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 signed Jason Damm at Back Row for the 2019 Major League Rugby season. The former Clemson University Collegiate All-American is 23-years-old, 6’3″, and 245 lbs. Jason is from Atlanta, Georgia, but grew up in Fort Mill, South Carolina. He attended Nation Ford High School and played football. He then attended Clemson University from 2013-2017, earning a BS in Biological Sciences. Jason helped Clemson Rugby to becoming back-to-back Atlantic Coast Rugby League Championships, defeated Arkansas State in the 2015 Varsity Cup and advanced to the Varsity Cup Quarterfinals in 2017 against Cal. The team also played in the Las…