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Welcome to the toughest game in town.
Rugby ATL is ready to take Major League Rugby by storm, and we want you to stand with us. No city rallies around a team like Atlanta, which makes it the perfect place for the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.
We’re not just excited to play for Atlanta, we’re excited to represent the Southeast and put the work in from day one to bring home a championship in 2020. Whether you’re a new fan or a rugby fanatic, we’re playing for you.
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Atlanta, Georgia – This week, on ‘The RATL Roundup,’ Rugby ATL had on some of the earliest members of the franchise, in Sam Peri, Samuel Chaney, and Eamonn Matthews. A little over a year ago, each man dropped what he was doing at the time for a shot at becoming a professional athlete in the MLR, joining Rugby ATL for the fall development season with the 404.
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In the final video of our ‘Rugby 101’ educational installment, pro player Neets Gericke recaps our lesson plan from the past few months, where we went over: attack and defense, the field and terminology, positions and their traditional roles, the set pieces, the breakdown, and kicking.
Rugby ATL Posts Penultimate Video of ‘Rugby 101’ Series: on Kicking
On this episode of ‘Rugby 101,’ pro player Neets Gericke helps us understand the nuances around the kicking game of rugby. With the help of our tactical kickers Kurt Coleman and Duncan Van Schalkwyk, we learn about: the main reason to kick, the types of kick available to players, the intended outcomes around kicking, and the process to optimize kicking the rugby ball.
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For the seventh episode of our weekly live series, we reached out to our two newest members of Rugby ATL, streaming live from their homes, our two draft picks, Michael Matarazzo and John Scotti.
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Following last weeks episode on the tackle, episode ten of our ‘Rugby 101’ video series is an educational masterclass on the contest that immediately follows every tackle: the breakdown.
Rugby ATL Posts Episode 9 of ‘Rugby 101’ Video Series on the Tackle
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For this week, to conclude our ‘Rugby 101’ mini-series on the set-piece, pro player Neets Gericke teaches us in the session about the backlines role off the set-piece.
Rugby ATL Posts Sixth Installment of ‘The RATL Roundup’ Live Series
Rugby ATL released our sixth episode of The RATL Roundup, our weekly series live-streamed to share some of the people behind our organization with our viewers.
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