The Miami Sharks are in their inaugural Major League Rugby in the Eastern Conference. The team plays at AutoNation Field, in Ft, Lauderdale, Florida and its head coach is José Pellicena. The captain for the 2024 season is Argentina international scrumhalf, Tomás Cubelli.
Miami Sharks Players with Article Links
The team has 10 international player spots (Players names Bolded)
- Prop: Rob Evans, Alec McDonnell, Jonas Petrakopoulos, Reinaldo Piussi, Tevita Sole (loan from NE), Alex Tucci, Setu Vole
- Hooker: Alex Glover, Sean McNulty, Kirby Myhill
- Lock: David Beach, Michael Etete, Rick Rose, Stan Van Den Hoven
- Back-Row: Manuel Ardao, Ben Bonasso, Tomás Casares, Dan Pryor (VC), Chase Schor-Haskin, Roelof Smit
- Scrumhalf: Tomás Cubelli, Damian Morley
- Flyhalf: Felipe Etcheverry, Shane O’Leary
- Center: Guiseppe du Toit, Nick Grigg, Tomás Inciarte , Josh McAdam, Matias Orlando
- Back Three: Nicolas Elewaut, Eric Naposki, Avery Oitomen, Marcos Young, Connor Burns, Matias Freyre, Santiago Videla
Week 1: Miami Sharks vs Chicago Hounds
The Miami Sharks lost their home opener 23-19 to the Chicago Hounds. Read the American Rugby News Recap and Match Preview! Watch the match replay and match highlights on The Rugby Network.
MIAMI SHARKS 1 Rob Evans, 2 Kirby Myhill, 3 Reinaldo Piussi, 4 Tomás Casares, 5 Stan van den Hoven, 6 Benjamín Bonasso, 7 Dan Pryor, 8 Manuel Ardao, 9 Tomás Cubelli (capt.), 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Eric Naposki, 12 Nick Grigg, 13 Tomás Inciarte, 14 Marcos Young, 15 Shane O’Leary 16 Sean McNulty, 17 Jonas Petrakopoulos, 18 Alec McDonnell, 19 Rick Rose, 20 Chase Schor-Haskin, 21 Damian Morley, 22 Guiseppe du Toit, 23 Avery Oitomen
CHICAGO HOUNDS 1 Zura Zhvania, 2 Dylan Fawsitt, 3 Ignacio Peculo, 4 James Scott, 5 George Merrick, 6 Mason Flesch, 7 Lucas Rumball, 8 Luke White, 9 Nick McCarthy, 10 Billy Meakes (capt.), 11 Michael Baska, 12 Bryce Campbell, 13 Mark O’Keeffe, 14 Nate Augspurger, 15 Adriaan Carelse 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Fred Apulu, 18 Charlie Abel, 19 Mike Matarazzo, 20 Maclean Jones, 21 Jason Higgins, 22 Luke Carty, 23 Julián Domínguez
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