Major League Rugby MLR
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Major League Rugby (MLR) today announced that the 2023 MLR season will now feature 12 teams in a two-conference competition. 11 of the teams that competed in 2022 will return for the 2023 campaign, however, neither the Austin Gilgronis nor Los Angeles Giltinis will participate. The 12th team will be an expansion team in a new market.
I wonder where that new, twelfth team is based. Finally a team from Hawai'i?
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@Bovidae Oh yeah, that might be the one! That's been in the works for a few years now, isn't it?
I'm assuming they consider San Francisco the same "market" as LA?
@Stargazer Yes, there has been talk of a Chicago-based team for a few years now. A large part of the US has been ignored so far.
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Things aren't going too well in the MLR. Sounds like quite an incompetent organisation is in charge of the comp.
https://twitter.com/IntRugbyPlayers/status/1589709950846390272
Bigger:
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There are two Chicago-based rugby clubs called the Lions and Griffins, who play in the Midwest Rugby Premiership. I would assume the Hounds are totally independent of them.
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@Bovidae I was wondering whether the all the Hounds teams were part of the same organisation, not the Lions and the Griffins, which I didn't mention. Or am I misunderstanding your comment?
@Stargazer My post wasn't a direct reply to your question. I honestly don't know. It would have been good to choose a name that continues the theme of the existing clubs in the city.
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A bit weird that the Chicago team has picked the name of a former ice hockey team. There's also a baseball team with that name. Unless they're all part of the same sports organisation?
@Stargazer said in Major League Rugby MLR:
A bit weird that the Chicago team has picked the name of a former ice hockey team.
Nah, not weird at all. Names get reused all the time, there are plenty of overlaps. Cardinals, Giants, Rangers etc. And they're current AND in the majors.
You're talking about a former minor league hockey team that hasn't existed for 15 years. Minor league. And was only in operation for two seasons. I don't think there's going to be any confusion.
Lots of bad name possibilities. Gilgronis, Giltinis anyone? Hounds is absolutely one of the better names they could have come up with.
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Utah Warriors have named their squad for the 2023 season:
Kiwis:
Henry Bell
Jamie Lane
Zion Going
Connor McLeod
Caleb Makene@Stargazer said in Major League Rugby MLR:
Caleb Makene
In a not stupid world Makene would be with the Highlanders instead of them bringing over a foreigner.
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@Stargazer said in Major League Rugby MLR:
Caleb Makene
In a not stupid world Makene would be with the Highlanders instead of them bringing over a foreigner.
@Nepia said in Major League Rugby MLR:
@Stargazer said in Major League Rugby MLR:
Caleb Makene
In a not stupid world Makene would be with the Highlanders instead of them bringing over a foreigner.
Nah, bring the foreigner over, just ditch the other Hawkes journeyman.
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@Nepia said in Major League Rugby MLR:
@Stargazer said in Major League Rugby MLR:
Caleb Makene
In a not stupid world Makene would be with the Highlanders instead of them bringing over a foreigner.
Nah, bring the foreigner over, just ditch the other Hawkes journeyman.
@Bones said in Major League Rugby MLR:
@Nepia said in Major League Rugby MLR:
@Stargazer said in Major League Rugby MLR:
Caleb Makene
In a not stupid world Makene would be with the Highlanders instead of them bringing over a foreigner.
Nah, bring the foreigner over, just ditch the other Hawkes journeyman.
MMT?
