The #UtahWarriors withdrew late in 2025, but there are still 10 players from last season's Warriors squad representing 4 different sides in #MLR2026!
The #CaliforniaLegion, @anthemrugby.bsky.social, #FreeJacks, and @seawolves.rugby all have former Warriors in their squads!
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What REALLY happened in Utah? 🤔
Ex-Head Coach Greg Cooper (now coaching in Japan) breaks it all down EXCLUSIVELY!
Plus: #NCR All-Stars ⭐, latest MLR News & more!
via @RugbyWrapUp
Full episode: rugbywrapup.com/2026/01/mlr-...
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. @seawolves.rugby announce the addition of former #UtahWarriors back row Kalisi Moli for #MLR2026!
The 2024 Utah Warriors Pathway Player of the Year represented his local #MLR team for 2 seasons from 2024-2025, completing over 200 tackles in 28 games!
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. #JRLO side the Yokohama Canon Eagles announce the signing of former #UtahWarriors hooker Liam Coltman for their 2025/26 season!
The capped #AllBlacks hooker was an All-MLR 1st XV selection in 2025, with 172 tackles and 10 tries in 16 games for the Warriors (14 starts)!
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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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This statement from #MLR a month ago is all the more interesting now.
I have no doubt that the #UtahWarriors were committed to #MLR2026, but this statement was made knowing that the team had not yet secured the necessary investment?
Next year NEEDS to be a reset. New leadership is needed.
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
I'm hearing from multiple sources that the #UtahWarriors will not compete in #MLR2026.
They were granted an extension to secure new funding, while has not materialised. This puts #MLR down to 6 teams, their lowest ever. I hope all players and staff land on their feet.
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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A meteoric rise for the gridiron convert!
Tonga Kofe only made his pro debut in 2024 for the #UtahWarriors, before becoming a regular starter in #MLR2025 and earning his test debut for #USARugby.
Now he’s heading to #PremRugby with @leicestertigers.bsky.social!
#ForThrNation #MLR
#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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#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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The 2025 #BunningsNPC season kicks off TOMORROW in New Zealand, with plenty of familiar names to #MLR fans!
THIRTY #MLR2025 players will be representing 12 different NPC teams this season, including 8 #UtahWarriors and 7 #FreeJacks!
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The #MLR Forwards of the Year from 2019-2025, including this year's winner: Frank Lochore!
Lochore is the first #UtahWarriors player to be named MLR Forward of the Year, and the 2nd New Zealander after Brendon O'Connor for New York in 2022!
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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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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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#Canada (24) host #Spain (15) in Edmonton, AB tomorrow night!
HC Meehan names 16 #MLR players in his 23, including 12 of the starting XV!
#UtahWarriors' Spencer Jones returns as Emerson Prior looks for his debut off the bench, and Evan Olmstead returns after nearly 6 years!
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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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The Tackle King for #MLR2025 is: #UtahWarriors' Frank Lochore!
Lochore set a new #MLR record with 301 tackles completed this season, over 60 tackles ahead of 2nd place!
This is the first time in League history that a player has completed over 300 tackles in one season!
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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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The #SDLegion announce the retirement of #USA Eagle and #MLR vet, Tevita Tameilau!
Tameilau scored 10 tries and made 483 tackles in 78 #MLR games, representing the #UtahWarriors in 2018, then San Diego from 2020-2025.
Congratulations, Tevita!
#MLRStats #WeAreLegion
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
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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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!
#MLR2025 #MLRPlayoffs
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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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
