New England Free Jacks added Naulia Dawai for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 32-year-old back row is 6’2″ and 238 lbs. Naulia is from Fiji and is married with two young children. He moved to New Zealand in 2011 and played club rugby with Southland before breaking playing in the National Provincial Championship in 2013. From 2014-2016 he made 27 appearances for Otago in the NPC. From 2016 to 2018 he played at Connacht in the Guinness PRO14. During the 2018-2019 season, he returned to Otago and made 26 appearances. He also played for the Asia Pacific Dragons…

The New England Free jacks signed Brad Hemopo for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old (25 in September) loose forward, who is capable of filling in at lock, is 6’4″ and 254 lbs. Brad was born in New Zealand. He is athletic, explosive and played for the Christchurch Boys HS 1st XV before being selected for the NZ Secondary Schools Barbarians. He was an NZ U20 trialist, has played with Canterbury Development, was the University of Canterbury Player of the Year in 2017. Brad played with the New Zealand Maori U21s, Provincial Rugby Sevens with Canterbury, and some…

The New England Free Jacks signed Evan Geist for the 2020 season. The 25-year-old back row is 6’2″ and 235 lbs. He played with the team during the team’s 2019 exhibition season. 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…

The New England Free Jacks signed Pago Haini (Pagopagohokma Taeaomua Haini) for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old No.8 is 6’1″ and 232 lbs. He played for the team during the team’s 2019 exhibition and was a key Cara Cup contributor. Pago was born in American Samoa and grew up in Samoa (Western Samoan). He then attended St Joseph College, a well-known rugby school in Samoa before receiving a Rugby/Academic scholarship to attend Churchie, Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He then went to Wellington to attend Victoria University before migrating to the USA. Pago played rugby…

The New England Free Jacks signed Owen Hundt to a two-year contract in 2019 through the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He played in all 2018-2019 team exhibition season matches and excelled in the Cara Cup. The 21-year-old flanker is 6’2” and 225 lbs. Owen attended St. Edward High School and played rugby with Black Pirate RFC. He was a four-time All-Ohio All-Star and a 2016 All-American. In 2015 he participated in the Portugal Rugby festival and during the Summer, played for the Glendale Raptors in 7s. In 2016 he played with Atlantis Rugby in the Las Vegas Invitational and…

The New England Free Jacks have signed  Jon Kokinda for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 34-year-old openside flanker is 5’9″ and 200 lbs. He played with the team during the 2018-2019 exhibition season. Jon also played for the Boston Mystics in the MLR Spring exhibition season. Jon is from Wakefield, Massachusetts and has played rugby for 15 years. He attended Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. He played rugby while there and then played club rugby for the Middlesex Barbarians prior to their merger with Mystic River Rugby Club. He…

The New England Free jacks re-signed Jackson Thiebes for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. He played for the New England Free Jacks during the team’s the 2018-2019 exhibition season and was part of the Cara Cup squad. He was then loaned to Rugby United New York before returning to the Free Jacks to start against Lansdowne FC. The 25-year-old lock is 6’5″ and 265 lbs. Jackson was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Kalispell, Montana. He attended Glacier High School,  earning two varsity letters in football. Following his graduation, he attended Lewis & Clark College in 2012 and…

The New England Free Jacks re-signed Conor Kindregan for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 27-year-old lock is 6’4″ and 265 lbs. He played with the team during the 2019 exhibition season Conor is from Athenry, Ireland and attended Presentation College Athenry from 2004-2010. He then attended the University of Limerick from 2010-2015, earning a Bachelors of Science Degree in Wood Science & Technology. While at the University of Limerick on scholarship, he played soccer, hurling and track, and field. In the latter, he ran the 60-meter dash indoors and 100 meters outdoors. Conor played rugby for Ireland Under-18s…