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.
MLR Update: CEO Speaks, Player Options Explored
Following on the news that the Rugby New York Ironworkers will not play in the MLR anymore, Major League Rugby has issued a statement.
The statement, officially from MLR CEO Nic Benson, reads as follows:
MLR Loses Another Team, Maybe Another on Thin Ice
A proposed investment of the Rugby New York Ironworkers has almost certainly fallen through and that means the MLR team will fold.
Eagle Hopefuls Need More Game Time
One of the comments Scott Lawrence kept bringing up in our recent interview with him was “game time.”
It isn’t enough, said the USA Men’s 15s Head Coach, to be on a professional team. You have to actually play. And, really, you have to play 60 to 80 minutes rather than run on for those last 15-20 minutes.
