The Houston SaberCats are an American professional rugby union team based in Houston , Texas, that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2017. The SaberCats organization was born from one of the founding amateur rugby clubs that pooled resources to emerge professionally, and were the first in MLR membership to build a rugby-specific stadium intended for MLR competition.
4-742: Houston plays their games in SaberCats Stadium , which was opened on April 13, 2019. In February 2018, the City of Houston agreed to fund $ 3.2 million of the $ 15.25 million needed to build a permanent rugby stadium for use by the Houston SaberCats at Houston Sports Park . On July 17, the SaberCats announced that a three-year naming rights were awarded to British multinational software and technology company Aveva , and that it would be initially known as "Aveva Stadium". Following this deal,
8-668: The Sugar Land Skeeters , for part of the 2019 season, and for their exhibition matches in 2017 and 2018. Also, in April 2019, while the new pitch at SaberCats Stadium healed, the team returned to Dyer Stadium to play one match against San Diego before returning to SaberCats Stadium. The Houston SaberCats squad for the 2024 Major League Rugby season is: Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality. On March 12, 2020, MLR announced
12-656: The season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to fears surrounding the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic . It was cancelled the following week See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Texas portal SaberCats Stadium Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
16-474: The venue became known as "SaberCats Stadium". Houston Sports Park is also the permanent training ground for Major League Soccer soccer team Houston Dynamo as well as the Houston Dash women's soccer team. During the 2018 regular season, the SaberCats played their home matches at Dyer Stadium and trained at Athlete Training and Health in Houston. The team also played at Constellation Field , home of
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