GRR: Major League Rugby
High school rugby has seen a few changes over the past year and the past decade, most of it good as more teams and more players are playing a decent-to-good level of rugby.
Most of the news is good news, but all of the new is a story, and we wanted to look at the biggest and most important stories in the high school game.
The signing of Tendai Mtawarira went, as the saying goes, gradually, then suddenly, as Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby somehow managed to bring in the most famous prop in world rugby as much .
While the news broke over this week, the process took about ten months, and started with a chance meeting.
Recent Old Glory DC signing Tendai "The Beast" Mtawarira has entered into an agreement with Eagle Impact Rugby Academy to serve as an ambassador to the program.
Old Glory DC Signs The Beast, Tendai Mtawarira
In a move certain to send shock waves through Major League Rugby and ripples around the rugby world, Old Glory DC has signed Tendai “the Beast” Mtawarira to play for the 2020 MLR season.
Old Glory DC has teased a major signing, and Goff Rugby Report understands it's actually a really, really major signing.
Several teams in Major League Rugby have been trying to sign on high-profile players from around the world, and it seems that Old Glory, which starts its MLR tenure in 2020, has inked one of this year's biggest stars.
More to come.