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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.

Glendale Raptors Returns Kelepi Fifita for 2020

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The Glendale Raptors re-signed Kelepi Fifita for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old tighthead prop is 6’1″ and 255 lbs. The 2020 MLR season will be his third season with the Raptors. In 2019 he played 627 minutes in 14 games. He carried the ball 57 times for 294 meters, made 85 tackles, had 1 lineout take, and made 1 offload. Kelepi is from Phoenix, Arizona and attended Central High School. He was a four-year Varsity football player and achieved both First and Second Team All-State honors, was a two-time Defensive Player of the Year and MVP, and…

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Glendale Raptors Blake Rogers Returns for 2020

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The Glendale Raptors re-signed Blake Rogers to his third Major League Rugby contract with the team. The 25-years-old prop is 6’1″ and 265 lbs. During the 2019 season, Blake played 678 minutes in 15 games. He had 68 carries for 376 meters and made 58 tackles. Blake also had 4 linebreaks and 3 tackle breaks. Blake is from Colusa, California and went to Jesuit High School Sacramento from 2008-2012. He played football for 4 years, baseball as a Freshman and Sophomore, and rugby beginning his Junior year. He was first exposed to rugby in 8th grade at age 13. Blake…

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Seattle Seawolves Eric Duechle

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The Seattle Seawolves have re-signed flanker Eric Duechle for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 33-year-old flanker is 6’4″ and 245 lbs. During the 2019 MLR season, he played in all 18 matches in winning back-to-back MLR Championships. He scored three tries, carried 96 times for 701 meters and had five line breaks. He made 183 tackles, the 4th highest on the team, and played 793 minutes. Following the season, Eric made many team appearances as part of the club’s community outreach. He won the 2019 USA Club National 7s Championship with Washington Athletic Club and will be playing…

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Glendale Raptors Marco Fepulea’i 2020 Profile

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Glendale Raptors re-signed Marco Fepuleai for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old prop is 6’0″ and 262 lbs. During the 2019 MLR season, Marco played in 10 matches for 496 minutes and had 1 try. He made 70 carries for 334 meters, made 59 tackles and had 1 lineout take. He also had 1 linebreak, 3 tackle breaks, and 1 offload. After the season, Marco returned to New Zealand and played with Auckland in the Mitre 10 Cup. Marco is from Auckland, New Zealand and comes from a family that has produced two All Blacks. His uncles Pat…

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NOLA Gold Re-Signs Malcolm May

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NOLA Gold Rugby Club re-signed Malcolm May for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 23-year-old (24 in March) back row is 6’1″ and 232lbs. Malcolm played in two matches for NOLA Gold in 2019 as an injury curtailed his season. He played 41 minutes, had 2 carries for 10 meters, made 8 tackles and had 1 lineout take. The 22-years-old May is from Chicago, Illinois and went to St. Ignatius College Preparatory School. In high school, he played football as a running back and defensive end. He also played rugby in high school and was honored in both 2012…

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Seattle Seawolves Signs David Busby

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The Seattle Seawolves signed David Busby for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old (26 in Feb.) wing/fullback is 6’0″ and 200lbs. David is from Portadown, Northern Ireland and attended Portadown College and Queen’s University. In 2011 he joined Ulster’s U20 Academy and won the Interprovincial Championship in 2012. He then moved to Australia for a year and played for Brother’s Rugby Club. He returned home to attend Queen’s University and played for the Ireland U20s in the age-grade Six Nations. David played for Ulster in the PRO 14 competition, the Ireland Sevens Team in several tournaments in 2016-2017,…

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Seattle Seawolves Signs Harry Davies

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The Seattle Seawolves signed Harry Davies for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old fullback is 6’4″ and 225lbs. Harry is from Llantrisant, Wales and began playing rugby with Llantrisant Rugby Football Club. He attended Coleg Morgannwg from 2010-2012 majoring in Mechanical Engineering and then went to Cardiff University from 2010-2016 earning a Bachelor of Engineering Degree. At 17, he joined the Cardiff Blues Academy side making 26 appearances and scoring eight tries. He progresses to the senior side, making five appearances and scored one try in the LV Cup against the Newcastle Falcons in 2014. He also trained…

