MLR survived Covid – now LA and Atlanta contest championship game
by Martin Pengelly from US news | The Guardian on (#5MRX7)
The US pro league had a wild ride in season four but made it to the big show. Its commissioner knows it's in the shop window
In American sports parlance, as George Killebrew puts it, Major League Rugby is 98 & 0". The championship game in Los Angeles on Sunday will make it 99 out of 99 for games played in a league which began its fourth year amid rampant uncertainty and Byzantine Covid protocol.
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