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The first regular season game in Major League Rugby history was held on April 21, 2018, when the Houston SaberCats hosted the New Orleans Gold in Houston. The Toronto Arrows joined the league ahead of 2019 season as the first Canadian team in MLR. Three further American clubs began play in 2020.
Rugby union did not re-emerge in the US until its renaissance in the 1960s and 1970s. [citation needed] The United States of America Rugby Football Union (now known as USA Rugby) was formed in 1975. The United States men's national team, the Eagles, has competed in all but one of the Rugby World Cup tournaments held every four years since 1987.
It replaces Rugby Special Wales. September – Sky Sports begins showing a weekly game from the top division of England club rugby. This is the first time that a live match from domestic rugby union had been shown in the UK. 30 December and 6 January 1996 – ITV broadcasts live coverage of semi-finals and final of the inaugural Heineken Cup ...
AOL.com helped rugby fans celebrate the official launch of professional rugby in the U.S. by live-streaming Sacramento's 37-25 win over San Francisco.
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Six Nations: Full Contact is a television documentary series produced in a collaboration between Netflix and the Six Nations, to give a behind-the-scenes look at the players and matches of the Six Nations Championship. [1] The first season, covering the 2023 Six Nations Championship, was released on 24 January 2024. [2] [3]
Rugby union also reached South America early, a continent with few British colonies. The first rugby union match in Argentina was played in 1873, the game having been brought to South America by the British. In 1886 Buenos Aires Football Club played Rosario Athletic Club in Buenos Aires. [38]
The first recorded rugby game in the U.S. was played in May 1874 when local Harvard University hosted Canadian McGill University. [5] The game sparked an interest on college campuses nationwide. In 1876 Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, which largely used the rugby code. [6]