Major League Rugby

Link goes to the series overview instead of the specific episode since most of the series predates this community.

The series follows the New England Free Jacks during the 2023 season.

Eastern Conference Final
Teams: New England Free Jacks V. Old Glory DC
Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy
Kickoff: 5:30 PM Eastern, Saturday, July 1, 2023
Referee: Joe James
Assistant Referee 1: Federico Anselmi
Assistant Referee 2: Pete Pender
TMO: Chris Assmus

Western Conference Final
Teams: San Diego Legion V. Seattle Seawolves
Venue: Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
Kickoff: 6:00 PM Eastern, Sunday, July 2, 2023
Referee: Cam Stone
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Rogan
Assistant Referee 2: Kahlil Harrison
TMO: Chris Assmus

I believe these are for the regular season, should have collected them before yesterday's match. MLRStats on Instagram, run by JamDelay, posts their own unofficial stats from match reports and the league's analytics, so I may make another post highlighting those stats.

Points Scored:

Tries Scored:

Successful Goal Kicking:

Carries:

Ball Carry Meters:

Kicking Meters:

Made Tackles:

Standings: Seattle 2nd in West (12-4-0, 74 pts), Houston 3rd in West (10-6-0, 53 pts)
Kickoff: 6:00 PM Eastern, 3:00 PM Pacific
Location: Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila
Where to watch: FS2, The Rugby Network (live international, 24 hr delay domestic)
Referee: Joe James
Assistant Refs: Luke Rogan, Austin Reed
TMO: Nick Hannon

Lineup

Seawolves	Pos	SaberCats
Majola	1	Rob Cobb
Malcolm	2	Dean Muir (C)
Matenga	3	Morgan Mitchell
Landry	4	Marno Redelinghuys
Herbst	5	Nathan Den Hoedt
Elton	6	Malon Al-Jiboori
Foley	7	Keni Nasoqeqe
Hattingh (C)	8	Gideon Van Wyk
Smith	9	Dillon Smit
Alatimu	10	Davy Coetzer (VC)
Futi	11	Vereniki Tikoisolomone
Kriel	12	Louritz Van Der Schyff
Lopeti	13	Dominic Akina
Matthews	14	Line Latu
Carelse	15	Gerrie Labuschagne
J. Malcolm	16	Joe Taufete'e
Turnbull	17	Alex McDonnell
Pedersen	18	Val Lee-lo
Mitchell	19	Emmanuel Albert
Penny	20	Danny Barrett
Ferris	21	Hanco Germishuys
Aisea	22	Carlo De Nysschen
Sio	23	Jax Hidalgo

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Standings: New York 2nd in East (8-8-0, 43 pts), DC 3rd in East (7-8-1, 43 pts)
Kickoff: 6:00 PM Eastern, 3:00 PM Pacific
Location: Memorial Field, Mt. Vernon, New York
Where to watch: FS2, The Rugby Network (live international, 24 hr delay domestic)
Referee: Federico Anselmi
Assistant Refs: Chris Assmus, Cisco Lopez
TMO: Derek Summers

Lineup

Ironworkers	Pos	Old Glory
Chance Wenglewski	1	Jack Iscaro
Dylan Fawsitt (C)	2	Nic Souchon
Kaleb Geiger	3	Kyle Stewart
Charlie Hewitt	4	Tevita Naqali
Hamish Dalzell	5	Kyle Baillie (CC)
Brad Tucker	6	Jamason Fa'anana-Schultz (CC)
Brendon O'Connor	7	Lautaro Bavaro
Pago Haini	8	Niko Jones
Connor Buckley	9	Danny Tusitala
Jason Emery	10	Gradyn Bowd
Ed Fidow	11	Junior Sa'u
Tei Walden	12	Doug Fraser
Faasiu Fuatai	13	William Talataina
Brooklyn Hardaker	14	Marcos Young
Sam Windsor	15	Kurt Baker
Daquan Perry	16	Facundo Gattas
Tevita LAngi	17	Calixto Martinez
Sam Davies	18	Quentin Newcomer
Monate Akuei	19	Collin Grosse
Kara Pryor	20	Langilangi Haupeakui
Conor McManus	21	John Rizzo
Quinn Ngawati	22	Thretton Palamo
Nick Feakes	23	Alejo Daireaux

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He's been called "the Mark Cuban of rugby," has Chicago Hounds Owner Phil Groves. Why? Because he ain't afraid to whoop it up with the fans -even going shirtless in the process! With that, this episode of MLR Weekly features Mr. Groves in an all-encompassing interview with Matt McCarthy, from the lessons learned from a tumultuous first year, to the players publicly lobbying for unionization.

