'Pretty dark right now': Major League Rugby reels as two more teams face funding crunch

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Men's pro competition rattled as New Orleans exit, San Diego and LA merge, and Utah and Miami face uncertainty. Utah CEO tells Guardian he's confident funds can be found

Major League Rugby has endured a tough week with a merger and a withdrawal reducing the competition to nine teams, but the US men's professional rugby union competition could yet fall to just seven entrants if two more teams fail to raise new funds, the Guardian learned.

The merger of the San Diego Legion and RFC Los Angeles and the exit of the NOLA Gold were announced on Wednesday.

Martin Pengelly writes on Substack at The National Maul, on rugby in the US.

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