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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…
RUNY Defeat Houston SaberCats

RUNY travelled to Houston off the back of a tough defeat to the Seattle Seawolves last week looking to capture the form that saw them beat San Diego Legion and NOLA Gold in their opening two games of the season. This tuned out to be a return to form for RUNY in what was a…
MLR Week 6 Preview

Week six of Major League Rugby sees all the action take place on Saturday with RUNY travel to Houston to take on the SaberCats, Glendale Raptors at home to the Toronto Arrows and the Utah Warriors hosting NOLA Gold. Houston SaberCats Vs RUNY RUNY come off the back of a tough loss to the Seattle…
Rugby ATL To Join MLR 2020

Earlier today it was revealed that the name for the Atlanta based rugby team to compete in the 2020 season of Major League Rugby would be called ‘Rugby ATL’. Rugby ATL will join New England Free Jacks and Old Glory DC as the additional three teams to compete in the MLR starting in 2020 in what…
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…
Seattle Beat RUNY

RUNY travelled to Seattle with the title of being the only team in the league to be undefeated. Seattle also had reason to be confident as they had shown great grit and determination last week to beat the Toronto Arrows. It was Seattle who opened the scoring with Eric Duechle showing yet again that he…
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…
Ireland Reshuffle For Italy

Joe Schmidt has chosen to make four changes to the Ireland team that beat Scotland in Week 2 of the Guinness Six Nations. All four changes made are in the pack with the notable inclusion being Sean Cronin who starts in place of captain Rory Best. In the absence of Rory Best, Munster flanker Peter…
Team of the Week 4

Week 4 saw some intense games with NOLA vs. RUNY going right down to the wire as did Toronto Vs. Seattle. In the case of the NOLA Vs. RUNY game, it was a case of Cathal Marsh shining for RUNY and picking up the man of the match award. In the Toronto Arrows Vs. Seattle…
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…