Seattle Seawolves V. Houston SaberCats
Starfire Stadium, Tukwila
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Referee: Joe James
Assistant Referee 1: Luke Rogan
Assistant Referee 2: Austin Reed
TMO: Nick Hannon

Rugby New York V. Old Glory DC
Memorial Field, Mt Vernon
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Referee: Federico Anselmi
Assistant Referee 1: Chris Assmus
Assistant Referee 2: Cisco Lopez
TMO: Luke Rogan

Standings: San Diego (1st in West, 14-1-0, 69 pts), Seattle (2nd in West, 12-3-0, 59 pts)
Kickoff: 7:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Pacific
Location: Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego
Where to watch: FS1, The Rugby Network
Referee: Mike Lash (New Zealand)
Assistant Refs: Marquise Goodwin (USA), Jack Gohl (USA)
TMO: Nick Hannon (USA)

Lineup

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Standings: New York (3rd in East, 8-7-0, 42 pts), Utah Warriors(4th in West, 9-6-0, 45 pts)
Kickoff: 3:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Pacific
Location: Memorial Field, Mt. Vernon, New York
Where to watch: MSG, The Rugby Network (en Español)
Referee: Joe James(UK)
Assistant Refs: Marty Steffens (USA), Miles McIvor (USA)
TMO: Greg Gilliam (USA)

Lineup

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Standings: New England (1st in East, 13-2-0, 63 pts), Houston (3rd in West, 10-5-0, 53 pts)
Kickoff: 1:30 PM Eastern, 10:30 AM Pacific
Location: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Quincy
Where to watch: FS2, The Rugby Network (Live internationally, 24hr delay USA)
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Assistant Refs: Amelia Luciano (USA), Mikey Rudzinsky (USA)
TMO: Luke Rogan (USA)

Lineup

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Standings: NOLA Gold (6-9, 30pts, 4th in East) vs Toronto Arrows (1-12-2, 15pts, 6th in East)

Kickoff: 7:00pm ET, 4:00pm PT

Location: York Lions Stadium, Toronto, ON, Canada

Where to watch: The Rugby Network, TSN 3, KFMB

Referee: Lex Weiner (USA)

Assistant Refs: Stephen Stothers-Robert (Canada) & Clint Lemkus (Canada)

TMO: Greg Gilliam (USA)

Lineup

Standings: NOLA Gold (6-9, 30pts, 4th in East) vs Toronto Arrows (1-12-2, 15pts, 6th in East) Kickoff: 7:00pm ET, 4:00pm PT Location: York Lions Stadium, Toronto, ON, Canada Where to watch: The Rugby Network, TSN 3, KFMB Referee: Lex Weiner (USA) Assistant Refs: Stephen Stothers-Robert (Canada) & Clint Lemkus (Canada) TMO: Greg Gilliam (USA)

Lineup

||Pos|| |NOLA|Number|Toronto| |Matt Harmon|1|Connor Grindal| |Eric Howard|2|Jack McRogers| |Jarred Adams|3|Isaac Salmon| |Cam Dolan (c)|4|Hank Stevenson| |Malcolm May|5|Mike Sheppard (c)| |Moni Tonga’uiha|6|Mason Flesch| |Tom Florence|7|James O’Neill| |Maciu Korai|8|Travis Larsen| |Sebastiano Vilanni|9|Will Grant| |Reece Botha|10|Peter Nelson| |Dougie Fife|11|Fabian Goodall| |Ross Depperschmidt|12|Liam Bowman| |JP Du Plessis|13|Mitch Richardson| |Harley Wheeler|14|Kobe Faust| |Jordan Trainor|15|Shane O’Leary| ||Reserves|| |Pat O’Toole|16|Gene Syminton| ||17|| ||18|| ||19|| ||20|| ||21|| ||22|| ||23||

