Glendale Raptors & Will Magie

Glendale Raptors Flyhalf Will Magie

The Glendale Raptors have a halfback combination of Eagles Will Magie at flyhalf and Shaun Davies at scrumhalf. The 26-year-old Magie is from London, England. He is 6’0″ tall and weighs 190 pounds.

Magie attended the Merchant Taylor’s School in Northwood, a London suburb, from 2003 through 2010. He then attended the University of Leeds from 2010-2013 graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Psychology. While there he was the captain of the rugby team.

In 2012 he captained the USA Rugby Junior All-Americans (U20s) at the Junior World Rugby Trophy competition.

Magie played with several rugby teams in England. During the 2012-2013 season, he was with Otley and then signed a professional contract with the Ealing Trailfinders in the English Championship for the 2013-2014 season. For the 2014-2015 season, he played with Old Albanian in the National League 1. The 2016 year was a busy year for Magie. He played with the Denver Stampede and after the season returned to the Ealing Trailfinders, now part of the Greene King IPA Championship. In October, he started at flyhalf in the British & Irish Cup against Yorkshire Carnegie. He then finished the 2016 year training with Western Force in Australia in preparation for joining the Eagles.

USA Rugby Eagles XV

Will Magie debuted for the Eagles against Uruguay on February 4, 2017, at San Antonio, Texas at the Americas Rugby Championship. Since then, he has earned 13 caps, 7 as a starter, and is Eagles #507. His last cap was also earned against Uruguay on March 3, 2018, in Montevideo, Uruguay at the Americas Rugby Championship. The team went undefeated and defended their 2017 ARC Championship.

Glendale Raptors

  • Luke White – Prop
  • Kelipi Fifita – Prop
  • Blake Rogers – Prop
  • Nick Kwasniewski – Prop
  • Zach Fenoglio – Hooker
  • James Del Bozque – Hooker
  • Casey Rock – Lock
  • Ben Landry – Lock
  • Max Dacey – Lock
  • Connor Cook – Flanker
  • John Quill – Flanker
  • Peter Dahl – Flanker
  • Devin Vaughter – Flanker
  • Brian Wanless – No. 8
  • Grigor Kerdikoshvili – No. 8
  • Shaun Davies – Scrumhalf
  • Jake Christmann – Scrumhalf
  • Will Magie – Flyhalf
  • Mika Kruse – Flyhalf/Center
  • Bryce Campbell – Center
  • Chad London – Center
  • Ata Malifa – Center
  • Kyle Hitt – Center
  • John Ryberg – Wing
  • Harley Davidson – Wing
  • Seth Halliman – Wing
  • Maximo de Achaval – Fullback
  • Dustin Croy – Fullback

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