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Anthem RC
Anthem Rugby Carolina, shortened to Anthem RC, is an American professional rugby union team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2024, and began to play during the 2024 season. Unlike other MLR teams, Anthem RC is funded by governing bodies, USA Rugby and World Rugby, in the aim to improve the USA Eagles so they may qualify for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup, and be competitive for the US-hosted 2031 Rugby World Cup. History Anthem RC finished the 2024 season 0-16, the third winless season in MLR history after the 2019 Austin Elite and 2022 Dallas Jackals. Despite the team's struggle, Anthem back Junior Gafa was named MLR Rookie of the Year, with scrum-half Siaosi Nai and left wing Cael Hodgson earning First XV honors. Anthem RC announced the appointment of Patrick Stack as its first team president on January 14, 2025.. On March 31, 2025, Anthem RC became the first team in MLR history to field a roster entire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making Charlotte the List of United States cities by population, 14th-most populous city in the United States, the seventh-most populous city in Southern United States, the South, and the second-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. Charlotte is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose estimated 2023 population of 2,805,115 ranked Metropolitan statistical area, 22nd in the United States. The Charlotte metropolitan area is part of an 18-county market region and combined statistical area with an estimated population of 3,387,115 as of 2023. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was among the country's fastest-grow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Maughan
Alex Maughan (born April 24, 1995) is an American rugby union player who plays in the front row for Rugby FC Los Angeles in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represents America playing for the United States men's national team. Maughan has previously played for Life University, the USA Selects, and the USA Men's Collegiate All-Americans. Early life Maughan was born on April 24, 1995. Maughan attended high school at Arborbrook Christian Academy in North Carolina. After high school, Maughan attended Life University, winning Division 1-A National Championships with the school's rugby team in 2016 and 2018. International career USA Collegiate All-Americans Maughan was selected to represent the United States in the Men's Collegiate All-Americans' (MCAAs) 2016 tour of Queensland, Australia. Maughan made his first start for the MCAAs at prop, in their August 10 match against Brothers Rugby Club. USA Selects Maughan was first selected to the USA Selects' roster in advance of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans Gold
The New Orleans Gold (stylized as NOLA Gold) are an American professional rugby union team based in the New Orleans metropolitan area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2017. Since January 2020, French rugby power ASM Clermont Auvergne has owned a minority stake in the team. Home field Gold Mine on Airline The team plays at the Gold Mine on Airline, also known as the Shrine on Airline and was previously Zephyr Field, in Metairie, Louisiana, on the East Bank of the New Orleans metropolitan area. Joe Zimmerman Stadium For the first two seasons of Major League Rugby in 2018 and 2019, the team played at Joe Zimmerman Stadium at Archbishop Shaw High School under the branding of Gold Stadium. The natural turf field with grandstand seating for up to 3,000 people is located on the West Bank at Marrero, Louisiana. Broadcasts Home games were previously shown on Cox Sports Television. Ian McNulty and Geoffrey Ormsby are the on air talent. In 2025, the Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Free Jacks
The New England Free Jacks are an American professional rugby union team based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). They were announced in September 2018 and began to compete professionally in October 2018. They competed in their first season in Major League Rugby, MLR in the 2020 Major League Rugby season, 2020 season. The team has won two MLR shields after defeating the San Diego Legion in 2023 and the Seattle Seawolves in 2024. History On September 21, 2018, Major League Rugby announced that Boston would be one of the expansion teams joining the league for the 2020 season. That same day, the Boston club was announced as the New England Free Jacks through social media. Their first match was on October 20, 2018, against the Toronto Arrows, Ontario Arrows at Wanderers Grounds in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Early rosters from these matches included a mixture of veteran professional players from the disbanded PRO Rugby competition and top local talent from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Major League Rugby Season
The 2024 Major League Rugby season was the seventh season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on March 2, 2024, and lasted through June 29, 2024, followed by the Championship Series. The Miami Sharks and Anthem Rugby Carolina made their league debut this season, as well as Rugby Football Club Los Angeles following their move from Atlanta. The Toronto Arrows and Rugby New York withdrew from the league following the 2023 season. This left a total of 12 teams competing for the 2024 season. Teams and format Following the departure of Toronto and New York, the arrival of Miami and Charlotte, and the relocation of Atlanta to Los Angeles, the League had 12 teams for the 2024 season. As a result, Chicago was moved to the Eastern conference, ensuring both conferences had 6 teams each. Regular season The regular season consisted of 18 weeks, with each team playing 16 matches, beginning on March 2, 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Seveali'i
