League: Major League Rugby

Founded in 2017 with it’s inaugural season played in 2018, Major League Rugby (MLR) is the highest level of professional rugby in North America.

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2021 – RD 10: Austin Gilgronis v LA Giltinis

The Gilgronis host the Giltinis in Major League Rugby’s first ever ‘Gil-grudge match’ between the two Adam Gilchrist owned teams.

The LA Defence proved almost inpenetrable for their sister team, as they could only manage 3pts all game. The game was far from a blow-out, but was convincing. LA managed 2 tries and Matt Giteau added a penalty late in the game to go 3/3 from the tee for a final scoreline of 3-17.

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2021 – RD 9: Rugby ATL v New England Free Jacks

Rugby ATL host the New England Free Jacks at Lupo Family Field, in a game that was far closer than the final scoreline suggests.

Rugby ATL racked up 3 tries before the half hour mark, racing out to a 19-3 lead before the visitors fought their way back to a 19-18 battle entering the final quarter of the game.

Entering the final 10 minutes, the Free Jacks were penalised with 2 yellow cards for infringements on their own line, reducing them to 13 men for the rest of the game. Rugby ATL’s Ross Deacon dotted down for the Try BP for the home side, and to take the score to 26-18 before Mark O’Keeffe added a flourish in the 78th minute to secure the game and deny the Free Jacks a losing bonus point.

Despite ATL being given two yellow cards of their own in the 79th & 80th minutes, there was no further scoring and the home side took this contest by a score of 33-18.

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