
US pro competition announces planned return after pandemic cut short play in 2020, with new teams in Dallas and Los Angeles
Major League Rugby will kick-off its fourth season on 20 March 2021, the league commissioner has told the Guardian, with 13 teams and contingency plans in place should Covid-19, which forced the cancellation of season three after five games, force another change of course.
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We do have in our back pocket a reduced season plan, we have a bubble plan
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