My name is James Deeley and I’d like to welcome you to the North American Rugby Database (NARugbyDB/NARDB)! The aim of this site is to be your ‘one-stop shop’ for professional rugby in North America, providing news, statistics, and insights into your favourite Leagues, players, and teams. This site was born out of the ‘MLRStats’ social stream on instagram (@MLRStats) and on Twitter/X (via my personal account, @JamDelay).
At present NARDB specializes in Major League Rugby (MLR) content as it is the most high-profile professional league in North America, and as you can see, this site is still very basic. As this site grows I hope to be able to cover additional professional leagues/teams across the continent and possibly also expand into covering National Teams/tournaments, but for the time being I have my plate full with covering MLR.
How To Use This Site
This site can be used as a tool to find and/or collate data about current and past MLR players, teams, and results. If you like to search for players, you can do so. If you like to view match reports of the most recent MLR games, you can do so. If you like to trawl through the archive to find a gem, you can do so!
Here are a couple of useful links to get you started:
– Latest MLR Season
– Latest MLR Collegiate Draft
– Current MLR Season
The purpose of this site is to provide accessibility to the professional game in North America, and keep rugby fans engaged with the facts, figures, and records of North America’s top leagues. To get started, use the search bar below or in the top right, or navigate using the tabs along the top of this site. Enjoy!
To request updates to any player/team page, please see the Contact page. For business inquiries, please email [email protected] directly.
News
- MLR Player Movement Summary: January 6-12, 2025
This series of articles jumps into all of the player movement around MLR from the previous week. This week’s article covers the week from January 6th to January 12th, 2025, the first full week in a new year. - MLR Player Movement Summary: Dec 30, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025
Every week these MLR Player Movement Summary articles outline each roster move around Major League Rugby, whether that is a returning player, a new signing, or a departure, so that MLR fans can easily stay up to date on all the off-season activity ahead of the 2025 season. This week’s article covers the week from December 30, 2024 to January 5, 2025 and so, as mentioned already, welcome to 2025! - MLR Player Movement Summary: December 23-29, 2024
Every Monday, this series of articles from NARDB will summarise all the moves around MLR from the previous week and add a bit of detail to each move. This particular article covers the moves over the week of Christmas 2024, from December 23rd to December 29th. During that period, six teams made roster announcements and 21 players were involved in total. - MLR Player Movement Summary: December 16-22, 2024
Each week, NARDB summarises every single roster move around the league so fans can easily stay up to date with all the goings on during the off-season. This week, we’ll add a little detail to all the roster moves from the week between December 9th & December 16th! - MLR Player Movement Summary: December 9-15, 2024
Last week we saw 18 re-signings across 4 teams, a relatively high 10 new additions, three intra-league moves and a retirement. With so much movement this article will be on the larger side, but let’s get stuck in. - NARDB’s Ranking of the MLR2025 Away Jerseys
Now this article will follow the same format but for ranking the 11 Away kits for MLR2025. Generally speaking, the away kits feel like the weaker selection, but that could be because I tend to find white jerseys plain and a little lazy, most of the time. We have five away jerseys that are primarily white, and it’s been difficult to a) tell them all apart and b) rank them. - MLR Player Movement Summary: December 2-8, 2024
This article will focus on the player announcements from last week, December 2nd to December 8th, 2024. It will add a bit more context and detail to each move, giving fans a better understanding of the roles these players may play in 2025, and keeping them up to date on all the roster changes. - NARDB’s Ranking of the MLR2025 Home Jerseys
On Tuesday December 3rd, 2024, almost entirely out of the blue save a vague TRN tweet, Major League Rugby revealed the home and away jerseys for all 11 teams for the 8th season of the competition in 2025. - MLR Player Movement Summary: November 25-December 1, 2024
it’s time for your weekly summary of player moves from around Major League Rugby from November 25-December 1, 2024! As always, this article will provide a little bit more context for all of last week’s moves, as well as add a few stats and a summary graphic to keep MLR fans up to date with all of the off-season moves. - MLR Player Movement Summary: November 18-24, 2024
Although it may seem like the player signings are beginning to slow down, that doesn’t mean that teams aren’t busy! This is a summary of all the player moves around Major League Rugby from last week, November 18-24, 2024. This article dives into a little more detail around each move, and is the best place to stay up to date on the off-season movement from MLR. - Major League Rugby Releases Full Schedule for 8th Season in 2025
On November 19th, a gloomy Tuesday deep in the off-season, Major League Rugby announced it’s full slate of regular season games for it’s upcoming 2025 season that kicks off on February 15th, 2025. With it, there were a number of tidbits surrounding venues for 2025, and as with almost everything when it comes to Major League Rugby, it was not without it’s share of controversy. - MLR Player Move Summary: November 11-17, 2024
for the first time in three weeks the Player Move summary is “only” two pages, and with the San Diego Legion seemingly finished their roster announcement, the tide may be starting to let up! As with every week, this article will provide more context and detail around all of last week’s moves, helping MLR fans to stay on top of the latest signings from their team and from around the league.