Major League Rugby is a professional North America league.

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Major League Rugby is a professional USA league that began in 2018 and has teams in the U.S. and in Canada. Current MLR teams include Austin Elite Rugby, Glendale Raptors, Houston SaberCats, New Orleans Gold, Rugby United New York, San Diego Legion, Seattle Seawolves, Toronto Arrows, and the Utah Warriors. In 2020, teams in Atlanta, New England, and Washington, D.C. will join the league and have exhibition matches in 2019.

NOLA Gold Signs Moni Tongauiha to Contract Extension

By djcoilrugby on May 29, 2020 Major League Rugby

NOLA Gold Rugby Club signed Tesimoni Tongauiha to a two-year contract extension through the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old flanker (26 in October) is 6’2″ and 235 lbs. Moni joined the team after playing rugby 7s and 15s with Life West in 2018. Moni grew up in Oakland, California where he played rugby for the Oakland Warthogs in high school. He then joined the Santa Barbara Rugby Academy and benefited from the coaching of Kevin Battle. Kevin Battle, head coach of the Santa Barbara Rugby Academy indicated in Tongauiha’s 2015 player profile that “Tesimoni ‘Moni’ Tongauiha is the…

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LA Giltinis Names Darren Coleman and Stephen Hoiles as Coaches

By djcoilrugby on May 28, 2020 Major League Rugby

The LA Giltinis named Darren Coleman and Stephen Hoiles as their inaugural coaches for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. Darren Coleman was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, and was head coach of the Gordon RFC team in Sydney’s Shute Shield competition. He played rugby with the Kempsey Cannonballs team before attending Southern Cross University and playing with the University Gold Rats. He then joined Eastern Suburbs as fly-half in 1995 before playing with the Newcastle Wildfires in 1996-97, and then Northern Suburbs from 1998-2000. Toward the end of his playing career, he also began coaching. While at Northern…

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San Diego Legion Names Zack Test & Scott Murray Co-Head Coaches

By djcoilrugby on May 28, 2020 Major League Rugby

San Diego Legion Release San Diego, CA (May 28, 2020) – San Diego Legion has named Scott Murray and Zack Test as its new co-Head Coaches. Together, they will lead all Legion coaching duties. “Each with storied rugby careers as players, including multiple Rugby World Cups, Olympics and Lions Tours, and their most recent work as very talented assistant coaches, Zack and Scott are well placed to take over our head-coaching role,” said San Diego Legion Chairman Darren Gardner. “Both have shown they could easily do the head-coach job in their own right, so Ryan and I feel very fortunate to have them working in…

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Rob Hoadley Leaves San Diego Legion

By djcoilrugby on May 27, 2020 Major League Rugby

San Diego Legion Release San Diego, CA (May 27, 2020) – Effective immediately, Coach Rob Hoadley has stepped down as the Head Coach of the San Diego Legion to spend more time with his growing family. Coach Hoadley wishes the Legion family well: “I would like to thank owners Ryan Patterson and Darren Gardner for the opportunity to help to build a very special organization. I look forward to watching the Legion’s success on the field in the coming years. I would also like to extend a big thank you and good luck to all the players, staff and fans. There have…

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Rugby ATL Extends Conor Keys Contract Thorough 2022

By djcoilrugby on May 25, 2020 Major League Rugby

Rugby ATL extended the contract of Canadian international Conor Keys through the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old lock is 6’6″ and 260 lbs. and will be 24 during the Summer. Conor is from Stittsville, Ontario, and attended Sacred Heart Catholic High School. He began playing rugby at age 10 with the Barrhaven Scottish and later with the Ottawa Ospreys. He played representative rugby for the Eastern Ontario U18s and for the Lower Canada Voyagers U19s. Following his graduation in 2014 from Sacred Heart, he attended the University of Victoria from 2014-2019. While playing for the Vikes in the…

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Harley Wheeler Temporarily Released by Rugby ATL for 2021 Season

By djcoilrugby on May 24, 2020 Major League Rugby

Rugby ATL temporarily released Harley Wheeler so he could pursue Olympic dream.