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Standings: Toronto (6th in East, 1-12-2, 15 pts), NOLA (4th in East, 6-9-0, 30 pts)
Kickoff: 7:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Pacific
Location: York Lions Stadium, Toronto
Where to watch: TSN, The Rugby Network
Referee: Lex Weiner
Assistant Refs: Clint Lemkus, Stephen Stothers-Robert
TMO: Greg Gilliam

Lineup No roster from NOLA yet, will update when available

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Standings: Old Glory DC (3rd in East, 6-8-1, 38 pts), Rugby ATL (5th in East, 5-9-1, 27 pts)
Kickoff: 7:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Pacific
Location: Segra Field, Leesburg
Where to watch: MASN2, The Rugby Network (en Español) Referee: Chris Assmus
Assistant Refs: Aaron Davis, Craig Sakowski
TMO: Luke Rogan

Lineup Rugby ATL not posted yet, will update when available

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Standings: Dallas (5th in West, 2-13-0, 17 pts), Chicago (6th in West, 2-13-0, 16 pts)
Kickoff: 6:00 PM Eastern, 3:00 PM Pacific
Location: Choctaw Stadium, Arlington
Where to watch: KTXA (OTA), Marquee Sports Network, The Rugby Network
Referee: Scott Green
Assistant Refs: Andrew Low, Justin Hale
TMO: Nick Hannon

Lineup (posting from mobile, too painful to flip back and forth between apps and type out the table)

Hounds:

Jackals:

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No Friday games this week. Only one match has playoff implications. New York and DC playing for home advantage in the playoff eliminator round. New York only needs one table point (score 4 tries, or lose by 7 or fewer points) to secure the home field.

We have a Western Conference Toilet Bowl as #5 Dallas hosts #6 Chicago. Both teams are 2-13-0, within 1 table point of each other. So Chicago can move up to #5 if they can repeat last week's performance.

NEW YORK, NY - This sixth year of Major League Rugby flew by, as we're in the final week of the regular season, with all but one question re the playoffs, MLR Weekly has all you need, including an interview with Rugby NY GM, Stephen Lewis, who weighs in on all things 7s.

ALSO INCLUDED:
-MLR headlines from Rugby Morning’s John Fitzpatrick -Predictions from Bryan Ray of Americas Rugby News
-Rugby's Best Recap

I feel pretty confident that the players will vote to unionize. I don't see a date for when a vote would be held.

Courtesy of James Deeley

Standings: Seattle wnd in West (12-2-0, 58 pts), New England 1st in East (12-2-0, 58 pts)
Kickoff: 10:30 pm Eastern, 7:30 pm Pacific
Location: Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila
Where to watch: Root Sports, NBCSB, The Rugby Network
Referee: Luke Rogan
Assistant Refs: Brad Schwalger, Saro Turner
TMO: Derek Summers

Lineup

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Standings: Toronto 6th in East (1-11-2, 15 pts), San Diego 1st in West (13-1-0, 64 pts)
Kickoff: 4:00 PM Eastern, 1:00 PM Pacific
Location: York Lions Stadium, Toronto
Where to watch: TSN, The Rugby Network
Referee: Kat Roche
Assistant Refs: Pater Pender, Clint Lemkus
TMO: Andrew Hosie

Lineup

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Standings: Utah 4th in West (9-5-0, 44 pts), Chicago 6th in West (1-13-0, 11 pts)
Kickoff: 10:00 PM EDT
Location: Zions Bank Stadium, Herriman
Where to watch: AT&T Sports Net, Marquee Sports, The Rugby Network
Referee: Cisco Lopez
Assistant Refs: Kahlil Harrison, Kage Green
TMO: Nick Hannon

Lineup

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Standings: RATL 4th in East (5-8-1, 27 pts), RNY 3rd in East (7-7-0, 37 pts)
Kickoff: 8:00 pm EDT
Location: Silverbacks Park, Atlanta
Where to watch: FS2, The Rugby Network (Live international, 24 hour delay domestic)
Referee: Federico Anselmi
Assistant Refs: Dave Edwards, Bryan Hall
TMO: Greg Gillman

Lineup