The San Diego Legion rugby franchise was established in 2017 when Ryan Patterson, a San Diegan real estate developer, provided the funds for the new franchise to join Major League Rugby. Patterson was approached by a small group of people who had been involved with a previous attempt to bring professional rugby to San Diego. … Read more
The Seattle Seawolves Rugby Club was established in 2017 by a group of Seattle-based investors and entrepreneurs. More investors took minority stakes in subsequent years. This article takes a closer look at the business and rugby backgrounds of the people involved in the Seattle Seawolves. There are some big rugby names in the ownership group. … Read more
The Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area has several rugby clubs that play in the Texas adult divisions. Some have been around since the early 1970s, while others are relatively new. There’s an international flavor due to the number of overseas workers in the area. I heard one burly South African energy trader say: “I was … Read more
The Dallas Athletic Rugby Club is one of the larger clubs in Texas. It has two men’s teams, a women’s team, and a youth program. The club also plays sevens rugby through the summer. The club’s nickname is DARC, and the men’s teams have adopted the moniker of the DARC Knights. The women’s team are … Read more
There are several rugby clubs in San Antonio, Texas, and they welcome everyone from rugby veterans to newcomers with no rugby experience. There are two clubs and one women’s team in the Texas fifteens divisions. The clubs also play sevens rugby during the summer and support some great local 7s tournaments. We’ll highlight three … Read more
The West Houston Lions rugby club is one of the largest and well-run clubs in Texas. It has three men’s teams in the national divisions and a big youth program. There isn’t a senior womens’ team yet, but girls play at youth level. The club runs a sevens team through the summer and plays touch … Read more
The Dallas Jackals ownership group announced in June 2020 that they would join the second season of Major League Rugby. They had a rocky start by delaying their entry by an extra year. But now they are fully part of the MLR. Will the Dallas Jackals succeed long-term? This will largely depend on the business … Read more
The Dallas Diablos rugby club is based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and is a member of the International Gay Rugby Association. The club has a strong social tradition and gets involved in local PRIDE and community events. The men’s fifteens team plays in the lower competitive Texas division. The club also plays sevens and … Read more
Dallas Harlequins is one of the larger rugby clubs in Texas. It has men’s teams in two national divisions and a youth program. The Lady Quins are the women’s team, who play in the top division. The club also runs men’s and women’s 7s teams through the summer, and host a popular sevens tournament. Where … Read more
The Dallas Reds are one of the biggest rugby clubs in the United States. They are based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The official name of the club is the Dallas Rugby Football Club. You can shorten that to Dallas RFC, and sometimes it’s just called Dallas Rugby. The club has four men’s teams … Read more