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With the Major League Rugby season just days away, its time to unveil our initial MLR Power Rankings. Rankings are largely based on how we think teams stack against each other after considering off-season moves. 1. LA Giltinis America's best somehow got better. For a bit of reference, Luke Carty has started tests at 10 … Continue reading MLR Power Rankings: Round 0
With the 2022 Major League Rugby season just days away, let's take a look at each teams path to the playoffs. See! Clear as day! Here's what our magic numbers tell you. Each magic number is the number of competition points a team on the left needs to go their way to guarantee a better … Continue reading State of the Race: Understanding Magic Numbers
Its the first match week of the 2022 Major League Rugby season. Now you have a reason to care about us again. We recognize that many of our readers only keep up on the American game during the MLR season and Eagles campaign. We have the web traffic numbers. The hurt when you leave after … Continue reading Welcome (Back) to RugbyFootballTalk
Scott Lawrence took Rugby ATL from an expansion team in the shortened 2020 season to an Major League Rugby Final in 2021. Could he replicate that success with another expansion side? After Lawrence abruptly resigned from Atlanta nine days ago, the instant assumption was that Dallas would do everything in their power to sign him. … Continue reading Every Expansion Team Should Call Scott Lawrence
Scott Lawrence may have departed Georgia, but his coaching tree will have its first chance to grow. Rugby ATL announced the promotion of Steve Brett from assistant coach to Head Coach. Blake Bradford was elevated to Assistant Head Coach, while Lucas Baistrocchi will add Skills to his former title of Strength and Conditioning Coach. The … Continue reading Rugby ATL Will Test the American Coaching System
Scott Lawrence's sudden resignation from Rugby ATL was only one piece of a very bad day for the Georgia franchise. What led to the shocking move? Lawrence has implied in statements that he no longer saw eye to eye with the new ownership group. While short on specifics, a lack of long term clarity likely … Continue reading What Prompted the Lawrence/ATL Divorce?
We broke down some of Rugby ATL's options in their sudden coaching search yesterday. We think one choice stands up above the rest. Nate Osborne, are your bags packed? Osborne was the last of the original MLR coaches to be relieved of his duties. While he never made a playoff, his teams were constantly on … Continue reading RFT’s Pick for the Atlanta Coaching Vacancy
Usually, a coaching search should be deep and wide. For Dallas, it shouldn't be. We outlined some of the options Dallas have in their sudden coaching search yesterday. But the path forward for the Jackals couldn't be more clear. Call Scott Lawrence now. Lawrence took an expansion side to the Final in two years as … Continue reading RFT’s Pick for the Dallas Coaching Vacancy
Rugby ATL spent an entire Thursday that felt like Friday at 5 news dump. The day started with the announcement from Scott Lawrence that he'd be leaving the organization. The same Scott Lawrence that coached this team from a middling expansion to Eastern Conference champions in two years. The same Scott Lawrence that built this … Continue reading Rugby ATL Had a Very Bad Day
With Dallas and Atlanta suddenly needing to replace Michael Hodge and Scott Lawrence just weeks before the season, we've pulled together five names to watch in the coaching scramble search. Elaine Vassie Candidate for: Dallas Jackals The first name should be the most obvious. Elaine Vassie initially joined Dallas prior to its 2021 inaugural season … Continue reading 6 Names to Watch in Atlanta, Dallas Coaching Searches
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