Scholz Finalists Head MLR Draft Picks
Logan Ballinger is the #1 pick in the 2026 Major League Rugby draft.
The soft-spoken, hard-hitting loose forward from Life University (and, before that, Boca Juniors in Florida), let his play do that talking and was snapped up by Old Glory DC in the first pick of Round 1 on Thursday.
MLR Draft Preview #1: The Tight Five
The Major League Rugby draft is coming on August 27
The draft will be covered live (with GRR Editor Alex Goff on the show) on YouTube at 6PM ET.
Here is the 2025 show:
New Tool Helps College Grads Find a Senior Club Home
It can be difficult for college grads to find the right club, probably more difficult than it should be, and Eddie Robb wants to change that.
World Rugby Apparently Ending Funding of Anthem RC
The operating agreement between Major League Rugby and World Rugby that funded Anthem Rugby Carolina as a team in MLR has expired.
World Rugby, which is the main funding arm behind the Anthem team, has made no mention of a plan to continue funding the team. This despite a plan to funnel development and HP monies to the USA in advance of the 2031 Rugby World Cup.
Top North American Clubs Meet in the Battle of the Border
Two of the top men's club teams in North America will be meeting up September 12 in a special rugby event in the Northwest.
Seattle Rugby Club, the 2025-26 men's cub runners-up, heads north to deWilde Rugby Fields for a cross-border showdown against British Columbia Premir League UBCOB Ravens.
