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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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Connacht Eagles off to a flier in the Cara Cup

The much anticipated Cara Cup kicked off last weekend. The Free jacks play host to all four of the Irish provinces ‘A sides’ as they prepare to join the MLR next season. The opening game took place last Saturday as the Free jacks played host to the Connacht Eagles. Connacht Eagles had settled in well…