Wisconsin native and high school football player Ben Landry played in Major League Rugby in 2018, and again between 2020-2023. He represented the Glendale Raptors (later the Colorado Raptors) in MLR’s inaugural 2018 season, before spending a season in the English Championship with Ealing Trailfinders. He returned to MLR with the New England Free Jacks in 2020, before moving to the Seattle Seawolves from 2021-2023 and the Chicago Hounds in 2024.

Landry earned his international debut for the United States in the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship while playing for the Denver Stampede in the short-lived PRO Rugby competition. He remained in Colorado for MLR’s inaugural season, earning 4 caps (all starts) and scoring 1 try in his debut MLR season with the Glendale Raptors, finishing as runners-up to the Seattle Seawolves following a 19-23 loss in the Championship Final.

Through his MLR career, Landry earned a total of 39 caps (36 starts) including a high of 16 (all starts) in 2023 where he scored 3 of his 4 MLR tries and racked up over 500m gained. He finished as an MLR Runner-Up twice, with the Raptors in 2018 and again with the Seawolves in 2022, and appeared in 4 Championship Series games in total. He served as Co-Captain of the Seawolves alongside Charles Elton for part of the 2023 season, while regular captain Riekert Hattingh recovered from injury.

In early September 2023, Landry and the Seawolves announced that he was moving on from Seattle to be closer to his family in Wisconsin. On 4th October 2023, the Chicago Hounds announced the signing of Ben Landry for the 2024 season. He scored 2 tries in 8 games (6 starts) for the Hounds that year, earning a MLR Team of the Week selection in Round 8. Following the conclusion of the 2024 season, Landry and the Chicago Hounds announced his retirement with immediate effect due to injury.

Achievements:

• MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 8
• MLR Team of the Week: 2023 – Rd 14
• 2022 MLR Runner-Up: Seattle Seawolves
• MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Rd 11
• MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Rd 1
• 2018 MLR First-XV Selection
• 2018 MLR Runner-Up: Glendale Raptors