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.
A University of Birmingham-led study of top-flight UK rugby playerscarried out in collaboration with the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Premiership Rugby, and Marker Diagnosticshas 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.
First off, kudos to the league and RugbyPass for getting all the games available online. You can see all six replays at therugbynetwork.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
World Rugby will start a global competition in 2023 for women’s XVs. The competition will be played in a September/October time frame.
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.
from tsn.ca
TORONTO, ON The Toronto Arrows Rugby Football Club is pleased to announce that TSN will return as the teams exclusive Canadian media partner for the 2021 Major League Rugby season.