2023 MLR Draft

2023 MLR Draft
General information
Date(s)	August 17, 2023
Overview
League	Major League Rugby
First selection	Rick Rose, Lock, Miami Sharks
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The 2023 MLR Collegiate Draft was the fourth annual for rugby union in North America, held on August 17, 2023.

Format

The 2023 MLR Collegiate Draft was held on August 17, 2023. Like the previous three iterations, the MLR Collegiate Draft was aired in part on Fox Sports 2. ^[1]

Player Selections

Rd	Pick #	MLR team	Player	Pos.	College
1	1	Miami Sharks	Rick Rose	Lock	St. Bonaventure
1	2	Houston SaberCats	Max Schumacher	Fly-Half	California
1	3	Dallas Jackals	Marques Fualaau	Flanker	Central Washington University
1	4	Chicago Hounds	Noah Brown	Center	Indiana
1	5	Rugby ATL	Matthew Anticev	Fly-Half	Dartmouth College
1	6	New Orleans Gold	Julian Roberts	Fly-Half	Life University
1	7	New Orleans Gold	Clan Darling	Flanker	Lindenwood
1	8	Rugby United New York	Nicholas Lapponese	Number Eight	Fairfield University
1	9	Houston SaberCats	Orrin Bizer	Flanker	Life University
1	10	San Diego Legion	James Rivers	Lock	University of Arizona
1	11	New Orleans Gold	Gabriel Mahuinga	Hooker	BYU
1	12	San Diego Legion	Tyren Al-Jiboori	Wing	Lindenwood
1	13	New England Free Jacks	Gabriel Casey	Inside Center	University of Victoria
2	14	Miami Sharks	Charlie Overton	Lock	Life University
2	15	Toronto Arrows	Louis Millet	Flanker	Bishop's University
2	16	Chicago Hounds	Juan Pen	Tighthead Prop	St. Bonaventure
2	17	Chicago Hounds	Daelan Denenberg	Wing	Santa Clara University
2	18	Rugby ATL	Jackson Zabierek	Hooker	UC Santa Cruz
2	19	Utah Warriors	Josh Halladay	Lock	Trinity Western University
2	20	Utah Warriors	Michael Biagi	Flanker	BYU
2	21	Rugby United New York	Albert O'Shannessey	Flanker	Central Washington University
2	22	Utah Warriors	Abe Turpen	Flanker	University of Arizona
2	23	New England Free Jacks	Junior Gafa	Outside Center	Brown University
2	24	Seattle Seawolves	Scott Bowers	Hooker	Trinity Western University
2	25	San Diego Legion	Michael Ramos	Flanker	University of San Diego
2	26	New England Free Jacks	William Chevalier	Scrum-Half	Indiana
3	27	Miami Sharks	Setu Vole	Tighthead Prop	Lindenwood
3	28	Toronto Arrows	Monty Weatherall	Fly-Half	McGill University
3	29	Dallas Jackals	Connor Olvera	Wing	BYU
3	30	Chicago Hounds	Clayton Means	Inside Center	Lindenwood
3	31	Rugby ATL	Oli Griffiths	Fullback	UCLA
3	32	Dallas Jackals	Ronnie McElligott	Flanker	St. Mary's College
3	33	Utah Warriors	Isaia Kruse	Wing	Fresno State University
3	34	Rugby United New York	Gjergji Bacuku	Loosehead Prop	Hofstra University
3	35	Houston SaberCats	Anton Viera	Flanker	Santa Clara University
3	36	Dallas Jackals	Noah Wright	Wing	Central Washington University
3	37	Rugby ATL	Nathan Beil	Flanker	UCLA
3	38	San Diego Legion	Joseph Hawthorne	Loosehead Prop	St. Bonaventure
3	39	Rugby ATL	Nicholas Hartley	Scrum-Half Prop	Missouri S&T

Source: MLR ^[2]

References

1. "Major League Rugby 2023 Collegiate Draft Set for August 17 at 6:30 PM ET on FS2". Major League Rugby. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
2. "2023 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft Results". Major League Rugby. Retrieved 2025-02-16.