The National Maul
Martin Pengelly's Substack about rugby in America, because that's (some of) what he writes about for money.
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'It shows the brotherhood': Dylan Audsley on rugby, life, art history and his social media series, Culture RFC
With San Diego teammate Ma’a Nonu and Matthieu Bastareaud of New York.
A while ago, on Instagram, I happened upon Culture RFC. A series of short films about amateur rugby clubs, focused off-field, on the whys and hows and wheres of people...
'Jeopardy until the last weekend': MLR's Alex Magleby on parity, play-offs, Anthem… and whether new teams will join next year
Chicago attack against DC. Picture: MLR.
This weekend is the last in Major League Rugby’s regular season. The Chicago Hounds are clear at the top of the table, unbeaten in nine outings, assured of a home play-off ahead of a 21 June Champio...
'I remain insanely optimistic': Matt McCarthy's entirely American rugby life, on and off the field
“Back when rugby was played on dirt and in shirts that didn't reveal what you had for breakfast” – Matt McCarthy and Frank “Nails” D’Angelo, New York Rugby Club.
If you know American rugby, you know Matt McCarthy. As well as hosting the va...
'Everything is copy': on writing US rugby, and Hall of Fame honors for two fine rugby writers
Alex Goff’s notes on Brotherhood. Picture: GoffRugbyReport.com
It was the novelist and screenwriter Nora Ephron who said “Everything is copy”. It was me who on thinking about finding copy for a weekly Substack about American rugby when the...
'Heart of the game': On the club nationals, New York Old Blue, and the soul of American rugby
Old Blue celebrate qualification for the club nationals. Pic: Old Blue.
American rugby is often about what-ifs. What if, in 1906, Teddy Roosevelt hadn’t intervened to make football less lethal, and colleges drifting to the British form of...
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Martin Pengelly is a Washington-based reporter and editor. This is his Substack about rugby in the US. His first book, Brotherhood: When West Point Rugby Went To War, is published by Godine.
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