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Seattle Seawolves Re-Signs Vili Toluta’u

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The Seattle Seawolves signed Vili Toluta’u for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. During the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Vili helped the Seawolves win back-to-back MLR Championships. The 24-years-old (25 in January) flanked is 6’0″ and 235 lbs. During the 2019 season, he was limited to playing in 4 games, including coming back to play in the Championship. He sustained a broken leg early in the season which limited his playing time to 207 minutes. He scored 1 try, had 57 carries for 419 meters and made 56 tackles. Vili is from Tavutoka, Tongatapu, Tonga, but grew up in Wailuku,…

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Seattle Seawolves Adds FP Pelser

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The Seattle Seawolves signed Floris Petrus ‘FP’ Pelser for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 24-year-old lock is 6’6″ and 260lbs. Pelser is from Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa and attended Hoërskool Witteberg where he graduated in 2013. He played with the Northern Free State Griffons U18 side and contributed to their undefeated run during Craven Week. He then moved to Western Province in 2014 to join their U19 side and helped the team to win the age-grade Currie Cup that year. Pelser then joined the Golden Lions academy side and helped the Golden Lions U21’s win back-to-back Currie…

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NOLA Gold Re-Signs Kevin O’Connor

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NOLA Gold Rugby Club has re-signed Kevin O’Connor for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old back row and is 6’1″ and 220 lbs. Kevin played in three matches for NOLA Gold in 2019. He made the most of his 69 minutes of playing time with 9 carries for 37 meters and made 16 tackles. Kevin is from San Mateo, California. He attended St. Ignatius College Prep from 2008-2012, playing football, basketball, and soccer. He then attended Saint Mary’s College of California from 2012-2017, earning a BBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance. He also played rugby at St Mary’s and…

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NOLA Gold Re-Signs Ross Depperschmidt

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NOLA Gold Rugby Club has signed Ross Depperschmidt for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old center is 6’0″ and 215 lbs. Ross is from Flower Mound, Texas and attended Edward S. Marcus High School where he played football and baseball. He then went to the University of Alabama from 2012-2016, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and continued a the University and earned a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2018. Ross played rugby while at  Alabama and was the co-captain of the team from 2015-2017, the Vice President from 2015-2016, Alumni Chairperson in 2016-2017, and Assistant…

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Houston SaberCats Signs Boyd Wiggins

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The Houston SaberCats signed Boyd Wiggins for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old prop is 6’2″ and 270lbs. Boyd was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and moved as a youth to Auckland, New Zealand where he attended Westlake Boys High School through 2011. He played rugby at Westlake with the team winning the North Harbour 1st XV title. Boyd then attended the University of Auckland from 2012-2015. In 2013 represented New Zealand at the U20s World Championship in France in 2013. He played with Marist North Harbour from 2015-2018 in the ITM Cup (Mitre 10 Cup) and since 2018…

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San Diego Legion Signs Ma’a Nonu

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San Diego Legion signed New Zealand All Blacks Ma’a Nonu for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 37-year-old center is 6’0″ and 238lbs. Ma’a is from Wellington, New Zealand and attended First Strathmore Park Primary School and then Rongotai College. He played his amateur rugby for Oriental Rongotai, the Wellington Secondary Schools from 1999-2000, and Wellington U19s in 2001. He also played rugby league as a youth. He played for Wellington from 2002-2015, Super Rugby for the Hurricanes from 2003-2015, the Ricoh Black Rams in 2011-12 in Japan, the Blues in 2012, Highlanders in 2013, Toulon in the Top…

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Glendale Raptors Announce 2020 MLR Squad

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Glendale Raptors Release It’s great to be able to update our Colorado rugby family on the squad we have put together ahead of the coming MLR campaign. Our staff has been working diligently over the past several months in planning for a new and improved team environment for the 2020 Raptors season. A big part of this was recruiting players who bought into a team-first, win now mindset, and personally, I’m extremely excited to welcome our new additions to Colorado. A lot of time has gone into listening to players on our previous MLR squads and making important adjustments and…

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