John Payne

Free Jacks earn No. 1 seed, home field in playoffs with win over NOLA Gold The Free Jacks clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the fourth consecutive year by defeating the NOLA Gold in their season finale.

HUZZAH! www.nbcsportsboston.com/rugby/new…

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Interested in some behind the scenes of professional rugby? NESN went to Free Jacks at Fort Quincy.

Post match celebrations hit different at Fort Quincy. Next home match? Why it’s the conference semi final on Father’s Day! Tickets go on sale later today. See you there?

See you there! MLR 2025 Championship

2025 Free Jacks Rugby Awards Banquet: https://jpayne.sackheads.blog/2025/05/29/free-jacks-rugby-awards-banquet.html

Leaders, Beaver Paw and OG

SEA @ NOLA, ARC @ MIA, SDL @ UTAH

OGDC @ HOU, CHI @ UTAH, SDL @ RFCLA

Ranger Picks Week 11: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2025/04/26/ranger-picks-week.html

Week 8 winners.

Leaders after Week 8.

Ranger Picks Week 8 Results: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2025/04/06/ranger-picks-week-results.html

Amazing time at the WER Boston Banshees match on Saturday!

On March 13th I was lucky enough to be able to get into Boston Logan and witness the New England Free Jacks be recognized in the Terminal C Hall of Champions with banners raised for the 2023 and 2024 MLR championships. #WeWantThree

What happened to the coffee cup? We need answers! #rugby

Yay rugby!

Join Phil and Bozo with an alternate commentary for today’s Free Jacks @ Hounds match: www.youtube.com/live/Fdjq…

Boston Banshee schedule for 2025

Even more professional rugby in the Boston area? You bet! Can’t wait to get to a Banshees match! 2 games at the familiar Fort Quincy and 2 in convenient Pawtucket! 🏉

NEFJ’s Tom Kindly on NBC Sports Boston: www.nbcsportsboston.com/rugby/new…

MLR 2025 Week 1: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2025/02/10/mlr-week.html

MLR 2025 Ranger Picks presented by TJRS: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2025/02/06/mlr-ranger-picks-presented-by.html

Apple TV+ Introduces 'Sunday Night Soccer' With Weekly MLS Matches - MacRumors:

Apple and Major League Soccer today introduced Sunday Night Soccer. Apple TV+ subscribers will be able to watch a featured MLS match ever... https://jpayne.sackheads.blog/2025/01/29/apple-tv-introduces-sunday-night.html

Fantasy Rugby Revolution: How Fantasy MLR Can Help Rugby Break into the US Sports Market - The Rugby Rant Building Rugby Fans in America: The Untapped Power of Fantasy Major League Rugby

My new article for the Rugby Rant Podcast is now out! I’m talking all things Fantasy Major League Rugby via @thefantasyruckers.bsky.social !

therugbyrant.com/2025/01/22/f...

Please follow @ap.brid.gy from your bluesky account - that one simple gesture would make it easier for me to read your posts where I’m most comfortable on social media :D

Quick note for "maximizing" the "new" social media interoperability: https://jpayne.sackheads.blog/2025/01/22/quick-note-for-maximizing-the.html

Finished reading: The Armageddon Protocol by Dan Moren 📚I’d been putting this off a little bit because Dan’s books are so hard to put down and I didn’t want to say goodbye to Kovalic and crew. Fantastic romp. Alleged finale but like all the best series finales it leaves one wanting more.

Match Updates or Why You Should Subscribe to the Calendar: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2025/01/18/match-updates-or-why-you.html

Way Too Early: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2025/01/05/way-too-early.html

An excellent post: Ricky Mondello » Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth Them Over - micro.blog could really use passkeys too, @manton :)

In BlueSky I applaud the desire to avoid passwords but magic links are awful UX. The shorter version should be “we use magic links because that’s what ghost uses”. Passkeys aren’t mentioned except as followup to the BlueSky. Even Apple/google/microsoft logins would be better.

Has anyone I know tried galaxy.ai? Pricing seems too good to be true at $15/mo

This post on Mastodon by SwiftOnSecurity applies to all “social logins” and federated authentication including SSO (single sign on). For enterprises, it’s a reminder that all security decisions are risk balancing exercises. We at Procella are u... https://procella.tech/2024/12/03/this-post-on.html

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Anthem Rugby Carolina

San Diego Legion

Utah Warriors

Calendars for MLR 2025: https://rangerpicks.rugby/2024/12/02/calendars-for-mlr.html

Sophocles

Bad Security Advice (part 1) - Password Hygiene: https://procella.tech/2024/10/17/bad-security-advice.html

There’s still a couple of days left in September which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. And once again I am joining the Relay fundraiser for St Jude. Please help me help Relay break their fundraising goals for this amazing cause.