The USA Eagles lineup to face Japan tomorrow in Higashiosaka, with club colours! 13 of the starting XV played in #MLR2026 and 21 of the 23 are from #MLR! All 6 teams from this year's competition are represented, including 8 from the Champs! #JPNvUSA #PacificNationsCup

Andre Warner appears to have signed with the #Stormers in the #URC and will start in a pre-season game against the Bulls! Warner spent 3 years in #MLR, scoring 16 tries in 38 games between Houston & Seattle, and was named @seawolves.rugby Player's Player of the Year in #MLR2026! #MLRStats

Some changes to the #RugbyCA side that faced Japan last week! Dewy Kotze & Jason Higgins start along with Jamie Armstrong who gets his first start, and Jones stays at 10 despite the return of Coats who's in the reserves with Ethan Fryer, his 1st game since 2024! #FIJvCAN

Payton Telea-Ilalio earns his first start of the Eagles, and Shilo Klein starts for the first time since last July! Noah Brown also gets his first start in the backs, with big Joe Taufete'e back on the bench! The US fell 21-47 in their last meeting with Japan in the 2025 #PNC. #JPNvUSA

A year ago, MLR was in crisis and there were stories all over rugby media about the URC expanding to North America. 12 months on, MLR has (somewhat) stabilised under new leadership, USAR and Rugby Canada and subsidizing overseas contracts, and the URC rumours have dried up!

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New Video! 📹 Link 👇 youtu.be/9MvSVdrn-Bw?... With the Greatest Rivalry headed to USA 🇺🇸 let’s rewind to this time last year when the rugby headlines were filled with talk of North American teams joining the United Rugby Championship - just how close did it come to reality?

Rugby Canada partners with CHAMP Rugby on new Player Pathway! This partnership aims to provide more Canadian players with more high-level professional game time in the English 2nd Tier during the 2026/27 season, ahead of #RWC27 next year! #RugbyCA #CHAMPRugby

RUGBY CANADA PARTNERS WITH CHAMP RUGBY ON NEW PLAYER PATHWAY

Rugby Canada is pleased to announce the partnership with Elior Champ Rugby, the reformatted English rugby second-tier league which will provide a high performance, professional environment for Canadia...

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The USA Eagles kick off their 2026 #PNC against Japan next weekend with 94% of the squad coming from #MLR! 30 of the 32 man squad played in #MLR2026, along with 12 of the 14 reserves! #MLRStats #USARugby #JPNvUSA

11 programs contributed at least 1 player to the 2026 #MLRDraft class, and 3 schools produced multiple! Life University, St. Mary's College, and UC Berkeley each boast a pair of #MLR draftees, with Life taking the bragging rights with their 2nd First Overall Pick! #MLRStats

Selected in the 2nd Round of the 2026 #MLRDraft by @oldglorydc.bsky.social, Mario Storti joins his brother Erich in #MLR! Both St. Mary's College Alumni, the Storti brothers are the second pair of siblings to be drafted into MLR, joining Life University alumni Palema & Julian Roberts! #MLRStats

Player Moves around #MLR: August 10-30! Only a handful of moves dating back to Charlie Abel's signing with #Oyonnax in France! Dewald Kotze & Aidan King head to the English Championship, while Will Sherman & Piers von Dadelszen head off to Japan! #MLRStats #MLR2027

The First Overall Pick in the 2026 #MLRDraft is Life U Running Eagle, Logan Ballinger! The 2026 Team MVP joins @oldglorydc.bsky.social as their first ever 1st Overall Pick, and is the 2nd Life player to be taken First Overall after Conner Mooneyham! Congratulations, Logan! #MLRStats #MLR2027

The complete 2026 #MLR Draft class! The Draft Class is fully populated over on the #NARDB Draft Page, complete with the 11 schools that produced draftees this year! Player Profiles will be created and linked in the near future. narugbydb.com/2026-mlr-colle… #MLRStats #MLR2027

The 2026 #MLRDraft Class is fully populated over on the #NARDB Draft Page, complete with the 11 schools that produced a draftee this year! Player Profiles will be created and linked in the future. #MLRStats #MLR2027

2026 MLR College Draft - North American Rugby Database

The 2026 Major League Rugby College Draft is the 7th draft in MLR history, held on 27th August, 2026. The purpose of this draft is to provide a pathway for players from US and Canadian based colleges ...

