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:
Confidence Builds with Eagles and Scrumhalf De Haas
Still only 27 USA scrumhalf Ruben de Haas is coming off his best run of rugby the last few months and closing in on a couple of milestones.
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.
Mason Pedersen's Long Fight to Get a Cap a Feel-Good Story
One of the feel-good stories of the USA's match against Zimbabwe last week was Mason Pedersen earning his first cap.
Pedersen was an All American at Arizona, a vice-captain of the USA Maccabi, and a leading professional nine to 10 years ago. He was on the track, but injuries, several quite serious, kept derailing him.
