The Utah Warriors signed Tyler Fisher for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old center is 6’3″ and 240 lbs. Tyler is from Westville, South Africa and attended the Westville Boys’ High School. He played youth rugby with the Sharks from 2009-2014. He played for the U16s in the 2009 Grant Khomo Week and in 2012 in the U19s Provincial Championship. He attended the University of South Africa from 2012 to 2015, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Marketing and Management. Tyler was selected for the South Africa U20s tour to Argentina in 2013. He made his…

The Utah Warriors signed Michael Baska for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 25-year-old scrumhalf/fullback is 6’1″ and 185 lbs. Michael played for NOLA Gold in 2018 and in 2019. Last year he played in 12 matches for 157 minutes and had 1 try. He also made 16 carries for 94 meters, had 4 line breaks and 1 tackle break, made 3 kicks for 87 meters, and made 19 tackles. Michael played for NOLA Gold at the 2019 Rugbytown 7s and during the Fall 2019 season with the Kansas City Blues. Michael is from Overland, Kansas and attended Saint…

Utah Warriors signed Hagen Schulte for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 26-year-old flyhalf/fullback is 6’0″ and 210 lbs. He will be 27 in January. Hagen is from Christchurch, New Zealand. He attended S.t Bebe’s College in Christchurch and then went to Lincoln University. He qualified to play for Scotland based on his grandmother is Scottish, however, he elected to play for Germany which he also was qualified. Hagen played club rugby for Marist Albion in Christchurch, New Zealand and was the top scorer in the Canterbury league before signing for the Warriors. He also played for Canterbury at…

The Utah Warriors have re-signed Josh Whippy for his third Major League Rugby season in 2020. The 29-year-old fullback/wing is 6’2″ and 215 lbs. Josh played 529 minutes in 11 matches in 2019 and scored 3 tries. He made 62 carries for 580 meters, had 4 line breaks, 6 tackle breaks, made 35 tackles, and kicked twice for 69 meters. Josh played with Park City Haggis in the USA Club 7s Nationals in 2019 and at the Rugbytown 7s for Tiger Rugby Josh’s and his twin brother Jared suffered broken legs in successive weeks for the Warriors in 2018. Both…

The Utah Warriors re-signed Jared Whippy for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 29-year-old fullback is 5’11” and 225 lbs. The Warriors announced his return to the team in 2019, however, he did not play as he was still recovering from his 2018 leg injury. The 2018 MLR season was one that the Whippy family would rather forget. First, his twin brother Josh broke his leg in the final preseason match against the Wolfpack and then Jared broke his leg against Austin Elite Rugby. He was born in Suva, Fiji and raised in New Zealand. He attended Church College…

The Utah Warriors will have Tonata Lauti returning for the 2020 Major League Rugby season. The 30-year-old wing, who turns 31 in December, is 5’8″ and 185 lbs. During 2019, he played 730 minutes in 10 matches and scored 2 tries. He also carried 72 times for 802 meters, made 7 line breaks and 2 tackle breaks, made 39 tackles and kicked twice for 93 meters. Tonata was on the All-MLR first team in the 2018 season and was the leading try-scorer in the league. He is originally from Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga and is one of thirteen children. His family…

The Utah Warriors signed Fetu’u Vainikolo for a third season in 2020. The 33-year-old wing and center, who will be 34 in January, is 6’0″ and 220 lbs. Fets continued to impress during 2019. He played 923 minutes in 15 matches and scored 6 tries. He carried 80 times for 926 meters, had 15 line breaks, 11 tackle breaks, and made 38 tackles. His speed, elusiveness in the open field, and power made him a dangerous offensive threat to opposing teams, as his 2018 and 2019 MLR opponents have discovered. Look for him to excel in 2020 again. The Utah…