2019 season and with the business end of the season fast approaching RUNY, Glendale raptors, Toronto Arrows and San Diego will have been happiest on Monday morning. Austin Elite Rugby 11 – RUNY 19 Austin Elite put in the performance of their season last week…
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San Diego Legion march on against Seattle Seawolves
Seattle Seawolves 22 – San Diego Legion 28 A bruising encounter between Seattle Seawolves and San Diego Legion which saw the referee issue 4 yellow cards and a red card. San Diego will be concerned with Pietersen going off injured in this hard fought battle however moving to within 2 points of the Raptors in…
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Raptors beat NOLA Gold in thriller
Glendale 34 – NOLA Gold 33 The first half of this game was a tail of 2 halves. Glendale started out the better team with a blistering start scoring 2 unanswered tries and a penalty to make it 17-0 within the opening 15 minutes. The Glendale backs were buzzing with scrum-half Shaun Davies pulling the…
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Changed RUNY side edges out Austin Elite Rugby
Austin Elite 11 – RUNY 19 RUNY made plenty of changes since last week with several of their first team players either on the bench or not making the trip to Austin. This game was a tense affair right from the start with both teams making a lot of errors. In the first half alone,…
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Arrows take down the Warriors
Warriors 31 – Arrows 64 This was an incredibly exciting game and a perfect illustration of what the MLR is all about – fast paced, exciting and competitive. Toronto visited Utah in their last away game before a stretch of 8 home games starting next weekend and they could not have hoped for a better…
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Team of the Week 9
Last Thursday the Houston SaberCats took on the Utah Warriors, whilst at the weekend NOLA Gold hosted Austin Elite Rugby and Glendale Raptors travelled to New York to play RUNY. The SaberCats saw out their last game at Constellation Field in a great win over Utah Warriors. Lance Williams had a brilliant game for the…
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MLR Week 9 Recap
2 games took place this weekend with NOLA Gold hosting Austin Elite Rugby and Glendale Raptors travelled to Brooklyn to take on RUNY. Utah Warriors took on the Houston SaberCats on Thursday night in what was the SaberCats last game at Constellation Field before moving to their rugby specific stadium Aveva Stadium. Houston SaberCats 29…