Author: Pierce Lobban
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Women’s Elite Rugby – Follow The Success Seen In Obetz
Lodi, CA: Women’s Elite Rugby To Follow The Success Seen In Obetz As followers of this blog would know, I reside in the North State region of Northern California (the ten most northern counties of the state east of the coast), and because of that the closest professional rugby team to me was the Seattle…
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Decoding Rugby: Unraveling the Different Variations of the Game
Rugby Uncovered: A Deep Dive into Its Many Variations The weekend that saw February turn to March brought with it the third round of Major League Rugby (MLR), and as exciting as that was, it was not the only professional “rugby” competition going on here Stateside. Allegiant stadium, once again, hosted a series of…
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MLR Trial Laws: Killing Scrums And Ruining Rugby As We Know It, Right?
MLR’s New Trial Laws: Destroying Scrums and Changing Rugby Forever? February 15th, 2025 saw the opening weekend of Major League Rugby’s (MLR) eighth season, and with it came new World Rugby approved law trials. Said trials removed the scrum option from four infractions. No longer will a knock forward/forward pass into touch, a knock forward/forward…
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2025 Major League Rugby: Midweek Madness, Roster Shakeups, and Championship Dreams
MLR 2025 Season Preview: Key Storylines, Revamped Squads, and the Free Jacks’ Historic Three-Peat Bid Now that we have a pretty good idea about how each team will look come the beginning of the season on February 15th, 2025, let’s have ourselves a look ahead! We might as well, seeing as there are so many…
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Fantasy Rugby Revolution: How Fantasy MLR Can Help Rugby Break into the US Sports Market
Building Rugby Fans in America: The Untapped Power of Fantasy Major League Rugby One of the most mentioned talking points within rugby media circles around the world has been how rugby can “break” the US market. Talking heads have spoken about everything from bringing more high profile matches stateside to even basing a Super Rugby…
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European Cups: If The Teams Don’t Care, Then Why Should I?
European Cups: Why Should Fans Care When Teams Don’t? December 6th, 2024 brought the start of one of my favorite rugby competitions, the European Champions Cup (actually called the Investec Champions Cup, but who cares about that, right?). Oh, and also the European Challenge Cup as well. For those who have not heard of these…
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Women’s Elite Rugby: A Potential Home Coming For Americans Overseas
Women’s Elite Rugby: Paving the Way for American Stars to Shine Overseas and at Home Ever since Ilona Maher made her statement of intent declaring that she wanted to try and earn a spot on the US Eagle’s 2025 World Cup squad in England, talking heads have been speculating where she was going to play.…
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Redding RFC: Pioneering Grassroots Rugby Growth in Northern California
Driving the Rise of Grassroots Rugby in North State The Northern California is a collection of the ten most northern and inland counties (excluding Humboldt and Del Norte counties which are part of the North Coast region). It spans from the Oregon/Califonia border south for almost 200 miles to just past Chico, CA, and from…
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The Changing Tides of Collegiate Rugby Part 1
From Underdogs to Triumph: How CSUMB Rugby Defied the Odds at Stanford 10’s A few weeks ago, I was, yet again, endlessly scrolling through social media when I came across a post from my former coach’s wife congratulating my alma mater for going 3-0 on the day at the Stanford 10’s rugby tournament. This…
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Building a Competitive USA Rugby Team: Can a Single Team of Eagles in MLR Make a Difference?
Can a Single USA Rugby Team in MLR Elevate USAR to New Heights? For a few years now I’ve been having a conversation with anyone willing to listen to me (so yeah I’ve been talking to myself) about having a domestic competition with national team players spread out amongst the teams, or having just…