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Rugby ATLâs Matt Heaton (centre, holding ball) is shown during their 21-14 win over the Toronto Arrows on March 20, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Rugby ATL-Karl L. Moore MANDATORY CREDIT May 09, 2021 - 10:26 AM
Having spent time playing in England, Canadian international flanker Matt Heaton wanted a new challenge in the wake of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Major League Rugby in North America beckoned. I d been watching the league while I was in the U.K. still and I was kind of at a crossroads with where I wanted to go next, said the 28-year-old from Godmanchester, Que. And then when the MLR kind of popped up, I looked at all the cities and I said Where is the place I d least likely end up?