Category: NOLA Gold
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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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NOLA Gold beat Austin Elite Rugby

This was a perfect day for rugby, with conditions ideal for NOLA Gold’s free flowing game. This proved to be the case on the 8 minute when NOLA winger Tim Maupin finished off a free flowing move that saw NOLA break from inside their half. Maupin then beat a defender with a nice side step…
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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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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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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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NOLA Vs RUNY

As we covered in the week 4 preview, the big question today was whether the NOLA Gold could go four and 0 and go nine points clear ahead of San Diego at the top of the table. The excitement on NOLA’s side was justified with the much anticipated New Zealander Tony Lamborn making his debut…
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Week 4 Preview

RUNY Vs. NOLAA break in the 6 nations this weekend means all the focus is on the MLR. RUNY travel to New Orleans to take on the high flying New Orleans Gold. NOLA certainly look like the team to beat so far. NOLA Gold have gained maximum points from their opening 3 games including 3…
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MLR Week 2 Recap

The second weekend of the MLR picked up where week one left off with some action packed games. From the rain soaked game between Seattle Seawolves and San Diego Legion where conditions were extremely difficult to another terrific display from NOLA Gold who racked up another win and bonus point combination. The Utah Warriors got…
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Toronto Arrows Vs NOLA Gold

The 2019 season kicked off with the Toronto Arrows visiting NOLA Gold. The game was a fantastically exciting game, albeit it scrappy at times. First time viewers of the sport will certainly not have been disappointed with an action packed 9 try outing. The first half was a dominant display by the Gold who led…