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The 2026 #MLR Draft is just a couple of hours away! Six players have been picked first overall in the #MLRDraft. Here's a very simple summary of their pro careers so far! 3 are capped USA Eagles, but only one of them has won Rookie of the Year! #MLRStats #MLR2027

2026 #MLRDraft Prospect pool positional breakdown! 19/94 prospects are listed as back row forwards. That's 20.2%, matching almost exactly with the 20.6% of back row selections all-time! It's also the total number of front rows, with only 3 Loosehead Props! #MLRStats #MLR2027

Another batch of #MLRDraft Prospects were added at the last minute, taking the total 2026 Prospect pool to 94 and making our last two #MLRStats posts wrong! We've adjusted them, and the updated graphics with the new numbers are below! #MLRStats #MLR2026 #MLR2027

English Championship side #DoncasterKnights announce the signing of 2026 @oldglorydc.bsky.social Young Player of the Year, Aidan King! Drafted 6th overall in 2024, King has earned 24 #MLR appearances between DC & NOLA, starting 18 times and averaging 12.1 tackles per game! #MLRStats #MLR2027

Of the 73 prospects for the 2026 #MLRDraft, 43 are from the USA. Here's a breakdown of their Home States! As usual, California leads with 8 prospects but there are strong showings from Florida, Pennsylvania, and Virginia! What stands out for you here? #MLRStats

THE BOYS ARE BACK!!! After an offseason break, @ryanye.bsky.social and @narugbydb.com's @jamdelay.bsky.social return with an episode that will get you all caught up ahead of the #MLR2026 College Draft. Reaction to everything that went down between the championship and now: youtu.be/rwUfSf9ypE0

Fantasy MLR 2026 - WE BACK: Offseason Quick Tap Recap, College Draft Prep & News Brief

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13 different nations are represented in the 73 player prospect pool for the 2026 #MLRDraft! The prospect pool has roughly halved in size from 2025, but it's still an international affair. 39 US schools are represented, along with 1 in Canada! #MLRStats #MLR2027

The #RedHurricanes Osaka announce the signing of 2025 1st overall #MLRDraft pick Will Sherman for the 2026/27 #JRLO D2 Season! The #UCLA grad appeared in every @anthemrugby.bsky.social game in #MLR2026, starting 6 times including their first ever win! #MLRStats #MLR2027

It's #MLRDraft Week! Here's a snapshot of the impact that each #MLR Draft Class has had on their rookie seasons! Fewer teams, fewer games, but a solid contribution from the 2025 Draft Class with almost half the draftees selected by #MLR2026 teams playing! How will the 2026 Class do in #MLR2027?

The order for the 2026 #MLRDraft! With the #FreeJacks forfeiting their First Rd pick, the 1st Overall pick falls to @oldglorydc.bsky.social! New England will then pick first in Rds 2 & 3, and look to have acquired the 13th overall pick in a trade with the #CaliforniaLegion! #MLRStats

French #ProD2 side #Oyonnax announce the signing of #MLR2026 Champion and newly capped USA Eagle Charlie Abel as a medical joker! Abel earned All- #MLR 1st XV honours with the #ChicagoHounds this season, starting 8 of his 10 games and scoring 3 tries! #MLRStats

Who's Next? 👀 The 2026 #MLRDraft is set for August 27th at 6pm ET, and will be available to watch on YouTube! Just under 2 weeks to go! #MLRStats #NARDB

Congratulations to Back-to-Back @womenseliterugby.us Champions, the @denveronyx.us! The full match report from the 2026 Legacy Cup game is available at #NARDB below! #WER #WomensRugby

WER 2026 Legacy Cup: Denver Onyx v Bay Breakers - North American Rugby Database

The 2026 Women's Elite Rugby competition culminates in the Legacy Cup match on 8th August at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado, the home of the Defending Champions, the Denver Onyx.

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Player moves around #MLR: July 20 - August 9! A 3-week summary covers the tail end of #NPC signings as well as the #ChicagoHounds' new partnership with Waikato! In between, a pair of Brits return home, and MLR Draftee Charlie Walsh heads back to his native Hong Kong! #MLRStats #MLR2026 #MLR2027

The #MLR Player of the Year - Through the years! Finishing off the week with the big one! #ChicagoHounds' Brock Webster breaks FOUR YEARS of #FreeJacks winners, becoming the first Canadian to win MLR Player of the year! #MLRStats #MLR2026

The #MLR Coach of the Year - Through the years! #MLR2026 winner Chris Latham is both the first Australian and first #ChicagoHounds HC to win Coach of the Year! Ex - #FreeJacks boss Scott Mathie remains the only person to have won this award multiple times! #MLRStats #MLR

Are you enjoy #NARDB's #MLR off-season content so far? Are you not? What kind of stuff would you like to see in the run up to the #MLRDraft and for the rest of the off-season? #MLRStats #MLR2026 #MLR2027