Austin Elite Rugby Signs Uruguay Fullback Rodrigo Silva for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. He is 26-years-old, 6’0″, and 190 lbs. Rodrigo is from Montevideo, Uruguay and played club rugby for Carrasco Polo Club at the Campeonato Uruguayo de Rugby. He made his debut for the Uruguay National Team on November 11, 2012, against Portugal and he last played on November 24, 2018, against Romania. He has played in 52 matches, starting 47 of them, including playing in all four 2015 Rugby World Cup ones. Six of the matches were against the USA Selects, Argentina XV (3 times), and…

Austin Elite Rugby signed Canada center Doug Fraser for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. He is 26-years-old, 5’8″ and 205 lbs. Doug is from Ladysmith, British Columbia and attended Ladysmith Secondary School from 2005-2010. He then attended the University of Victoria from 2010-2015, earning a BA in History with a focus on British Columbia and Canadian History and a Minor in Political Science. While playing for UVics for five years, the team won two national championships. Doug has also played representative rugby with the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship and against England Counties in 2016. He also…

Austin Elite Rugby signed Brendan Rams for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. The 29-year-old hooker/prop is 6’1″ and 282 lbs. Brendan is from South Africa and attended St. Albans School and St. Albans College in Pretoria. He played age-grade rugby with the Blue Bulls Rugby Union from the Under-16s through the Senior level. He also played with the University of Pretoria (Tuks), Pumas Under-21s senior level, and Valke senior level. In 2014 he moved to Austin, Texas and played for the Austin Blacks and Austin Huns. He also was signed to the Denver Stampede in 2016, but a preseason…

Austin Elite Rugby signed Mickaël Romera for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. He initially signed with the team in June 2018 in time for the Round 9 match against the San Diego Legion. The 21-year-old scrumhalf turns 22 on February 1. He is 5’7″ and 165 lbs and started in the first preseason against the Houston SaberCats on January 11, 2019. Mickaël is from Montpellier, France and began playing rugby at age 5. He attended Lycée Moulin Beziers and Lycée Jean Moulin. Mickaël spent most of his rugby career playing for Montpellier. In 2016 he played for France Under-19s…

Austin Elite Rugby signed Sione Fangaiuiha for his second Major League Rugby season with the club. The 25-year-old is 6’3′ and 220 lbs. Austin Elite Rugby had one preseason match against the Houston SaberCats winning 14-10 on January 11, 2019, as Sione started at outside center. The team opens their 2019 regular season on Saturday, January 26 away against the SaberCats. Sione Fangaiuiha grew up in Canberra, Australia and has been playing rugby since the age of 10. His past teams include the Tuggeranong Vikings under 18s, Wests Lions rugby first-grade side, ACT rugby league school boys, the Canberra Raiders…

Austin Elite Rugby signed Mason Pedersen for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. The 22-year-old prop is 6’1″ and 250 lbs. Mason was a key contributor for Austin Elite Rugby Club in 2018 and during the Fall played with Vancouver Rowing Club in the British Columbia CDI Premier League. Mason joined the Austin Huns for the 2017 season and helped the team win their first USA Rugby Club Division 1 Championship. Mason went to Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California. Upon graduation, he attended college at the University of Arizona in 2014, majoring in Finance. He also participated…