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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.
MLR began its first season in 2018 with seven teams. The league has since expanded, reaching an all-time high of 13 teams in the 2022 season. [3] Twelve teams competed in the 2024 season. Major League Rugby implemented its first collegiate MLR Draft in 2020. [4] [5] [6] Also in 2020, Major League Rugby teams started forming youth academies. [7] [8]
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.
The competition is supported and sanctioned by USA Rugby. The first season of Major League Rugby began in May 2018 with seven teams ranging from the Pacific Northwest to the Southwest. The top four teams make the playoffs for a spot in the final, the winner receives the American Championship Shield.
The Professional Rugby Organization, known as PRO Rugby, was an American professional rugby union competition. PRO began play in April 2016 with five teams and ceased operations by January 2017. The competition was sanctioned by USA Rugby and by World Rugby. This was the first professional rugby competition in North America. [1]
Super Rugby Americas (SRA) [1] [2] is a franchise rugby union tournament format in the Americas that began its first season in February 2023 after efforts by World Rugby. [3] [4] It is organized and led by Sudamérica Rugby, [5] the highest rugby entity in South America. The tournament includes seven teams through franchises.
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]