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Major League Rugby

Eagles rookie Harvey moves east to Chicago Hounds for 2026 MLR season

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - MARCH 7: Chicago Hounds players form a team huddle in the first half during a MLR game between Miami Sharks and Chicago Hounds at Florida Blue Training Center on MARCH 7, 2025 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Getty Images)
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The Chicago Hounds have landed rookie Eagles lock Brandon Harvey on a two-year deal ahead of the 2026 MLR season.

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The 23-year-old rising star shifts east from the California Legion, formerly the San Diego Legion, in a move that bolsters Chicago’s second-row stocks.

Hounds forward coach Todd Dammers will look to take the North Carolina product to the next level in his third season in the MLR, which follows a collegiate stint at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

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For Harvey, the move could open the door to more playing time after making 10 appearances over his first two years in the league.

“With Todd Dammers’ excellent technical coaching and playing amongst our experienced pack, we feel Brandon will go from strength to strength over the next two years,” stated Hounds General Manager Will Magie.

The Hounds ran with a second-row unit of Jonah Dietenberger, George Merrick, James Scott, Tavius Sykora-Matthess, and versatile forward Brad Tucker in 2025. The team was one of the top contenders, finishing as the fourth seed with 11 wins in 16 games. They went on to bow out to eventual champions New England in a one-point semi-final loss,

With Harvey’s Legion ending their campaign as the seventh seed and missing the playoffs in 2025, he’ll be looking to return to the postseason after 2024’s quarter-final defeat to the Seattle Seawolves.

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An impressive debut season for the Chicago outfit could see him add to the one Test cap he won in 2025 against Georgia, with a spot in 2027’s Rugby World Cup squad within view. The United States’ 2031 Rugby World Cup also looms as a potential carrot for the emerging talent.

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Lofty 10 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

If AD & ML gel it could be very interesting. Both excellent players with good vision. Can France win ? I believe they're still the best NH side by a a small margin so yes they they're well placed to do so !!

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Lofty 20 minutes ago
PREM clubs on alert as Top 14 consider salary cap rule change

Why not pay a Willis or a Sinkler £1M Mr Craig ? rather than a Russel or a Jalibert. Same question to all the other prem owners. Support the system that pays you millions for your lack of support !!

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cm 21 minutes ago
Wallabies' defensive woes demand overhaul to avoid Murrayfield bloodbath

Weird article - it only focusses on the Wallabies, but not their opponents. What are their opponents likely to do? How would that play against the Wallaby’s defence? How could the Wallabies exploit this to their advantage, etc….

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JW 32 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Yeah I’d really prefer a lock, and looseforward pair, with LF as a 23 and genuine 7-1 option. Theres no telling if he’s going to be upto anything at test level though, thankfully I dont think he’s important to 6-2 being used.

If these two go on to cement themselves, I’d love for Lakai to be playing 12, and Jordie switching to 10 or 15, for a couple of games next year in Super Rugby (he could be fairly rusty having not done it since Leinster and he is the key versatility to enabling 6-2 or 7-1), while Sititi could partner ALB playing 13 (their loosies are packed, well maybe less so no Finau isn’t taking a starting spot).



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PMcD 34 minutes ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

He’s always in the right place at the right time, which is a combination of how he reads the game and his pace to get him there but what’s more exciting is where he will be in a decade and he should only get better from here on in.

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HenryAU 48 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Silver linings, a French team with nothing to lose throwing caution into the wind ..

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mJ 49 minutes ago
Wallabies' defensive woes demand overhaul to avoid Murrayfield bloodbath

They need to get the basics right and this is fundamentally their biggest issue, just like the opposite is true for their attack. The Wallabies don’t defend the gain line, teams constantly get gain line and the second is slowing down the ruck. So they are continually on the back foot and playing flat out in defence trying to get into the right positions and teams manipulate this. If the Wallabies suddenly got physical dominance with their defence and slowed each ruck down by another second or two things would be materially different. Like every 10 likes to play behind a forward pack winning gain line, every good defence benefits with time as well. If the Wallabies go out this weekend and stop Scotland gainline and slow their rucks down to 2 or 3 seconds on average our defence will be significantly better. And that is the easy fix for this weekend.

