Glad to see more than a few #HoustonSaberCats landing with other teams. I _think_ #SeattleSeawolves have more former Cats than any other team, with #AnthemRC and #ChicagoHounds each pulling in a few players, too.
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#MLR sides that have folded following their best-ever season:
🟧 #AustinGilgronis (DSQ) - 2022 (58pts)
🐺 #DallasJackals - 2024 (Conf Final)
😼 #HoustonSaberCats - 2025 (Runner Up)
🦈 #MiamiSharks - 2025 (Conf SF)
👹 #UtahWarriors - 2025 (Conf Final)
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The #HoustonSaberCats provide some context to their withdrawal from #MLR:
Lost over $50m, but 'Mostly, we differ on the changes we believe are needed for the League's future growth and sustainability'
Seems like there's a disconnect between owners as to a way forward...🤔
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Although they wont be competing in #MLR2026, it sounds like the #HoustonSaberCats may still exist in some small form.
'We will continue to be a central hub for the sport and use our facilities to support high school, collegiate, and club rugby'
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2025 #MLR runners up the #HoustonSaberCats become the 3rd team to withdraw from the League ahead of #MLR2026.
#MLR now sits at 7 teams. How long can this go on without the league addressing it?
I hope all the players and staff land on their feet, and my thoughts are with the fans.
#NARDB
The #HoustonSaberCats have withdrawn from #MLR2026.
#MLR has lost 2 (arguably 3) founding members already this offseason, and currently sits on 7 teams. Right back where they started in 2018.
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How many All-MLR Selections did each #MLR2025 Team Receive?
The #UtahWarriors & #ChicagoHounds lead with 8 nods each, with 4 Warriors in the First XV, and 6 Hounds in the Second XV!
The #HoustonSaberCats are on 7 in 3rd, just ahead of the 3x Champs #FreeJacks on 6 with four in the HM XV!
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That #USA roster may well change, as it's come out that #HoustonSaberCats prop Ezekiel Lindenmuth, who was in line for his debut off the bench, isn't actually eligible to play for the Eagles until next week.
Lindenmuth played for Samoa on July 16, 2022. 👀
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The #USARugby squad to face Spain tomorrow contains 21 #MLR players including 13 of the starting XV!
4 @oldglorydc.bsky.social & #SDLegion players, including debutant Poidevin, along with debuts for #HoustonSaberCats' Lindenmuth and @anthemrugby.bsky.social's Tom Pittman!
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Only 4 players earned the maximum of 19 appearances in #MLR2025: 3 #HoustonSaberCats and the #FreeJacks Captain!
Nobody started all 19. Houston's Johan Momsen & Free Jacks Captain Joe Johnston each started 17, while Justin Basson started 14 and Max Schumacher 13, both for the 'Cats!
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The vast majority of the #USARugby lineup for tomorrow's test with Belgium play in #MLR!
#UtahWarriors' Tonga Kofe & #HoustonSaberCats' Marno Redelinghuys earn their #USA debuts, with 3 more potential debuts in the reserves!
Happy 4th July! 🎆🥳
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.Khaos Sport announce that #HoustonSaberCats back Juan Dee Oliver has signed with Italian Serie A Élite Champions #Rovigo!
The 2024 All- #MLR 2nd XV selection scored 9 tries & 81pts in 23 games between Dallas (2024) and Houston!
Best of luck, Juan Dee!
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After signing Sam Tuifua from the #HoustonSaberCats in June,
French #ProD2 side #StadeMontois announce the signing of Jay Tuivaiti from the #NOLAGold!
Tuivaiti earned 17 #MLR appearances (13 starts) between the
#SDLeglion & the Gold, scoring 3 tries total!
Best of luck, Jay!
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AJ Alatimu becomes just the 2nd player ever to pass 500pts scored in #MLR!
Believe it or not Alatimu's first MLR try only came THIS SEASON, for the #HoustonSaberCats
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For more information on AJ Alatimu, his Player Profile can be found using the #NARDB link below!
