Glendale Raptors Sign Carlo De Nysschen

Glendale Raptors & Carlo De Nysschen

The Glendale Raptors have signed Carlo De Nysscchen for the 2019Major League Rugby season. Carlo is a 22-year-old scrumhalf from Pretoria, South Africa, is 5’10” and 185 pounds.

During the 2017-2018 season, Carlo played with the Glendale Rugby Academy and with the Glendale Merlins. This Fall he played with the Glendale Raptors during their exhibition season.

Carlo attended Afrikaanse Hoër  Seunskool (Affies) playing rugby from 2006-2014. He played for the first team Affies. In 2014 he played for the Blue Bulls Rugby Academy Under-18s during National Academy Tournament week in Worcester, South Africa. In 2015 he played with the Free State Cheetahs Under-19s in the U19 National Currie Cup Championship. He made 11 appearances, scoring 4 tries with the team reaching the semi-finals.

In 2015-2017 he attended the University of the Free State and played with the Under-19s in 2015, and the Under-20s in 2016-17.

Carlo moved to the U.S. in 2017 and joined the Glendale Rugby Academy. He is a talented player and advanced with the Glendale Merlins and then to the MLR Raptors side since 2018.

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