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Toronto Arrows Mitch Richardson carries the ball on April 3, 2021

The Toronto Arrows and Toronto FC share a lot of similarities and differences with each other. They both came at a time when it was long overdue for Canada to have a professional sports team. Yes, there were professional soccer teams between 1993-2006, but there were in the second tier of professional soccer (or what […]


Toronto Arrows players celebrate Guiseppe Du Toit try at Sam Boyd Stadium

The 2021 MLR (Major League Rugby) Toronto Arrows draft was the debut process for the North American franchise, and the side will be boosted by their selection. As an overview, the MLR Collegiate Draft aims to provide a structure for managing the transfer of men’s rugby players from college to Major League Rugby in the […]

There are a total of only two Northern Hemisphere rugby cities with a first-tier rugby league and union team in the northern hemisphere. One city, Salford, in the Greater Manchester area of the UK, has rugby league and union teams that date back to the 19th century. This is while Toronto, Canada, a city where rugby […]

BC Place

BC Place, in Vancouver, Canada and FMG Stadium Waikato in New Zealand, are two stadiums with fundamental differences in nature. Both sustain the same type of ball sports yet, they each use two dissimilar technologies to groom the playing surface on. For the sport of rugby union, many have talked about which is better. Artificial […]

Toronto Arrows

The Toronto Arrows second year as a Major League Rugby franchise will commence on February 8 on the road against the Austin Herd. They will play their first seven games on the road and seven of their last nine games at home. Their last four home games will be at Lamport Stadium. They will also […]

Dan Moor scores against the Houston Sabercats at Sam Boyd Stadium in Major League Rugby Vegas Weekend

The Toronto Arrows road games have been more than half of all Arrows games. This is particularly true in the 2020 and 2021 MLR seasons in Toronto. However, the Arrows showed an ability to win a lot on the road in 2020. Something that was seen in flashes of 2019. Remember, like the top five […]

LA Giltnis

LA Giltinis in their inaugural season has won their first-ever MLR Championship final at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The best team in the league who had a record of 12 wins and four losses in the regular season showed up in the playoffs. They are now the newly crowned champions of Major League Rugby. They […]

Rugby ATL player Ryan Nell at Veterans Memorial Stadium

On July 24, both Rugby ATL (Atlanta) and Rugby United New York will battle for a spot in the 2021 MLR Finals. Both franchises have never made it to the 2021 MLR Finals. However, Rugby United New York did make the 2019 MLR playoffs. They were eliminated by the San Diego Legion in the semi-final […]

Eddie Jones England Rugby
Alastair Telfer - Jul 8, 2021

There is no getting away from the hard fact that Eddie Jones does not like change. On Sunday afternoon he finally fielded an experimental side. Ever since he took over England it has been Ford and Farrell as his generals. On Sunday we saw a new man running the ship – Marcus Smith. The result […]

Toronto Arrows player Tayler Adams in action against Old Glory DC on April 3, 2021

The Toronto Arrows won despite missing several players due to an international break. Most of those missing players were playing for Rugby Canada or Uruguay. The Arrows at one point in the first half were trailing 3-14 at their U.S. home at Lupo Stadium @ Life University in Marietta, Georgia. A strong second-half played a […]

Rugby United New York's Benjamin Foden and Julio Cesar together after deafeating the Austin Gilgronis at Sam Boyd Stadium

Rugby United New York wins an important game to keep themselves in the playoff race. It was not easy though, as the game went right to the wire in Round 15 of the Major League Rugby (MLR) 2021. That might have been expected though, as both rivals emerged in the MLR competition as expansion teams […]

Austin Elite fullback Zinzan Elan-Puttick puts the ball into play against the Houston SaberCats

In last weekend’s MLR matches, the Austin Gilgronis were in control for most of their Week 12 match. A key step for the host, as they invited Canadian franchise the Toronto Arrows over to their Bold Stadium base, in Del Valle. Austin Gilgronis dominate the Toronto Arrows in 47-21 win The Toronto Arrows took an […]

Toronto Arrows centre Ben LeSage playing at Segra Field on April 3, 2021

Ben LeSage is one of the two co-captains of the Toronto Arrows. The Canadian was born and brought up in Calgary, Alberta. He won the athlete of the year award at Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School in Calgary. LeSage would then play varsity rugby with the UBC (University of British Columbia) Thunderbirds in Vancouver, British […]

Gastón Mieres of Uruguay playing at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast

The Toronto Arrows were the better team on Saturday. They led throughout the match and never let go of the lead, something they had trouble doing so far this season. Credit to the SaberCats whose tremendous defence helped keep the game close. However, the Arrows dominated possession, especially in the first half and there was […]

Toronto Arrows Tayler Adams in the second half against Old Glory DC at Segra Field on April 3, 2021

Learn about part one of my interview with Bill Webb. Webb is a co-founder of the Toronto Arrows, which joined Major League Rugby (MLR) in 2018. The organization was formed in 2017 as the Ontario Arrows. Bill Webb, co-founder of the Toronto Arrows – Interview In a two-part exclusive, one-on-one interview, Raheem Bashir gained an […]

Bill Webb

Bill Webb continues to reveal more intimate details about the Toronto Arrows in the second part of his interview with Last Word on Sports. Webb is a co-founder of the Toronto Arrows. The interview originally took place on April 24. Part two of Bill Webb Interview with Last Word on Sports Raheem Bashir continues to […]



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