Loosehead Prop, Jamie Dever (Houston SaberCats) – Jamie proved his mettle in the scrum opposite San Diego’s Paddy Ryan, providing needed stability in the attacking platform of the SaberCats. He did the hard yards for Houston, leading the team with 14 carries. Hooker, Matt Harmon (New Orleans Gold) – With Howard away with Canada, Matt …
Loosehead Prop, Franco van den Berg, (Utah Warriors) – Franco provided much needed front line depth for the Warriors at the loosehead position, putting in an 80 minute shift and making hard yards as a ball carrier, taking the ball 38 meters on eight carries. Defensively, he made eight tackles for the Warriors. Hooker, Logan …
Round 1 | First XV, Player of the Week By Aaron Castro, MLRÂ Staff Writer Loosehead Prop, Blake Rogers (Glendale Raptors) – When the Raptors needed to go forward from a ball carrier, Shaun Davies found Rogers to burst through the gainline in the center of the pitch. Hooker, Chris Schade (Austin Elite Rugby) – …
MLR Week 5 | First XV, Player of the Week By Aaron Castro, League Correspondent Loosehead Prop, Alex Tucci (Utah Warriors) – Alex’s scrummaging has continued to improve from week to week. He’s helped establish a stable attacking platform for the left side of the Warriors scrum, and when he had the ball he fought …
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MLR Week 4 | First XV, Player of the Week By Aaron Castro, League Correspondent Photo: Craig Boudreaux Loosehead Prop, Blake Rogers (Glendale Raptors) – Blake’s performance against Botha demonstrated his improvements since the season began, but his defensive work rate was the key in his game that kept the Raptors within reach during the …
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MLR Week 1, First XV of the Week By Aaron Castro, League Correspondent Loosehead Prop, Kellen Gordon (Seattle Seawolves) – Moving over from his natural position at hooker, he held the scrum up on the loose side against the new San Diego Tighthead Aaron Mitchell. Hooker, Mike Brown (Austin Elite) – The new addition from …
With the 2022 Major League Rugby season having come to a close at the end of June, it is time to turn to the awards. In the coming weeks, the End of Season Awards will be coming thick and fast, kicking off with the All-MLR Team selections. LOOSEHEAD PROP, CHANCE WENGLEWSKI – RUGBY NEW YORK …
DALLAS (July 7, 2022) – Today Major League Rugby (MLR) officially announced its All-MLR team selections for the 2022 season. Additional end of season awards including Player of the Year, Forward and Back of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year are to be announced by MLR next week. The top …
Toronto Arrows leader honored with inaugural postseason award recognizing the player who has made positive community impact while exuding the values of the sport of rugby. (DALLAS) June 25, 2022 – Major League Rugby (MLR) today announced that Andrew Quattrin of the Toronto Arrows is the recipient of the inaugural S. Marcus Calloway Community Impact Award. Quattrin …
DALLAS (August 9, 2021) – Today Major League Rugby (MLR) officially announced its All-MLR team selections for the 2021 season. Additional end of season awards including Player of the Year, Forward and Back of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year are to be announced by MLR throughout the week. The …
Loosehead Prop, Chance Wenglewski – Rugby ATL Wenglewski put in a long shift at scrum time giving Atlanta an edge in the set piece. In open play he made seven carries for 30 meters. On defense he completed 12 tackles and had 26 ruck arrivals in the breakdown. Hooker, Sama Malolo – Utah Warriors …
Loosehead Prop, JP Smith – Los Angeles Giltinis Smith’s performance at scrum time against Austin helped propel the Giltinis attacking platform forward throughout the match. On attack he made two carries for 18 meters and two tackle breaks. On defense he completed four tackles and had 10 ruck arrivals in the breakdown. Hooker, Sam Malcolm …
Loosehead Prop, Sef Fa’agase – New England Free Jacks Fa’agase put in a long shift against New York helping provide an attacking platform in addition to going hard at their defense with six carries for 34 meters. On defense he completed five tackles and had 22 ruck arrivals in the breakdown. Hooker, James King …
Loosehead Prop, Jamie Mackintosh – Austin Gilgronis Mackintosh set up a great platform for the Gilgronis to worth with and got after it in the breakdown completing a breakdown steal and 17 ruck arrivals. On attack he scored a try from seven carries for 17 meters. On defense he completed seven tackles. Hooker, Pat …
Loosehead Prop, Nicolas Solveyra – Houston SaberCats Solveyra’s work in the scrum gave the SaberCats the dominant platform throughout the first half which is what kept Atlanta at bay. On attack he made four carries for fifteen meters. On defense he completed 11 tackles and had 19 ruck arrivals in the breakdown. Hooker, Hugh …
Loosehead Prop, JP Smith – Los Angeles Giltinis Smith provided the Giltinis an excellent attacking platform at scrum time forcing Nikoloz Khatiashvili to concede multiple penalties. On attack he scored two tries from eight carries for 41 meters. On defense he completed four tackles and had 11 ruck arrivals in the breakdown. Hooker, Dylan …
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