Rugby ATL Johan Momsen 2022 Profile

Rugby ATL re-signed  Johan Momsen for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old lock is 6’5″ and 250 lbs.

Johan played 1268 minutes in 17 matches, with 16 starts, and scored 5 tries for the Ratlers in 2021. At season’s end, he was named MLR Forward of the Year.

Johan played in all five matches, four as a starter, during the 2020 pandemic shortened season. He showed how dominant he can be in the lineouts and in getting to the breakdown in a 2021 preseason match start against the Utah Warriors.

Johan is from Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, and attended Paarl Gimnasium. He then attended Stellenbosch University from 2015-2019 and captained the Maties in the 2019 Varsity Cup.

Johan played with the DHL Western Province U19s in 2014 and in 2019 played with the Griquas in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. He made his debut on July 19th against the Sharks.

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