Tomas Aoake has committed to a second season with the San Diego Legion. The hot-stepping winger has re-signed with the club for 2023 after spending the Major League Rugby off-season playing with Auckland in New Zealand’s National Provincial Championship. Visa delays saw Aoake missing the first seven weeks of the …
Read More »Saint Mary’s scrumhalf Karl Keane signs for Seawolves
Saint Mary’s Gaels scrumhalf Karl Keane has signed with the Seattle Seawolves. The 21-year-old has committed his long-term future to the club with a three-year deal through the 2025 Major League Rugby season. Though eligible for the 2022 Collegiate Draft, Keane was granted an exemption under the league’s Homegrown Player …
Read More »USA Falcons fullback Owen Sheehy re-signs with Old Glory
Old Glory DC have re-signed fullback Owen Sheehy for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old recently played for the USA Falcons in Montevideo, and was one of three Old Glory players who traveled to Scotland to train with Glasgow Warriors. Sheehy joined the club ahead of the 2021 …
Read More »Arrows flyer Avery Oitomen to return after 3-year hiatus
Avery Oitomen is returning to Major League Rugby. The former Arrows flyer has signed with Toronto for the 2023 season, three years after becoming a trying-scoring sensation with the club as a 19-year-old during the team’s inaugural campaign. Oitomen exploded into the scene in 2019, making 11 appearances on the …
Read More »Flyhalf Danny Giannascoli returns to Utah Warriors
The Utah Warriors have signed Danny Giannascoli for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. It’s a return of sorts for the 25-year-old flyhalf, who was selected by the Warriors in the second round of the 2020 Collegiate Draft and played one preseason game in 2021. Despite impressing in the start …
Read More »Old Glory re-signs Canadian back row Luke Campbell
Old Glory DC have re-signed Canadian international Luke Campbell for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 30-year-old loose forward returns for a third year in the nation’s capital, having previously played with the Toronto Arrows in 2019. Campbell set MLR career highs with 12 appearances and 11 starts this …
Read More »Major League Rugby confirms Chicago expansion for 2023
Major League Rugby have confirmed the addition of a team from Chicago for the 2023 season. The announcement, which came in the form of a video tease, was widely expected after last week’s decision to move ahead without established teams from Austin and LA. Are you ready? pic.twitter.com/4mT0bcVab4 — Major …
Read More »Former Wallaby prop Paddy Ryan returns as San Diego sign three
The San Diego Legion have announced a trio of overseas signings including Australian prop Paddy Ryan, who returns to the club after a one-year hiatus. Making the move to Southern California for the first time are scrumhalf Richard Judd from New Zealand and Fijian outside back Filimoni Waqainabete. It will …
Read More »Toronto Arrows re-sign scrumhalf Cole Brown
The Toronto Arrows have re-signed scrumhalf Cole Brown for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. He most recently played for the McMaster Marauders in the fall Ontario University competition. Brown joined the club’s senior academy program in 2020 and made his professional bow this past season. After missing the first …
Read More »Peñarol lock Nahuel Milán among four ATL signings
Rugby ATL have revealed four overseas signings ahead of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. Incoming are hooker Ben Strang, a pair of locks in Jordan Brown and Nahuel Milán, and utility back Rewita Biddle. All four have signed multi-year agreements with Milán and Brown committed through 2024, while Strang …
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