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 Chicago Hounds signed tighthead prop Fred Apulu for the remainder of the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old tighthead prop (27 in May) is 6’4 and 270 lbs. He played 26 minutes in one match with San Diego Legion in 2023 and 40 minutes in one match with the LA Giltinis in 2022 where he made his professional debut as a replacement against Seattle in June, Fred is from Fasitoouta, Samoa, and attended Nu’uausala College (NASCO). He later moved to Hawaii to be with his girlfriend Maria, who is his wife and worked there until signing with LA.…