Major League Rugby(MLR) is a professional rugby union competition for clubs in North America. In the 2023 season it was contested by twelve teams: eleven from the United States and one from Canada. While operating outside of the governance and oversight of the national governing body, the le...
The Jackals, who entered the playoffs with the worst record but embraced their underdog status, started strong. Dallas' Jero Gomez Vara's clever pass set up Nic Benn for the first try at the 12-minute mark. However, a yellow card soon allowed the Seawolves to capitalize, c...
Major League Rugby (MLR) entered its inaugural season with a clear goal — reach a large audience and produce professional match coverage. The startup league, consisting of seven teams in its first season, needed exposure in order to educate and capture a new rugby audience while appealing to...
Aiming to move one step closer to their third Major League Rugby Championship Shield, the Seattle Seawolves will host the Dallas Jackals in the Western Conference finals at 1 p.m. Sunday at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila. The two sides split their previous head-to-head matchups...
The regular season is followed by three tiers of playoffs, capped by theMLRChampionshipmatch in late June. My Tentative Journey to Rugby Fan Personally, I love American football – theNFL, collegiate football, the high school game, evenPop Warner(aka, little l...
Maybe too many major league sports teams in NYC? Most likely, yeah. I mean, there’s already another MLS team (NYC is probably the only city to play host to more than one). And there’s a pro rugby (think it’s probably Rugby Union) team in NYC. Plus, I att...
In 1987, the first rugby world cup was being played. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia since then it is organized every four years. As per the current format of the tournament twenty countries participate in this event that lasts for a month in the host nation....
Sydney, a city of 5.5 million people, has hosted many major international sporting events, including the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, the 2009 World Masters Games, the Bledisloe Cup in Rugby Union, the Ashes cricket test series between England and Australia as ...
further accentuating the limbo plight of track stars. Many critics have been raising concerns over the discrepancies in the Kenyan Athletics. With the Kenyan Olympic trials being hosted just during the upcoming Prefontaine Classic, a...