Rugby United New York host the Utah Warriors as they travel to Cochrane Stadium on the east coast!

The Warriors are really earning the nickname ‘Comeback Kings’, as for a third game in a row they came from behind and scored late to snatch victory from teh jaws of defeat! This week, a 77th minute try from Mika Kruse lifted Utah over New York despite a missed conversion, finishing with a scoreline of 28-29 in favour of the visitors.

The LA Giltinis travel across the country to take on Rugby United New York at Cochrane Stadium in the 1st ever ‘Champagne Cup’, one of many intra-season trophies that are contested throughout a typical Major League Rugby Season.

It was a low scoring affair, with the NY defence holding LA to just 1 try and 16 points, as the men from the big apple inflicted LA’s first ever defeat in MLR, despite not scoring a single try!

6 successful penalties from NY fly-half Dan Hollinshead gave NY all 18 of their points, triumphing over the west coast outfit, 18-16. Hollinshead becomes just the 1nd MLR player ever to score 100% of his team’s points in a winning effort, following Sam Windsor who scored all 21 of Houston’s points in a 21-20 victory.

The Toronto Arrows travel to the big apple to face Rugby United New York at Cochrane Stadium.

The home side got off to a promising start, with Luke Hume dotting down after only 3 minutes to give the hosts a 5-0 lead early! This try however, would be the only points that NY would score in the first half. The Arrows would score 3 of their own to give the visitors a 5-19 lead at the break, and Toronto did not slow down. The final score was 12-53 to the guests, with Manuel Montero scoring the first hattrick in franchise history for the Arrows, and the 11th hattrick in MLR history.

This was the 2nd time that Toronto had scored 50+pts in 2021, and the first time that a team scored over 50pts in back-to-back games in Major League Rugby! The Arrows had outscored their opponents 105-19 over their last two games.