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Matai Leuta
Matai Leuta (born July 20, 1990) is an American rugby union player who currently plays for the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR). Matai has gained international honors playing for the United States National Rugby Sevens Team. Matai has had an extensive rugby sevens career, playing in 215 HSBC World Sevens Series matches in 44 tournaments, and scoring 31 tries. He played in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in 2018 in San Francisco and was on Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also played for the Houston Sabercats in 2022 and for the Chicago Hounds in 2023. Leuta has played professional rugby with Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) since 2021. He was a member of the 2021 New York Locals but has played the last two seasons with the SoCal Loggerheads. Early life Matai is from Marina, California, and spent much of his childhood in Fiji. When he returned to California as a teenager, he attended Seaside High School, graduating in 2008. While he played rugby as a youth, his senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Hounds (rugby Union)
The Chicago Hounds are a professional rugby union team in Major League Rugby (MLR) based in Chicagoland. The team was founded in 2022 and is co-owned by a small group of investors including majority owner Peter Bernick and part-owners (and longtime Chicago rugby players) Matt Satchwell and Phil Groves. Their home stadium is SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. Games are broadcast on Marquee Sports Network. History On November 17, 2022, Major League Rugby announced the Chicago Hounds as the newest expansion franchise to begin play in 2023, following the discontinuation of the MLR franchises in Austin Gilgronis, Austin and LA Giltinis, Los Angeles. The Hounds compete in the Western Conference. Their first game was against Old Glory DC on February 18, 2023. The Hounds finished their 2023 Major League Rugby season, inaugural season ranked 5th among the 6 teams of the Western Conference and 9th among the 12 teams then in MLR. Of their three wins that season, two were against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |