Glendale’s rugby department has been hard at work during the pandemic. With the Colorado Raptors withdrawing from Major League Rugby back on April 9 and no season to prepare for, things have looked a little different around Infinity Park. The seven people that makeup Glendale’s rugby department have been chasing an idea that everyone familiar with rugby has thought about…

Colton Strickler jumps into the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by talking about former Raptor Robbie Petzer signing with the Dallas Jackals for 2021 before telling you about all of the rugby you can watch this weekend (it’s a lot). After ‘The Breakdown’, Colton talks RugbyTown Crossover Academy manager Peter Pasque about his role in building the program, how they’ve gone…

Colton Strickler kicks off the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by talking about the most recent Major League Rugby news and takes you through all of this weekend’s fixtures besides Round 3 of the Bledisloe Cup because he forgot about it until he was writing this description. After ‘The Breakdown’, Colton talks with USA Eagle Hope Rogers about her path to…

Colton Strickler starts the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by reminding you to check out the XV Foundation’s virtual event ‘Building the Championship Mindset’ on Friday, September 18 at 6:30 PM. Following the ‘The Breakdown’, Colton talks with Glendale Director of Rugby Mark Bullock about the RugbyTown Crossover Academy and the club’s new direction. After the interview portion of the show,…

Colton Strickler starts the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by breaking down the most recent Major League Rugby and USA Rugby news before jumping into the weekly Super Rugby, Premiership Rugby, and PRO14 updates. Following the explosion of news in ‘The Breakdown’, Colton chats with Collegiate All-American and original Glendale Raptor Josh Schmitz about his rugby career, the start of the…

Colton Strickler starts the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by talking about Sakaria Taulafo’s signing with Rugby United New York, the weekly Super Rugby update (it’s bad this week), and the first fixtures of Premiership Rugby’s restart (that’s a good thing). Following ‘The Breakdown’, Colton chats with former Raptor Mike Tafel about the early days of the Glendale Raptors teams, why…

Colton Strickler starts the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by talking about the latest Colorado Raptor to be signed by another team, the weekly Super Rugby update, and when to expect PRO14 and Premiership Rugby to get their restart rolling. Following ‘The Breakdown’, Colton has a conversation with former Raptor Jared Heath about playing for some fo the first Glendale Raptors…

Robbie Petzer is the latest member of the 2020 Colorado Raptors team to announce where he will be playing his rugby in 2021. Petzer announced on Friday’s episode of the DNVR Rugby Podcast that he will be packing his bags and heading to play for Tokyo Gas of Japan’s Top East League next season. “Just before I left with the…

Colton Strickler starts the show with ‘The Breakdown’ by talking about the latest news with Kanaloa Hawaii and the weekly Super Rugby update. After that, he jumps into a conversation with former Raptor Robbie Petzer about where he will play his rugby in 2021, some of his favorite memories with the Raptors, and whether or not he will come back…

When the Colorado Raptors announced their intention to withdraw from Major League Rugby back on April 9, it left people with several different questions. Several of those questions remain unanswered some three months later, but one thing that we continue to learn about is where the players that made up the 2020 version of the Raptors will be playing their…

Colton Strickler talks about the switch from DNVR Raptors to DNVR Rugby to kick off this week’s edition of “The Breakdown” before jumping into a conversation with USA Rugby CEO Ross Young. Colton and Ross talk about how the deal with the City of Glendale came to be, what about the deal excites him, and what the future of USA…

Colton Strickler kicks off this week’s episode with some big news in the rugby world. Colton leads off ‘The Breakdown’ by dissecting some of the details in the USA Rugby – City of Glendale announcement, updates you on the status of Aspen Ruggerfest, and touches on this weekend’s Super Rugby matches. After that, he jumps into a conversation with Colorado…

One of the questions surrounding the rugby that will be played at Infinity Park moving forward has been answered. On Monday morning, USA Rugby announced in a statement that the National Governing Body will be moving its headquarters to Glendale as Infinity Park becomes the National Training Center for the Men’s and Momen’s Eagles XVs as part of a new…

Colton Strickler covers the MLR Draft, Round 1 of Super Rugby Aotearoa, and touches on the San Diego Legion’s signing of Chris Robshaw in “The Breakdown’. After that, he talks to former Raptor Cristian Sarmento about his University of Northern Colorado football tackling records, his rugby career, and fishing in Alaska. Colton wraps up the show with some ‘Required Reading’…

Colton Strickler takes you through the big news in rugby this week with ‘The Breakdown’. Afterwards, he sits down for a conversation with Doug Coil, journalist and editor of djcoilrugby.com about Saturday’s Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft. Doug and Colton also talk about the expansion draft, the first-ever PRO Rugby match, and country music. Following the interview, Colton assigns some…

The top Raptors match of all-time occurred on a cold and snowy night in March 2019. With the Toronto Arrows in town for the first time ever, it was evidently going to take much more than a patented Colorado spring blizzard to prevent this match from being played. The Raptors ended up using four tries scored by Chad Gough, Dylan…

Colton Strickler chats about what’s been going on in the world of rugby, the Dallas Jackals joining the MLR, the MLR Collegiate draft, and the return of Super Rugby. After that, he sits down with Casey Rock, the most-capped Raptors player of all-time, for a chat about his rugby career, the American rugby landscape, and some of his favorite memories…

The second-best Raptors match of all-time comes from Major League Rugby’s inaugural season in 2018. After a magical 7-1 regular season, the Raptors earned the number one seed heading into the playoffs. With a shot at an appearance in the first MLR championship on the line, the Raptors would need to take care of business against their Rocky Mountain Rivals…

The first match on the list is the Raptors 19-15 Round 2 victory over the Seattle Seawolves from 2018. Those that are familiar with Major League Rugby know that it’s tough to win in Seattle. The Seawolves call Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, Washington their home and they defend about as well as anyone in the MLR defends their home…