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2019 Major League Rugby Final
The 2019 Major League Rugby Final was the championship match of the 2nd season of Major League Rugby (MLR), a rugby union club competition in the United States. It was played on June 16, 2019, at Torero Stadium in San Diego, California, between the San Diego Legion and the Seattle Seawolves. San Diego and Seattle finished first and second in the regular season, respectively, and advanced to the final after defeating New York and Toronto in the semifinals. The Seattle team was the defending champion, having won the 2018 final. Seattle defeated San Diego 26–23 in the 2019 final to take their second championship title. Background The 2019 Major League Rugby season began in January 2019 with nine teams all playing each other home and away. The Seattle Seawolves won the previous season's championship, defeating the Glendale Raptors at Torero Stadium in San Diego. Seattle and San Diego played each other twice during the regular season, ending in 17–13 and 28–22 victories ...
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2019 Major League Rugby Season
The 2019 Major League Rugby season was the second season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on January 26 and concluded on June 2. Two teams made their debut in 2019, the Toronto Arrows and Rugby United New York. The Seattle Seawolves won the championship for the second consecutive season, defeating the San Diego Legion 26-23 on June 16. Teams Notes: Regular season The regular season was expanded from ten weeks in 2018 to nineteen weeks for 2019, with each team playing 16 matches. Standings The standings for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season are: Matches The following are the matches for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season: Updated to match(es) played on Colors: : home team win; : draw; : away team win. Week 1 ---- Week 2 ---- Week 3 ---- Week 4 ---- Week 5 ---- Week 6 ---- Week 7 ---- Week 8 ---- Week 9 ---- ...
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Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small portion of westernmost Brazil in South America, along with certain Caribbean and Atlantic islands. Places that use: * Eastern Standard Time (EST), when observing standard time (autumn/winter), are five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−05:00). * Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), when observing daylight saving time (spring/summer), are four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC−04:00). On the second Sunday in March, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour "gap". On the first Sunday in November, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus "duplicating" one hour. Southern parts of the zone (Panama and the Caribbean) do not observe daylight saving time ...
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Jasa Veremalua
Jasa Veremalua (born 29 May 1988) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for the Tel Aviv Heat. He played for San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the Fiji sevens team. Veremalua made his debut for at the 2013 Wellington Sevens. He is from Korotogo Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province. Youth and early career Jasa Veremalua was born and raised in Korotogo, Baravi, Nadroga and he started his career playing rugby in the local 7's competition. He has been playing for the famous Red Rock 7's Team since 2012. His father died in 2005 when he was just 19. He regards his Red Rock coach, Lote Rasiga as a father-figure He attended Sigatoka Methodist Primary School then Sigatoka Methodist College and then went on to St Thomas High School in Lautoka. He then attended Fiji National University in Ba to do his Diploma in Automobile and Road Transport studies. He joined Senibiau Rugby Club in Nadroga in 2006 and later joined Natabua Rugby club from 2010–2011 ...
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Joshua Furno
Joshua Furno (born 21 October 1989) is an Italian rugby union player who plays Lock for US Dax in Pro D2. He also represents Italy as a member of the Italian national team. Career Raffaele Joshua Furno was born in Australia but grew up in Italy in the southern town of Benevento. He began his career with Viadana, then played with successor team Aironi in the Pro12 before their dissolution in 2012. He then moved to RC Narbonne in the French second division. Furno signed for Biarritz Olympique who compete in the Top 14 during the 2013-14 season. After the experience with Biarritz, on 14 May 2014, Furno moved to England to sign for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership ahead of the 2014–15 and 2015-16 seasons. In 2016−2017 season, he played for Zebre in the Pro12. After the experience with Otago and Wellington in New Zealand and San Diego Legion in United States, in 2022 he came back in France in order to play for Bressane in ProD2. In August 2022, after 5 year, he come ...
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Louis Stanfill
Louis Stanfill (born May 30, 1985 in Sacramento, California) is an American former rugby union player who last played for San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby. He previously played for the United States national team. He played at flanker or No. 8, and could also play lock. Youth and college rugby Stanfill began playing rugby in high school at Jesuit High School (Sacramento), where he led his school to a national semifinal appearance. Stanfill also played high school football, and was named Sacramento defensive player of the year in 2002. Stanfill played his college rugby at Cal, where they won several national championships during his years there, and Stanfill was selected as an All-American. Club rugby Following college, Stanfill played in Australia with the Canberra Royals, before moving to Italy to play with Super 10 club Mogliano in Treviso. At Mogliano he played the Number 8 position. For the 2012 Super League season Stanfill returned to the US to play for NYAC. Due t ...
