Category: Glendale Raptors
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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…
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RUNY overcome Glendale
In what was RUNY’s just second home game at MCU Park, the conditions could not have been better for a game of rugby and the backdrop of Coney Island beach set the scene for a carnival type atmosphere at MCU. RUNY laid the foundations in the first half in what was a solid performance and…
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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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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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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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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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MLR Week 6 Recap
Houston SaberCats 8 – RUNY 35 This tuned out to be a return to form for RUNY in what was a clinical performance as they finished most given opportunities. RUNY started off on the front foot from the very start when on the second minute winger come center Mark O’Keefe read and intercepted a SaberCats…
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MLR Week 5 Recap
Austin Elite Rugby 17 SD Legion 45 Friday night saw the Austin Elite suffered their fifth consecutive defeat at the hands of San Diego Legion. Austin had reshuffled their team due to international players not being available but there were also some key players returning for them most notably the French half back duo of…
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MLR Week 5 Preview
Austin Elite Rugby 17 – San Diego Legion 45 Friday night saw the Austin Elite suffered their fifth consecutive defeat at the hands of San Diego Legion. Austin had reshuffled their team due to international players not being available but there were also some key players returning for them most notably the French half back…
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Week 4 Recap
NOLA 24 – RUNY 27 In what was an extremely close game, RUNY once again irked out a win at the end to bring to an end NOLA Gold’s winning streak. After RUNY initially took the lead through the boot of the sublime Cathal Marsh in the 3rd minute, they would not take the lead…
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