Author: John Murren
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Houston Sabercats edge out Utah Warriors
The Houston SaberCats hosted the Utah Warriors in what will be one of only 2 Thursday night games in the MLR before their move to their rugby specific stadium shortly and they signed off with a hard fought win in a tight game. Houston started the game well with the ever dependeble Sam Windsor slotting…
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MLR Week 9 Preview
Utah Warriors V Houston SaberCats Week 9 of the MLR starts off tonight with a Thursday night game under the lights as Utah Warriors travel to Houston to take on the Houston SaberCats. Both the Warriors and SaberCats have both displayed good periods of play throughout the season however neither teams have been able to…
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Team of the Week 8
Week 8 saw wins for RUNY, Seattle Seawolves, NOLA Gold with Glendale Raptors and San Diego Legion seeing out a draw at 28 a piece. NOLA Gold had a massive win in Houston against the SaberCats with Tristan Blewett scoring a hat-trick of tries. Elsewhere Riekert Hatting had an impressive game for the Seattle Seawolves…
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Team of the Week 7
Week 7 saw another upset in the league as Toronto Arrows had an incredible second half display which saw them beat San Diego Legion. The Glendale Raptors had a convincing win over Austin Elite Rugby with their backs once again showing some scintillating rugby. Dylan Taikato-Simpson once again showing how dangerous he is on offence.…
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Seattle Seawolves grind out win against Houston SaberCats
The game started off to a flier on the 8th minute Josua Vici gathered the pass after a terrific break from Osea Kolinisau to score for the SaberCats. Seattle were piling on the pressure on Houston SaberCats however some uncharacteristic mistakes crept into their game scuppering their changes of putting points on the board. They…
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Glendale Raptors Beat Austin
Glendale were on the front foot from the very start with a couple of chances to score a try even within the opening 5 mins. The early on pressure paid off for the Raptors and on the 9th minute John Ryberg collected a wonderful flat pass from Ata Malifa to send him in for the…
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Wales Set Up Grand Slam Finale
Wales continued on their quest for their 12th Grand Slam by beating Scotland 18-11earlier today. Today’s win over Scotland sets Wales up for blockbuster finish to the end of their 2019 Guinness Six Nations next weekend when they host the Irish. Today Wales showed their grit and determination holding off a Scotland side that at…
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MLR Week 7 Preview
Utah Warriors Vs RUNY RUNY are on the road again this week with Utah being their final stretch of home games before their first home game of the season next week. While having a home game will no doubt be welcomed by the New Yorkers, they have not faired too badly on the road with…
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Criticism of Proposed World League
Representatives of the top tier rugby unions will meet in Dublin this month to discuss the strategy for the international game. During this discussion the topic of the proposed ‘World League’ will surely be on the agenda. World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont has stated that no decision on the league has been made but World…
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MLR Team of the Week 6
Three games featured over the weekend on Week 6, with two games taking part in the snow. It is testament to the NOLA Gold new boy Nick Feakes that he put in a player of the weekend performance given that he grew up in sunny Australia. Elsewhere other standout performances were another new player in…
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