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Paddy Ryan (rugby Union, Born 1988)
Paddy Ryan (born 9 August 1988) is an Australian rugby union player who plays as a tight-head prop. Ryan played eight seasons for the New South Wales Waratahs, where he surpassed one hundred caps in Super Rugby. He was also capped for the Australian national team. Early life Ryan was born and raised in Tamworth in northern New South Wales. He went to St. Nicholas primary school before attending St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill in Sydney, Australia as a boarding student. Professional rugby career Ryan made his senior debut for the Waratahs during the 2011 Super Rugby season against the Chiefs. Leaving the Waratahs in 2018, Ryan subsequently played for the Munakata Sanix Blues in the Japan Rugby League One, and the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby Major League Rugby (MLR or USMLR) is a professional rugby union competition and the top-level championship for clubs in North America. In the 2022 season it was contested by thirteen teams: twelve from the United States ...
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Kapeli Pifeleti
Kapeli Pifeleti (born September 1, 1999) is a rugby union player who plays as a hooker and prop for Saracens in Premiership Rugby and the United States national team. Born in Tonga, Pifeleti has also represented the United States with the USA Selects and England with the England national under-18 team. Club career Saracens Academy Pifeleti played for Saracens F.C. in 2017 and 2018, making appearances with the Saracens Storm and Saracens Under-18 sides. San Diego Legion In late 2018, it was announced that Pifeleti would play for the San Diego Legion during Major League Rugby's 2019 season. Pifeleti made his debut for the Legion on January 27, 2019, appearing as a substitute and playing at prop, in a 25–23 defeat to Rugby United New York. Pifeleti made his first start for the Legion on February 9, 2019, playing at hooker, in a 17–13 victory over Houston. International career England under-18 team Pifeleti was named to the roster for the England national under-18 te ...
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San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth most populous city in the United States and the county seat, seat of San Diego County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, fifth most populous county in the United States, with 3,338,330 estimated residents as of 2019. The city is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches and parks, long association with the United States Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center. San Diego is the List of municipalities in California, second largest city in the U.S. state, state of California, after Los Angeles. Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego is frequently referred to as the "Birthplace of California", as it was the first site vi ...
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Brock Staller
Brock Staller (born 24 March 1992) is a Canadian rugby union player who plays wing for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays international test rugby for Canada. Early life Staller grew up in Surrey, Canada attending Kitsilano Secondary School and played amateur rugby with the Meraloma Rugby Club. Rugby career Staller has represented Vancouver in regional play, British Columbia in provincial play and currently represents Canada internationally. Staller is a graduate of the University of British Columbia men's varsity rugby program, having previously attended Douglas College on a golf scholarship in New Westminster, British Columbia. He and his UBC teammates won two consecutive Rounsefell Cups in 2016 and 2017. For two years in a row, Brock was the leading points scorer in the British Columbia Rugby Union Men's premiership. In 2016, Staller was called-up by Francois Ratier to represent the Canadian men's national team during the Americas Rugby C ...
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Brad Tucker
Brad Tucker (born 9 October 1992 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays lock and flanker for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). Tucker previously played for a number of New Zealand provincial sides in the Mitre 10 Cup but was unable to secure a Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Building on various Southern Hem ... contract. Tucker had a successful season with Seattle, winning the championship and earning a place in the all MLR team and being named player of the season. References 1992 births Living people Expatriate rugby union players in the United States Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni New Zealand expatriate rugby union players New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States Rugby union players fro ...
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Stephan Coetzee
Stephanus Hendrik Coetzee (born 9 January 1992 in Worcester) is a South African rugby union player for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. His regular playing position is hooker. Career Youth Coetzee represented at various youth levels, playing at the Under-16 Grant Khomo Week in 2008, the Under-18 Academy Week in 2009 and the Under-18 Craven Week in 2010. He joined the Western Province Rugby Institute in 2011 and played for in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship competition and for in the 2012 and 2013 Under-21 Provincial Championship competitions, winning the competition in 2013 and scoring two tries during the season. Western Province / Stormers He was included in the squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup and made his senior debut when he started in their opening match of the season against neighbours in Ceres. He played in eight matches during the competition, starting six of them. After one more appearance during the 2014 Vodacom ...
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Joe Pietersen
Johan Christiaan Pietersen (born 18 May 1984) is a South African rugby union player who currently plays as the fly-half for the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR). Professional career He started his career at , playing for them in the domestic Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, as well as representing the in Super Rugby. In 2010, he joined Bayonne in France, but on 4 Nov 2011, he rejoined on a 2-year deal. After a second spell in France with Biarritz, he returned to South Africa to join Bloemfontein-based side the in 2014. After just six months, he moved to Durban to join the . He joined Japanese side Kamaishi Seawaves Kamaishi Seawaves is a Rugby union football club in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 2001. At its inception, it was known as Nippon Steel Corporation Kamaishi. Current squad The Kamaishi Seawaves squad for the 2023 sea ... prior to the 2016–2017 Top East League season. References External linksStormers ...
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