New England Free Jacks signed Michael Armstrong for the 2018-2019 season. The 30-year-old wing is 5’11” and 200 lbs. Spike is from Nashua, New Hampshire and graduated from Nashua High School. He attended Plymouth State University and played rugby while there and since then has played with Mystic River Rugby Club. While with Mystic River the team has won two USA Club Rugby Division 1 Championships. Spike played for the Boston Mystics in 2018 and for the New England, Free Jacks in exhibition season matches against the Ontario Arrows in 2018 and against the Utah Warriors in 2019. Other Articles…

The New England Free Jacks signed Evan Geist for the 2019 season. The 25-year-old back row is 6’2″ and 235 lbs. Evan attended Mullen High School in Denver, Colorado where he played football, basketball, and baseball. Oregon State University in 2012 before transferring to Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He attended from 2012-2017, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Health and Exercise Science. While there he played D1A Rugby and was selected to the All-West Conference team in 2014-2015. He also was selected to the USA Under-20s in 2013. Following his graduation, he played rugby with…

The New England Free Jacks have signed Bryan Michel for the exhibition season. The 25-year-old flyhalf/fullback is 6’0″ and 195 lbs. Bryan is from Hamburg, New York and attended Hamburg High School. He attended Stony Brook Unversity from 2012-2017, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and Applied Mathematics. At Stony Brook, he played rugby and was the team’s captain. He played on the Liberty All-Stars against the Republic of Texas All-Stars in August 2017 in a match in Bermuda that preceded the Saracens versus the USA Islanders. Bryan then attended the Unversity of Essex in Colchester, the…

The New England Free Jacks signed Sean McElhinney for their exhibition season. The 23-year-old hooker/No.8 is 6’0″ and 215 lbs. Sean is from Woburn, Massachusetts and attended Arlington Catholic High School, graduating in 2014. He began playing rugby in 2016 and was on the Massachusetts Select side. He then attended Northeastern University from 2014-2019 and was a hooker and then a back row. The team played in the D1A Rugby Liberty Rugby Conference. He played rugby sevens for the Northeast Rugby Academy in 2016 at the New York Sevens, with the Mystic River Rugby Collegiate Select XV tour to Montreal,…

The New England Free Jacks have signed Peter Haxton for their exhibition season. The 28-year-old loosehead prop is 5’10” and 270 lbs. Peter is from Woburn, Massachusetts and attended St. John’s Preparatory School. He played football and also rugby there along with USA Men’s Eagles and Rugby United New York player, Nate Brakeley. Following his graduation, he attended Bucknell University from 2009-2013, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. He played rugby with the team, was the team’s President, and was the Intermural Sports Coordinator at Bucknell. Peter is employed as an engineer at Vention Medical Advanced Components Advanced Polymers and…

The New England Free Jacks have added Timothée Guillimin to the team for 2019. The 23-year-old flyhalf is 5’10” and 185 lbs. Timothée played with Austin Elite Rugby from 2017- 2019. Timothée began playing rugby from the age of 6. He has played in the European Challenge Cup game with Agen, as well as the French National U18 and U16 teams. He joined the Austin Huns and helped take them to a national championship in 2017. Timothée attended high schools College Capouchiné and Lycée Jean Moulin. He also attended college at both UFR STAPS Montpellier and DUT GACO Agen. At…