In attack our forwards need to stop being static and Lonergan needs to play with some deception and he needs to get out from behind the ruck as no one on this planet will expect him to run with the ball. Set the forward pod to go one way and then just get out and link with a runner on the opposite side. He is so one dimensional, he needs to be able to change it up and he needs to play with more tempo. So like the defence if our forwards win the gain line and rucks and we get quick ball we will stress the Scotland defence and their will be plenty of opportunities.



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HenryAU 50 minutes ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Home ground of Perth 😆

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JW 58 minutes ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

I think you mean form wise, yes. My comment missed it’s most important component. He let a soft try go in when Sititi was asked to make a 1on1 tackle on his inside many, he’s obviously half puffing because he’s only a couple of months back into rugby, but he is older now is should mainly be an impact player.

Again, he needs his other locks to step up to make that come to fruition though.



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Tom 1 hour ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

Hes played about 5 games worth of international minutes and scored 8 tries. LBB and Will Jordan would be happy with that strike rate

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JW 1 hour ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Sorry what does a pure second row mean? Someone able to jump into the middle like Vaa’i? Just not sure what you’re trying to say with that sentence structure, like you mean the ABs should have two “new” locks in the second half? I certainly hope so.

Personally I would prefer Holland to truck 80 (he is just a metronome machine) and for Vaa’i to be replaced by a second row ‘hybrid’, like a Scooter/Segner/Sititi, and the other lock to be replaced by a lock. I’m sure you must mean LF is in his own group as the “sixth” spot and you’re not including him in that main group of loosies. It will be interesting if LF brings his weight back upto what it was in France again, it wasn’t helping him in the backline but if he’s mainly wanting to play in the pack he might put it on again and negate his bench versatility.



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cnw 1 hour ago
Why ‘generational talent’ Peter Lakai is the new ‘man in black’ for all seasons

Yeah I would prefer lock, loosie, loosie combo. But as a minimum a genuine 6-2

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FC 1 hour ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Lets see how good Dupont truly is behind a pack going backwards…

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FC 1 hour ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Nope. Dupont vs PSDT…..

All.



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Bazzallina 2 hours ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Suppose the big thing France will be where they put him on D as you would expect Boks to chuck up a fair amount of contestables anyhow and most 10s drop back but there are ways to work around it I guess .

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Tk 2 hours ago
Former All Black pinpoints crucial factor for 2027 Rugby World Cup success

Its not rocket science, England in 2003 maybe the greatest example of what a settled and experienced 15 can achieve. But. Injuries are now so inherent in the game that not having a wider pool of experienced players may be the biggest risk. We are rapidly running out of time to get a bit of test match experience into a few positions. Particularly in the backs.

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TD 2 hours ago
Half of this All Blacks team deserves praise

Please can we stop giving this man space to write this drivel.

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Jonty McGrath 2 hours ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Sticking to the topic - i.e. picking the best rugby player the world has ever seen at 10, is not a big deal as Antoine Dupont is a supremely gifted player without comparison. Such is his flair he can naturally adapt his playmaker skills to anywhere on the pitch; Maxime Lucu is also a phenomenal player so the combination could prove awesome.

It was barely a couple of months ago the Wallabies got the better of the Springboks on their home ground of Perth; this selection for Paris may seem bizarre but could prove an unexpected masterstroke. [Fr. a coup de maître!]



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GrandDisse 2 hours ago
France forced into bold Antoine Dupont call for Springboks

Baille can be fit for a few matches, but not for an entire RWC campaign.

Looseheads are not really as much a problem than tighthead though.



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Hammer Head 2 hours ago
Victor Matfield: 'There's a big hype around him... I just can't understand it'

And which Nation of perfect humans do you proudly represent?

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