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MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY

• Takeaway: Fullback Martini Talapusi returns to Atlanta after a leg injury cut short his 2021 season. 

WOMEN'S EAGLES SEVENS

• Quote: "With only six World Series events this season, the next two tournaments will comprise the middle third of our season and will be important opportunities for us to define the next chapter for our team and take the necessary steps forward to build our platform for the 2022 Rugby World Cup," said Head Coach Emilie Bydwell. 

🏉 MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY

• Takeaway: MLR correspondent Joe Harvey shared his thoughts on where each Eastern Conference club will finish at the end of the regular season. 

• Quote: "I haven’t been involved in playoff rugby for a good few years, but I realized when that final whistle went, all the effort that we put in, missing out on the Final and not going to the Coliseum and all that sort of stuff by a point, it was agonizing,” said lock Charlie Hewitt. 

• Quote: "The main reason why I came back was; it is not all about where you are based, it is who you are surrounded by," said flyhalf Sam Malcolm, who rejoined the Arrows at the end of last season after playing in Japan in 2020. 

• Takeaway: The Toronto Arrows canceled their preseason fixture on January 29 against the University of British Columbia Old Boys Ravens due to updated Ontario government Covid guidelines. 

• No Repeat: Toronto Arrows co-founder Bill Webb shared on Twitter that the Arrows have 'no plans to set up shop abroad this season.' 

🇺🇸 USA RUGBY

• Quote: "It was the honor of a lifetime to pull on the jersey, captain my team and represent my country," wrote Abby Gustaitis, who co-captained the women's team at the Tokyo Olympics. 

• Takeaway: Prop Hope Rogers, the 2016 MA Sorensen award winner for the best collegiate women's rugby player, is the latest Women's Eagle to join the Premier 15s. 

• Takeaway: Center Alev Kelter joins USA teammate Carly Waters on the Saracens Women, who are in first place in the Premier 15s. 

• 🎥 WATCH: Goff Rugby Report's Alex Goff chatted with USA Rugby CEO Ross Young about 2021 and what fans can expect for 2022. 

🏉 COLLEGE RUGBY

• Details:
  • 1️⃣6️⃣ Conference All Star Teams
  • 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Division I & Small College players
  • 📆 January 22-23
  • 💻 Live Stream: NCR YouTube

• Quote: "I am extremely grateful to UCLA Rugby for the opportunity to be appointed Head Coach of such a prestigious program and I am beyond excited about the potential that lies ahead," said former RNY flyhalf Harry Bennett.

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