Major League Rugby is a professional USA league that began in 2018 and has teams in the U.S. and in Canada. Current MLR teams include Austin Elite Rugby, Glendale Raptors, Houston SaberCats, New Orleans Gold, Rugby United New York, San Diego Legion, Seattle Seawolves, Toronto Arrows, and the Utah Warriors. In 2020, teams in Atlanta, New England, and Washington, D.C. will join the league and have exhibition matches in 2019.
The Seattle Seawolves re-signed Kellen Gordon for the 2021 Major League Rugby season, his fourth with the team. The 32-year-old loosehead prop/hooker (33 in April) is 6’2″, and 250 lbs. Kellen played 104 minutes in all five 2020 matches as a reserve for the Seawolves. In 2019 he played 648 minutes in 17 matches, starting 5, and scored 2 tries. He carried 40 times for 206 meters, had 1 linebreak, 2 offloads, and made 79 tackles. In 2018 he played 312 minutes in 9 matches, while starting 4 times. Kellen Gordon was born in Kenmore, Washington and started playing rugby…