The #UtahWarriors confirm their withdrawal from
#MLR on IG, leaving the league with 6 teams for #MLR2026.
@seawolves.rugby remain as the league's only Founding Member. I hope all players and staff land on their feet, and as for the fans, I know what this feels like💔
#ForTheNation
Tackle machine and reigning #MLR Forward of the Year Frank Lochore heads to Japan, where he will reunite with fellow #UtahWarriors alum Dylan Nel and former Warriors HC Greg Cooper, along with 2024 MLR Back of the Year, Reece Macdonald!
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For info on Lochore's time in #MLR, his #NARDB Player Profile can be found below:
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NEC Green Rockets Tokatsu in Japan announce the signing of reigning #MLR Forward of the Year Frank Lochore!
Lochore set a League record with 301 tackles completed in #MLR2025, and 522 total tackles in 34 games for the #UtahWarriors, scoring 7 tries!
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More info on Tonga Kofe's time in #MLR can be found at his #NARDB player profile below!
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#PremRugby side @leicestertigers.bsky.social announce the signing of #USARugby Eagle #587 Tonga Kofe for the 25/26 season!
The fearsome scrummager appeared in 22 #MLR games for
the #UtahWarriors including 16 in #MLR2025, scoring twice and completing 100+ tackles!
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For more info on Dylan Nel including his #MLRStats, his
#NARDB Player Profile is available below:
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#UtahWarriors stalwart Dylan Nel follows his father-in-law Greg Cooper, signing with the NEC Green Rockets in Japan!
Nel scored 6 tries in 27 #MLR games from 2024-25, gaining over 1000m and completing 362 tackles, including 234 in 2025!
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Fans can find more information on Frank Lochore at #NARDB, along with Player Profiles of hundreds of other #MLR and @womenseliterugby.us players complete with bios and stats!
narugbydb.com/player/frank...
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The grandson of legendary #AllBlacks Captain Brian Lochore, #UtahWarriors' Frank Lochore is the 2025 #MLR Forward of the Year!
He smashed the MLR single-season tackle record, becoming the first player in League history to complete 300+ tackles!
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This is the 2nd #MLR season in a row where this record has been broken!
@oldglorydc.bsky.social's Cory Daniel set the last record of 276 in 2024 (1 tackle more than the previous record)!
Now, Frank Lochore has smashed that record for the #UtahWarriors in #MLR2025!
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For more information on 2025 Tackle King Frank Lochore, his #NARDB Player Profile can be found below complete with a bio and stats!
narugbydb.com/player/frank...
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Greg Cooper has stepped down as #UtahWarriors Head Coach to take a job in Japan.
Utah completely turned themselves around under Cooper, culminating in a fantastic #MLR2025 where they finished the regular season top of the league.
Big loss for the Warriors!
#MLR #ForTheNation
An unchanged back line for the #UtahWarriors as they look to secure 1st in the West!
In the pack, Captain Gavin Thornbury returns, moving Wilson back to the flank. D'Angelo Leuila returns from injury in the reserves!
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Wilson gets a rare start in the #UtahWarriors 2nd row, and Lance Williams comes back in at flanker.
Spencer Jones returns at center after some time out, and Jordan Trainor returns at 15. Draftee Tielu Sagala in the reserves, the Warriors just need a win!
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For more information on Frank Lochore and his #MLR career, his #NARDB Player Profile can be found below!
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During the #UtahWarriors' victory over San Diego last week, Warriors forward Frank Lochore set a new #MLR2025 high, recording 29 tackles in a single game!
This is tied for the 3rd highest single game total in #MLR history!
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For more details on his #MLR career, Angus MacLellan's #NARDB Player Profile can be found here:
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Do you think the Sunak Billionaires might dain to save/buy/negotiate with Crown Estate, on behalf of important British cultural heritage???
#ForTheNation
@mcuban.bsky.social
May be pretty important to address. If we had better information w/truth and facts, maybe we(not you, you’ll be fine) wouldn’t be in this mess. #ForTheNation
#ForTheWorld
To Survive This Takeover.
Quite the weekend for the #UtahWarriors!
With 100pts in 2 games and a Points Difference of +48, were we all sleeping on them in #MLR2025?
#NARDB Team Page:
narugbydb.com/team/utah-wa...
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The #UtahWarriors' talismanic fly-half is back for a third #MLR season in #MLR2025!
Joel Hodgson has appeared in all 32 games since joining the Warriors in 2023, starting all but 1! He has 217 tackles completed and just shy of 1,400m gained!
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The #UtahWarriors announce the return of English fly-half Joel Hodgson for a third season in #MLR2025!
Hodgson has completed 217 tackles since 2023, and is Utah's all-time leading scorer with 5 tries and 233pts in 32 games!
#NARDB Profile:
narugbydb.com/player/joel-...
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Sam Reimer returns for a 3rd #MLR season in #MLR2025!
He represented the #Toronto Arrows in 2022 before heading to #NewZealand in 2023. He came back to MLR with the #Warriors in 2024!
narugbydb.com/player/sam-r...
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The #UtahWarriors confirm the return of former Canadian U20 scrumhalf Sam Reimer for #MLR2025!
Reimer earned 2 appearances off the bench for the #Warriors in 2024 to add to the 5 games he played for the #Toronto Arrows in 2022!
narugbydb.com/player/sam-r...
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10 days after pre-season camps opened around #MLR, the #UtahWarriors announce the addition of 22yo New Zealander Blake Makiri for #MLR2025!
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The #UtahWarriros announce the signing of 22yo kiwi winger Blake Makiri for #MLR2025!
The Auckland native joins from the #NPC in #NewZealand, where he's been playing with #CountiesManukau since 2022!
Full #NARDB Profile:
narugbydb.com/player/blake...
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Former #Fiji U20 Captain, and test capped hooker Tuvere Vugakoto is back for a 6th #MLR season with the #UtahWarriors after earning his 50th appearance in 2024!
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The #UtahWarriors announce the return of Fijian hooker Tuvere Vugakoto for a 6th #MLR season in #MLR2025!
Vugakoto has 8 tries in 50 appearances for the Warriors (29 starts), completing 283 tackles and gaining over 850m!
Full #NARDB Profile:
narugbydb.com/player/verem...
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Born in #California but raised in Herriman, UT, Kalisi Moli was a Defensive Tackle at Weber State from 2018-2022, before switching to Rugby and playing with the #UtahWarriors in 2024!
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