Elvis Lulai Seveali'i (born 20 June 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a retired Samoan rugby union footballer. He played centre and wing and represented Manu Samoa internationally. He has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team. Seveali'i has represented Wellington in the under-19s and under-21s as well as the National Provincial Championship team. He played for Bath during the 2002–03 English rugby season. He made his Heineken Cup debut on 13 April 2003, scoring twice against the Saracens. At the end of the season he scored a try against London Irish in the dying seconds that literally avoided Bath relegation. He spent the following two seasons with the Neath-Swansea Ospreys. He signed with the Sale Sharks during which he played at centre and won the 2005-06 Guinness Premiership. He has since has moved to the Guinness Premiership side London Irish. In September 2010 he was banned for two weeks for a dange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Wilson (rugby Union)
Mitch Wilson (born 15 April 1996) is an Australian-born American rugby union player, currently playing for with Anthem RC in Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position is wing or fullback. Early career Wilson is from Sydney in Australia before moving to Oviedo, Florida as a fifteen-year-old. He attended Life University where he won two Championships in 2018 and 2019. He also has played with Mystic River Rugby Club in the American Rugby Premiership. Professional career Wilson joined the New England Free Jacks ahead of the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He remained with the team in 2021 and 2022, before signing a two-year extension with the side in 2022. He would be named to the all Major league rugby first team in 2022. He would also win 2 championships in 2023 and 2024 during his tenure. Wilson represented the USA U20 team in 2016, before earning selection for the USA Selects in 2018 and 2019. He made his debut for the full United States side in 2022, making his deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Fricker
Toby Fricker (born 20 July 1995) is a rugby union player, who plays as a winger for Anthem RC in the MLR. He has previously played for the Dragons, the Ospreys, and the New England Free Jacks. Club career While playing at Ebbw Vale RFC in 2018 he was named the Welsh Premiership Newcomer of the Year. He featured on 3 occasions for the Dragons in the 2017–18 Anglo Welsh Cup. He joined the Bristol Bears in 2019 on a two-year contract following a season-ending shoulder injury to Ryan Edwards. His debut came on 20 September 2019 in a Premiership Rugby Cup game against Harlequins. He played for 73 minutes in the 24–12 loss. While at Bristol he featured for Hartpury University on loan. In August 2023 he featured as a guest player in the Northampton Saints preseason game against Bedford Blues, coming off the bench in a 33–24 loss. He signed for the Ospreys ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship season. However, only featured once, a single start against the Holl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conner Mooneyham
Conner or Conners may refer to: People * Conner (surname) * Conner (given name) * Conners (surname) Places * La Conner, a town in the state of Washington, United States * Mount Conner, Northern Territory, Australia * Conner, Apayao, a municipality in the Philippines * Conner, Montana, a community * Conner Preserve, a park in Florida * Conner Prairie, a living history museum in Fishers, Indiana, United States * Conner High School, a public high school in Hebron, Kentucky, United States Other uses * ''The Conners'', an American TV series, spin-off of ''Roseanne'' * "Conner" (song), by The Feeling * Conner Peripherals, a manufacturer of computer hard drives, now the property of Seagate * USS ''Conner'', two US Navy ships * Ratonhnhaké:ton, the protagonist of ''Assassin's Creed III'' * "Conner" (''Titans'' episode) * Conner (''Titans'' character) *Ale conner, an officer appointed yearly at the court-leet of ancient English communities to ensure the goodness and wholesome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Storti
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''* aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form ''Euric''. The second element ''- ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic ''* ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic ''reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''* ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European root * h₃rḗǵs. The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". ''Eric'' used in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of ''Eriksgata'', and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the medieval Swedish king's journey, when newly ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliven Loubser
Cliven Sven James Loubser (born 24 February 1997) is a Namibian rugby union player, who currently plays for in Major League Rugby (MLR). He represents internationally. His regular position is fly-half. Loubser previously played for Yorkshire Carnegie in the RFU Championship and Utah Warriors The Utah Warriors are an American professional rugby union team based in Herriman, Utah, that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2010 as the Utah Warriors of the Rugby Super League and re-founded in 2017 by Rugby Ut ... (MLR). International career Loubser was born in Rehoboth. He made his test debut for in 2017 against . References External links * * * Namibian rugby union players Living people 1997 births People from Rehoboth, Namibia Sportspeople from Hardap Region Rugby union fly-halves Namibia international rugby union players Welwitschias players Leeds Tykes players Utah Warriors players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makeen Alikhan
Makeen Alikhan (born 10 October 2001) is an American rugby union player who plays for Anthem Rugby Carolina in the MLR. Career Club Alikhan captained Epsom College 1st XV in the National Schools Champions Trophy, he was later named in the Schools Rugby 2019/20 Dream Team. He signed his first professional contract with Harlequins in 2021, making his debut against Saracens in the Premiership Rugby Cup. His first try for Harlequins came in a 7-45 win over Oxford University. He made his debut for Worthing in a 17–0 win over Rochford Hundred. He was named in the Dallas Jackals roster for the 2024 Major League Rugby season. His first appearance came in the second round of the 2024 MLR season, coming off the bench in the 48th minute, of a 23-30 loss against San Diego Legion. His first start came in a 27-30 loss against the Houston SaberCats The Houston SaberCats are an American professional rugby union team based in Houston, Texas, that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