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San Diego Legion Lua Li Profile

By djcoilrugby on May 21, 2020 Major League Rugby

A late addition to the San Diego Legion 2020 roster was Luatangi Li. He did not make any appearances for the team in 2020, but should be a welcome addition for the team in 2021. Lua as he prefers to be called is a 29-year-old prop from Auckland, New Zealand. He attended Massey High School and was a member of the New Zealand police force. He played club rugby for the East Coast Boys and Mitre 10 Cup since 2018 with North Harbour where he made 17 appearances. He also played for the Super Rugby Blues club in 2019, making…

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Robbie Povey Joins Houston SaberCats after Trade With Utah Warriors

By djcoilrugby on May 20, 2020 Major League Rugby

The Houston SaberCats have added Canadian international Robbie Povey for the 2021 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old flyhalf/fullback is 6’0″ and 195 lbs. He played for the Utah Warriors in 2020 and was traded to the SaerCats for Houston’s first and second round Collegiate draft selection spots. Robbie was born in Bedford, England, was Canada eligible through his mother, a native of Montreal. He attended Spratton Hall and the Rugby School, where he graduated in 2015. He then went to the University of Oxford. Robbie played rugby at the Spratton Hall, the Rugby School, the University of Oxford, and…

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The MLR Drafts: Top College Prospects

By djcoilrugby on May 15, 2020 Major League Rugby

In a four-part series, Doug Coil and Alex Goff are collaborating on articles about the Major League Rugby drafts that will be published on DJCoil Rugby and Goff Rugby Report. In Part One, Doug provided an introduction to the three drafts happening this spring, with detail on the Colorado Raptors player dispersal draft. Part Two looked at the MLR Expansion Draft. Part 1: MLR 2021 Drafts: Colorado Raptors Part 2: The MLR Drafts: The Expansion Draft Now, Part 3, we look at the collegiate draft, and who are the best prospects at each position. Just over 400 rugby players have applied for the…

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Major League Rugby Expansion Draft

By djcoilrugby on May 11, 2020 Major League Rugby

In a four-part series, Doug Coil and Alex Goff are collaborating on articles about the Major League Rugby drafts that will be published on DJCoil Rugby and the Goff Rugby Report. Editor’s Note: Our list of unprotected players is our list alone—not an official team list of unprotected players but our speculation based on what we know. In part one, Doug provided an introduction about the drafts and on the dispersal draft of Colorado Raptors players. Part two will focus on the MLR expansion draft. This will take place this month after Dallas and Los Angeles have exclusive access to negotiate with Raptors…

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Major League Rugby Drafts Part 1: Colorado Raptors

By djcoilrugby on May 4, 2020 Major League Rugby

In a three-part series, Doug Coil and Alex Goff are collaborating on articles about the Major League Rugby drafts that will be published on DJCoil Rugby and the Goff Rugby Report. Doug will be focusing on the dispersal draft of Colorado Raptors players, and the MLR expansion draft taking place in May, while Alex will primarily focus on the Collegiate Draft that is being held on June 13-14, 2020. On March 12, the league suspended the regular season for 30 days to assess the impact of COVID-19 and then on March 19, canceled the 2020 season. The league continued to be in the public eye by holding a…

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Rugby United New York Adds Drew Mitchell

By djcoilrugby on April 16, 2020 Major League Rugby

Rugby United New York retweeted a YouTube interview by Jim Hamilton of The Lockdown with Drew Mitchell, which indicated that Drew had signed a three-year contract to play/coach with the Roosters in Major League Rugby beginning in 2020. That did not come to fruition in 2020 due to the length of time in receiving visa clearance, but he will join the team in 2021. The 36-year-old wing (37 in March 2021) is 6’0″ and 203 lbs. Drew’s signing with RUNY was reported in January 2020 by the Rugby Pass, but the team did not make an announcement of his signing.…

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Toronto Arrows Opt Out of Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft

By djcoilrugby on April 12, 2020 Major League Rugby

Major League Rugby announced its first-ever Collegiate Draft to be held on June 13 and 14, 2020. Subsequently, the Toronto Arrows announced on April 11 that they will not participate in the draft based on the differences in development pathways between Canada and the U.S. A full statement of the Arrows release is below. Toronto Arrows Club Statement With Major League Rugby recently announcing that its inaugural Collegiate Draft will be held on June 13 and 14, 2020, the Toronto Arrows Rugby Football Club supports the league and fellow member clubs in the creation of this player identification and development…

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Colorado Raptors Exit Major League Rugby

By djcoilrugby on April 9, 2020 Major League Rugby

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