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
23 May	Anthem RAnthem RC	8:00pm	New EnglNew England Free Jacks
24 May	Chicago Chicago Hounds	8:00pm	Seattle Seattle Seawolves
25 May	CalifornCalifornia Legion	12:00am	Old GlorOld Glory DC
30 May	Old GlorOld Glory DC	8:00pm	Chicago Chicago Hounds
31 May	Anthem RAnthem RC	8:00pm	CalifornCalifornia Legion
01 Jun	Seattle Seattle Seawolves	12:00am	New EnglNew England Free Jacks
06 Jun	Old GlorOld Glory DC	8:00pm	Anthem RAnthem RC
07 Jun	New EnglNew England Free Jacks	8:00pm	Chicago Chicago Hounds
08 Jun	Seattle Seattle Seawolves	1:00am	CalifornCalifornia Legion
Results
17 May	Old GlorOld Glory DC	24 - 23	New EnglNew England Free Jacks
17 May	Seattle Seattle Seawolves	57 - 21	Anthem RAnthem RC
16 May	CalifornCalifornia Legion	26 - 36	Chicago Chicago Hounds
11 May	Chicago Chicago Hounds	61 - 36	Anthem RAnthem RC
10 May	Old GlorOld Glory DC	25 - 30	Seattle Seattle Seawolves
09 May	New EnglNew England Free Jacks	26 - 21	CalifornCalifornia Legion
04 May	Chicago Chicago Hounds	49 - 31	Old GlorOld Glory DC
03 May	New EnglNew England Free Jacks	11 - 27	Seattle Seattle Seawolves
26 Apr	Old GlorOld Glory DC	23 - 36	CalifornCalifornia Legion
26 Apr	New EnglNew England Free Jacks	38 - 26	Anthem RAnthem RC

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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