Major League Rugby

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Poster

Established
2017 (9 years old)

First Recorded Event
2018-04-21

Current Season
2026

Current Round

Sport
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Rugby

Location
United States

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - CBS Sports [2021]
US - Fox Sports [2021]

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		Upcoming
07 Jun 26	New EnglNew England Free Jacks	8:00pm	Chicago Chicago Hounds
08 Jun 26	Seattle Seattle Seawolves	1:00am	CalifornCalifornia Legion

		Results
06 Jun 26	Old GloryOld Glory DC	-	Anthem RCAnthem RC
01 Jun 26	Seattle SSeattle Seawolves	36 - 28	New EnglaNew England Free Jacks
31 May 26	Anthem RCAnthem RC	26 - 55	CaliforniCalifornia Legion
30 May 26	Old GloryOld Glory DC	32 - 33	Chicago HChicago Hounds
25 May 26	CaliforniCalifornia Legion	42 - 10	Old GloryOld Glory DC
24 May 26	Chicago HChicago Hounds	57 - 17	Seattle SSeattle Seawolves
23 May 26	Anthem RCAnthem RC	7 - 20	New EnglaNew England Free Jacks
17 May 26	Old GloryOld Glory DC	24 - 23	New EnglaNew England Free Jacks
17 May 26	Seattle SSeattle Seawolves	57 - 21	Anthem RCAnthem RC
16 May 26	CaliforniCalifornia Legion	26 - 36	Chicago HChicago Hounds

Description

Major League Rugby (MLR or USMLR) is a professional rugby union competition and the top-level championship for clubs in North America. In the 2021 season it will be contested by twelve teams: eleven from the United States and one from Canada. Officially sanctioned by USA Rugby, which is a member union of Rugby Americas North (RAN), and consequently part of World Rugby, the league was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

With its initial beginnings as part of established amateur rugby clubs in major North American urban areas, MLR began its first season in 2018 as an initiative of the American rugby community in partnership with private investors. Three further American clubs, in Atlanta, Boston, and Washington D.C., began play in 2020.

Major League Rugby implemented its first collegiate MLR Draft in 2020.

In 2020, Major League Rugby teams started forming youth academies.

The 2020 season was suspended on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, the league announced that they would resume play in 2021, with two new teams in both Los Angeles in 2021 and Dallas joining in 2022 (delayed by one year).

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