Salt Lake City Gladiators Rugby Club

It's a great day to play RUGBY! The Salt Lake City Gladiators joined forces with surrounding players, teams and travelers to participate in this growing pathway that the Utah Warriors began this year. It was organized as part of a way to build relationships with local rugby clubs and has been a fine start. The Crossroads Cup would be an opening segment to the Utah Union location once everything is worked out. The set up of this Cup is a big deal for here in the area and ev

The Gladiator men jumped right out of sevens and back into the fifteens with invitation from the Major League Rugby Utah Warriors organization to participate in the first annual Crossroads Cup. This cup is a 4 week set of competition focused on finding players from the western area. Players are given the opportunity to play for 1 of 4 teams based on the region on where they are located. Gladiators' CEO, Moresby Tauiautusa, was approached to participate in this opportunity a

Gladiators Double up the Men's team and Wonder Women come to life for the first Annual Spider Fest 7s Rugby Tournament that was held Sept 29th through Oct 1st. Spider Fest was held at the Salt Lake Regional Athletic Complex and looked to provide equal opportunities to both men and women teams by providing the same prize. With that it created anticipation to battle for a chance to win $4,000 for First place, $2,000 for Second place or $500 for Third. Either way teams were gi

The Salt Lake City Gladiators flew out to California for the National LA 7s Open men's tournament and couldn't have had a better time. On August 26th, 2022- Gladiator Strong took to the sky and flew out to California to participate in the open BASH prior to the International 7's games in Carson. It was an opportunity to be grateful for that allowed the team to bond, expand and continue to do the incredible things that Gladiators have set out to do. The energy even at home wa

The Salt Lake City Gladiator Rugby Club was invited to attend the Tennessee 7s Tournament in Knoxville, TN. This is were rugby all began for CEO and founder Moresby Tauiautusa. He felt it the best opportunity for the club to go back east and see what his old boys had to go up against. Finding flights for a large group was no easy task. Eventually, they found seats on American Airlines. Their seats were separated between two air crafts but after an entertaining trip with d

Wyoming is known for Yellowstone and Jackson Hole which is where the Salt Lake City Gladiator Rugby Club had the privilege of going there in June 24th-26th. The Jackson Hole Moose rugby extended an invitation to come participate in their Tetons Invitational Tournament alongside some competitive and upcoming teams. Rabbit Rentals of Pleasant Grove provided exceptional travel with their new and luxurious vans fit for several rugby men to sit comfortably. The local business co

Photo by Malisa M Photography As the month concludes, we saw local teams play together more and have the chance to showcase local talent with a 7's series on the Zions Bank Stadium as a curtain opener for the Utah Warriors Rugby MLR. Building that relationship with the various club programs here in Utah is an important partnership that we hope to help continue growing as rugby becomes more and more popular here in the valley. Showcasing the exploding game were teams; West Va

Salt Lake City, Utah---The Salt Lake City Gladiators had a strong game against another powerful team in the Utah Senior Men's Club division, Provo Steelers. The battle between these two teams lead to an incredible start for the home season even though they fell to the Steelers at 29-45. With the past winds and rain we had, two local rugby clubs caught a break with an overcast, warm day and only a slight breeze at the Salt Lake City Regional Athletic Complex field one. Salt L

The Salt Lake City Gladiator Strong jumped on the opportunity to go against the Tacoma Nomads Saturday April 9th. Van at the ready this senior men's club traveled the 12 hours to test out new talent and make an impact. Portland is full of green and that's where we start. On the field, we started the score board off with the first try but missed the kick, 5-0. It was a back and forth game since the beginning keeping the scores close. By halftime we were up three points, 17-1

The Salt Lake City Gladiator Rugby Club is home to some of the quickest growing and expanding rugby athletes. From Logan Tago, Fereti Lepolo,Cumorah Saulala, Joe Mano, Siaki Iosefa, and Ioane Ioane; these boys' stories all began somewhere. Logan Tago Logan recently made headlines as he was listed among the Dubai 7s Squad playing as part of the USA team. Big things have been happening for Logan. A few years back, Gladiators had a game with Antelope at the Centennial Park whe

If you were at the meetings this weekend, you will know that the Gladiators have a big vision in mind for the 2021 Season. The Salt Lake Gladiator Rugby Club has goals set that will make this an outstanding TEAM and it takes everyone's commitment. If you want to see great things, you have to DO great things. While there are some changes taking place, it is for the best. The Gladiator Team and members will have dues to be paid. As you agree to participate with the Gladiator