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.

2021 – RD 6: LA Giltinis v San Diego Legion

The LA Giltinis host their California rivals, the San Diego Legion at the LA Memorial Coliseum.

The home side came out of the gates flying, and had secured the try BP by the 21st minute of the game. The Giltinis scored 3 tries within the first 10 minutes and were up 17-0 before the Legion really settled in to the game. The final score was 45-17 to LA.

2021 – RD 5: Austin Gilgronis v Rugby ATL

The Austin Gilgronis host Rugby ATL as the RATLERs visit Bold Stadium.

It was a tight affair throughout, with Mack Mason converting Conner Mooneyham’s 74th minute try to give Austin a 14-12 lead before the AGs gave away a penalty within Robbie Petzer’s range in the 78th minute, who nailed the kick to swing the game back in ATL’s favour, 14-15. The final drama came right at the death when Rugby ATL gave away a penalty of their own in the 80th minute and Mack Mason made no mistake, splitting the uprights to give the Gilgronis a 17-15 win.

2021 – RD 5: Toronto Arrows v Seattle Seawolves

The Toronto Arrows host the Seattle Seawolves at their home away from home, Lupo Family Field in Marietta, Georgia.

The Seawolves came into this game with a 1-3 record and this game would do nothing to improve that, being beaten for the entire 80 minutes by the Canadian outfit who finished as 52-7 victors. This was at the time the 3rd time a team had scored 50+ points in a game in the 2021 season, and was the 2nd highest score of the 2021 season to that point, behind the LA Giltinis who scored 57 points against the Arrows, coincidentally.

2021 – RD 4: Utah Warriors v Seattle Seawolves

The Seawolves travel to Zion’s Bank Stadium to face the Warriors in Utah.

Seattle would come away with a 15-20 road win for their first victory of the season in a game that saw 3 yellow cards. 2 of these were for the Seawolves, with 1 for the Warriors.