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With the Major League Rugby season yet to return, we’re giving you guides to other rugby offerings for your viewing pleasure. Next up, the Heineken Champions Cup. Heineken Champions Cup The Champions Cup is to European club rugby as the the Champions League is to European football. The best sides from the English Premiership, the … Continue reading Heineken Champions Cup: An American’s Primer
Sam Windsor's four years in Houston may constitute the most successful MLR career to date. Year five will see him start a new chapter. https://twitter.com/rugbynewyork/status/1468988817461981193 Sam Windsor moving from Houston to RUNY has largely been discussed from the SaberCats' angle. How he fits with the Roosters is far more interesting. The RUNY back line is … Continue reading Sam Windsor’s Fit in New York
No MLR side is ready to compete with a Super Rugby side on the pitch. However, the competition is heating up off the field. With Major League Rugby gaining traction in the global rugby ecosystem, American sides are pilfering more talent from New Zealand. In addition to aged stars looking for one more adventure, the … Continue reading Major League Rugby’s Growth is Impacting Super Rugby Recruitment
Update: RFT is actively tracking a bid by the Saint Louis Knights to join Major League Rugby. The 2022 MLR season will see Dallas field the league's 13th team. 2023 could see even more growth. Somewhat overlooked in the mess around schedule dropping was a piece in the Sports Business Journal concerning the MLR's growth. … Continue reading How Many Teams Will Join MLR 2023?
We've reached the tiny part of the year where there's a lot happening off the field in American rugby, but there isn't too much happening on it. While MLR signings are starting to heat up, Major League Rugby plays little role in the top stories this weekend. After all, not much could be bigger news … Continue reading 3 Things: Return of International 7s… and Covid
Nice screen ya got here! Every watch rugby on it? Major League Rugby is expected to announce new broadcast deals before the end of the year. With the original deals wrapped at the end of the 2021 season, it's worth thinking about the value of broadcast deals. Last week, the English Premier League signed a … Continue reading MLR, EPL, and the Importance of Broadcast Deals
The inevitability of some teams receiving useless, and potentially detrimental, byes isn't the only negative scheduling consequence of having an odd number of teams. Since the two conference format was established in 2020, each teams schedule has featured a home-and-away series against each conference rival and a match up against each team of the 6 … Continue reading No MLR Team Sees Every Other Team in 2022
If you weren't using The Rugby Network to watch Major League Rugby on demand, you'll want to sign up before February. Major League Rugby's return to a February kick off creates a tough situation in an overcrowded calendar. Round 1 starts the day after the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. The Games continue through … Continue reading MLR Kick Off Adds to Crowded Sports Calendar
If you enjoy elimination rugby, you're day is about to be just as bright as it was before time change. In their schedule release, Major League Rugby slid in that the Championship Series will expand to a three week affair. Top seeds in each conference will earn a first round bye, while each conference's second … Continue reading MLR Expands Playoffs
One of the first things every team looks for when their ‘work schedule’ is released? Vacation time. With Dallas fielding it’s first side in 2022, a 13 team MLR has to deal with some scheduling headaches. Among them is the need for one team to sit each round. Legion and RUNY were left with the … Continue reading RUNY/Legion Stuck with First/Last Round ‘Byes’
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