MLR Signs Deal with ESPN-Plus
ESPN and Major League Rugby (MLR) have reached a multiyear media rights agreement, bringing the highest level of professional rugby in the United States to ESPN platforms. Live coverage begins on Saturday, Feb. 15 as the 2025 season kicks off with five matches (6 p.m. ET, ESPN+).
Two Jobs Ahead for American-Heavy Anthem MLR Team
We’re about six weeks away from the beginning of the Major League Rugby season, and the second season for a new experiment.
Juma: Everything In My Life I Have a Say In It
Aaron Juma’s transfer from Wheeling to Mary Washington stirred up much more discussion, and indeed vitriol, than anyone might reasonably expect.
MLR Announced Shift in Focus for MLR Draft Showcase Matches DALLAS – Major League Rugby (MLR) has announced an evolution of the Collegiate Rugby Shield, renaming it MLR Rising. This is designed to be a showcase for top college rugby talent in North America. The previous Collegiate Rugby Shield was really only an NCR event, but it appears to be changing.
LA MLR Team Officially Ready to Play
Contrary to implications posted in GRR, the Atlanta-LA sale in Major League Rugby did indeed go through and Rugby FC Los Angeles will kick off in the 2024 season.



















