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With 7pts off the boot in the 2025 #MLRChampionship, #HoustonSaberCats' AJ Alatimu became the 2nd player in history to pass 500pts scored in #MLR!
Alatimu holds the MLR record for the most conversions scored at 129, and finished 2nd in scoring in #MLR2025!
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Threepeat: Complete!
The #FreeJacks claim their 3rd #MLR Shield in a row after defeating the #HoustonSaberCats in the #MLRChampionship Game!
The East has lifted the Shield 4 years in a row, now giving them more total Shields than the West!
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The #FreeJacks look to have the advantage in the set piece, but have conceded far more penalties than the #HoustonSaberCats throughout #MLR2025!
The two sides look quite even otherwise, except for the Head-to-head. The 'Cats have never beaten the Free Jacks!
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The #MLRChampionship Game is Saturday!
Here's a Head-To-Head to help prepare for the #FreeJacks taking on the #HoustonSaberCats at Centreville Bank Stadium in Rhode Island for the #MLR2025 Shield!
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The (almost) Complete #MLRPlayoffs Bracket!
Following the Conference Finals, the #FreeJacks will face the #HoustonSaberCats to decide the Shield!
It's the #MLRChampionship Veterans against the first-time finalists! Which team will turn dark red after Saturday?!
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With the top regular season team of #MLR2025, the #UtahWarriors, falling to the #HoustonSaberCats in the Western Conference Final, the Curse of 1st continues!
Only once in #MLR history has the top regular season team lifted the Shield the same year, the #LAGiltinis in 2021!
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#MLR Conference Champions!
The Champions of each Conference since 2021, the 1st complete season with the Conference system!
The #FreeJacks claim their 3rd straight Eastern Conference title, while the #HoustonSaberCats claim their 1st ever Western Conference Title!
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The #HoustonSaberCats advance to their first ever #MLR Championship Final, where they will face the back-to-back Defending Champion New England #FreeJacks, who appear in their 3rd straight final!
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A little #MLRStats dump for the #MLR Conference Finals!
#FreeJacks v #ChicagoHounds looks like it'll go down to the wire in the East.
The #UtahWarriors look to have a slight edge but the #HoustonSaberCats finished the season with a better +/-. Attack v Defence!
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Head-to-heads for the #MLR Conference Finals!
The #FreeJacks host the #ChicagoHounds in a repeat of the 2024 Conference Final!
There's an all-new matchup in the West after both the #UtahWarriors & #HoustonSaberCats earn 1st playoff wins!
Who heads to Rhode Island?
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The Top #MLR PLAYOFF scorers!
With only a handful of games in the #MLRPlayoffs, points are hard to come by!
#HoustonSaberCats' AJ Alatimu brings his league-leading total to 69pts, but only 4 of the Top 10 are still in the #MLR2025 hunt, and one of them is injured!
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French #ProD2 side #StadeMontois announce the signing of
#HoustonSaberCats back row Sam Tuifua!
Tuifua earned 4 #FirstXV nods in 11 #MLR games in #MLR2025, scoring 9 tries in 21 games total from 2024-25, gaining over 1,500m!
Good luck, Sam!
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The 1st #MLRPlayoffs version of #MidweekMilestones is up now!
The fastest playoff score, biggest postseason winning margins, and a scoring milestone hit by the #HoustonSaberCats is all covered at the link below!
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A totally new matchup for the Western Conference Final as
the #UtahWarriors host the #HoustonSaberCats!
A repeat of the 2024 Eastern Conference Final as
the #CHIcagoHounds hope for revenge against the #FreeJacks in Quincy!
#MLR2025 #MLRStats #MLRPlayoffs
The #NEFreeJacks scored their first try of the #MLR2025 postseason just 19-seconds in, setting a new #MLRPlayoffs record!
This is just 6-seconds off the fastest try in MLR history scored by Dillon Smit for the #HoustonSaberCats back in March 2022!
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