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.
Rugby New York hosts Old Glory DC on Sunday, June 25 at 6 pm ET at Memorial Field in Mt. Vernon, New York in the MLR Eastern Conference playoff eliminator. Click here for tickets! For those who can’t attend, the match will be broadcast on Fox Sports 2 and internationally on The Rugby Network. The teams split the regular season matches with Rugby New York defeating Old Glory DC 34-8 in Mt. Vernon, NY, and Old Glory beating the Ironworkers 42-31 in Leesburg, VA. Match officials for the playoff eliminator match include referee Federico Anselmi, assistant referees Chris Assmus and…