{"id":801572,"date":"2019-11-20T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=374733"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T22:03:01","slug":"glendale-raptors-major-league-rugby-side-renamed-colorado-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/glendale-raptors-major-league-rugby-side-renamed-colorado-raptors\/","title":{"rendered":"Glendale Raptors Major League Rugby side renamed Colorado Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frisco native Connor Cook (with ball) has been a member of the Glendale and Colorado Raptors professional rugby team side since the team’s inception in 2018.<\/strong>
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FRISCO \u2013 Ahead of Major League Rugby\u2019s third full season, the Glendale-based Glendale Raptors men\u2019s rugby union franchise will be renamed the Colorado Raptors.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral other rugby team names represent their entire state or region,\u201d Colorado Raptors\u2019 Director of Rugby Mark Bullock said in a statement. \u201cWe are Colorado\u2019s Major League Rugby team \u2014 why not make that official?\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the name change, the Raptor logo underwent a few updates to incorporate the Colorado name and the state flag into the aesthetic.<\/p>\n

The Raptors play at Glendale\u2019s Infinity Park, a $22.5 million, 5,00-seat rugby stadium that also has hosted the highest level of international and college rugby games since it opened in 2007. Local Summit High School girls rugby players have been able to play at Infinity Park, including during intermission of pro or international games.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really awesome to see the development of Major League Rugby and the opportunity for the kids to see some of the best players in the world now in the league and obviously for the Raptors,\u201d Barth said. \u201cI think playing in that stadium is unbelievable, especially for the high school kids. It\u2019s a world-class facility, obviously. And it\u2019s really fun to get down there and watch high-level rugby. Major League Rugby, it\u2019s pretty awesome to have that in our own backyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it is really successful. If you\u2019ve seen what the pro leagues in Japan have done to build the Japanese (national) team and getting them all the way to the World Cup quarterfinals, that\u2019s a huge piece. For fans to be able to see world-class rugby and high-level rugby only helps to promote the sport in its best light.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raptors\u2019 season will begin with a home contest versus the NoLa Gold at 4 p.m. Feb. 22. The Raptors will play eight total home games through May 30.<\/p>\n

Since the league\u2019s inception in 2018, Major League Rugby has grown from seven to 12 teams across North America, including the Raptors, Gold, Utah Warriors, Houston Sabercats, San Diego Legion, Seattle Seawolves, Austin Herd, Rugby ATL, Rugby United New York, New England Free Jacks, Old Glory DC and the Toronto Arrows.<\/p>\n

Since the team\u2019s inception, Frisco native Connor Cook has played for the Raptors<\/a>. He\u2019ll return to the team in 2020 as a back row player in the 15s format.<\/p>\n

For more information about the Raptors, including tickets, visit coloradoraptors.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Frisco native Connor Cook (with ball) has been a member of the Glendale and Colorado Raptors professional rugby team side since the team’s inception in 2018.Summit Daily file FRISCO \u2013 Ahead of Major League Rugby\u2019s third full season, the Glendale-based Glendale Raptors men\u2019s rugby union franchise will be renamed the Colorado Raptors. \u201cSeveral other rugby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-801572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 20:15:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}