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Major League Rugby confirm Dallas Jackals will not compete in 2025

The Dallas Jackals

Major League Rugby has confirmed that the Dallas Jackals will not compete in the 2025 competition due to the club ‘evaluating a controlling interest transfer’.

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Joining the league for the 2022 season following a delayed launch, the Jackals have shown steady progress, completing their best season in 2024 with six wins in the regular season.

This strong regular season continued into the playoffs, when the Jackals defeated the Houston SabreCats, league leaders and state rivals, in the Western Conference semi-finals.

Since then, rumours have swirled about their future in the competition, with the MLR confirming in a recent statement that the club have informed them that they will not be competing in 2025.

“The Dallas Jackals have informed the league that they will not participate in the 2025 competition. They are continuing to evaluate a controlling interest transfer, which will not be complete in time for them to plan for and compete in 2025. MLR will continue to work with Dallas leadership on transition plans in the days and weeks ahead.   Our focus is on the team, its players and planning for another successful MLR season in 2025. An announcement about the player dispersal process will be shared soon.” The MLR wrote.

Dallas follows Rugby New York, the LA Giltinis, Toronto Arrows, and Austin Gilgronis as the sides that have exited the league in recent seasons.

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JW 172 days ago

Mhmm.. I see the team has a lot of Argentines, I wonder if the group, who seem like a good group if not of pure wealth themselves, was heavily funded by Argentina, and that his could be a sign they are exiting MLR for SR?


Seems like they play at a baseball park. Hope the owner can find someone to run it.

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Carlos 171 days ago

I think the owner is Marcos Galperin, probably the richest person in Argentina. A “true” billionaire. I may have it wrong, but don’t think so.

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The second instance is a kick to Nash, again he will not have trained as much on kick receipts and takes the ball into trouble. Ireland’s systemic preparation is massively important to them but vulnerable to a pre match injury.


As I said previously, in all parallell universes France win, but it might have been a better and more interesting contest without that Injury.


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