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MLR Week Two 2021

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MLR 2021 Week Two Wrapup: LA Continue to Dominate – Fraser Hurst “Canadian Player of the Week”

The new franchise, LA Giltinis, featuring Matt Giteau, Adam Ashley-Cooper and DTH continue to roll with an impressive 57-36 shellacking of defending champions, Seattle Seawolves. LA already have a +46 point differential with only 2 weeks gone. DTH wasn’t in the lineup this weekend, carrying a shoulder injury but wasn’t required as LA dominated. Seattle are 0-2 and one of the 3 winless teams in the competition. LA and Seattle both have a bye next week.

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MLR 2021 – Week 2

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MLR Week Two: Four Games on Saturday, Three Live Streamed on The Rugby Network Starting at 1pm PT

There are four games on Saturday and three of them will be streamed live without cost on therugbynetwork.com. The only match Canadian viewers won’t be able to watch on the The Rugby Network is the Toronto Arrows @ Utah match which requires a TSN subscription to watch it online on tsn.ca.

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Rugby Science

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Study Identifies New Method to Diagnose Concussion Using Saliva: Salivary Concussion Test Being Commercialized

from MedicalXpress.com

A University of Birmingham-led study of top-flight UK rugby players—carried out in collaboration with the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby, and Marker Diagnostics—has identified a method of accurately diagnosing concussion using saliva, paving the way for the first non-invasive clinical test for concussion for use in sport and other settings.

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Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame 2020

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Winston Stanley Named 2020 Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame Inductee Along with Leslie Cripps, Josée Lacasse, Moira Shiels and 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup Team

The profiles of the 2020 Inductees are highlighted below in the Rugby Canada media release but we’ll add some notes on those we’ve had the pleasure to meet and sometimes work alongside as part of the BC rugby community.

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MLR 2021 – Week 1

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MLR Rosters for Week One – 35 Canadians in Action: Weekend Results

There are 35 Canadians in action over the weekend (24 starting) in MLR matches. The Old Glory DC v NOLA match has been moved to Sunday due to COVID protocols.

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Rugby Canada Maple Leaf Academy

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Maple Leaf Academy Application Process Open Until April 7th – Available to Female Athletes 18 to 22

from Rugby Canada

The Rugby Canada Maple Leaf Academy serves to facilitate the Development of future Olympians and National Team Athletes. Aspiring female athletes from across the country are recruited through various talent identification pathways, coming together to train full time in Rugby Canada’s high-performance environment at the Al Charron National Training Centre in Langford, BC.

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MLR Updates – March 2021

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The Rugby Network to Live Stream Four MLR Matches This Weekend (3 in Canada) – All Six Matches Archived for Replay

The Rugby Network a collaborative effort between MLR and RugbyPass, the service owned by Sky Sport NZ, will provide live streaming of four MLR matches this weekend. The Toronto v Atlanta match will be blacked out in Canada since TSN will provide the live feed on TSN 2. Here is Saturday’s schedule with the Live Stream matches indicated.

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World Rugby Global Calendar

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World Rugby Announces Global Competition in Women’s XVs to Start in 2023: Canada in Pool with NZ, Australia, USA

World Rugby will start a global competition in 2023 for women’s XVs. The competition will be played in a September/October time frame.

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Sports Research

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Research Published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine Concludes “[SARS-CoV-2] transmission risk during a rugby match is likely to be very low”

A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on February 11, 2021 titled, “SARS-CoV-2 transmission during rugby league matches: do players become infected after participating with SARS-CoV-2 positive players?” came to the following conclusion.

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