A list of current, active Chicago Hounds players and their stats for the current season.
This list can be used to view team leaders in various categories for this season.
League: Major League Rugby
Founded in 2017 with it’s inaugural season played in 2018, Major League Rugby (MLR) is the highest level of professional rugby in North America.
Anthem RC – Active
A list of current, active Anthem RC players and their stats for the current season.
This list can be used to identify team leaders in various categories
Miami Sharks – Active
A list of current, active Miami Sharks players and their stats for the current season.
This list can be used to find franchise leaders for this season in various categories.
2024 Overall MLR Standings
The below table displays the overall standings for the 2024 Major League Rugby season, removing the conferences.
Despite the addition of 2 teams (Miami Sharks and Anthem RC), the league remained a 12-team competition due to the withdrawal of both the Toronto Arrows and Rugby New York Ironworkers from the 2024 season. MLR maintained a similar conference system split into East and West, but the Chicago Hounds moved over to the Eastern Conference, joining the 2 new teams. The rebranded Rugby ATL, Rugby FC LA, joined the Western Conference.
2024 MLR Fixtures/Results
The 2024 Major League Rugby season saw a great deal of change. The league saw both the Toronto Arrows and Rugby New York Ironworkers withdraw, but also saw the addition of the Miami Sharks and a US high performance team, Anthem RC. It also saw the relocation of Rugby ATL to the city of Los Angeles, and rebrand as Rugby FC LA.
The table below lists all the fixtures and results from the 2024 MLR season from Round 1 onwards. The Championship game and Playoff matches will be at the end of this list.
Canadian MLR Players – Active
A list of all Canadian players playing in the current season of MLR, and the stats accrued during that current season.
Canadian MLR Players – All Time
A list of all the Canadian players to have ever played in Major League Rugby, as well as their all-time stats.
This list can be used to find the top Canadian players in various categories.
American MLR Players – Active
A list of all American players playing in the current season of MLR, and the stats accrued during the current season.
American MLR Players – All Time
A list of all the American players to have ever played in Major League Rugby, as well as their stats.
This list can be used to determine the top American MLR players in various categories.
Ethan Parkins
English/American flanker Ethan Parkins played in Major League Rugby during the 2024 season. He represented the Chicago Hounds for his entire MLR career.
Parkins, who was raised in the UK but holds a US passport, attended the Sports-specialty Loughborough University between 2021-2024. He played rugby while at Loughborough and earned a Premiership Rugby Cup debut for the Worcester Warriors in September 2022. Parkins played with the USA Hawks Development Pathway side (which would later become Anthem RC) in 2023, before joining the Chicago Hounds Academy, captaining the side in 2 of their 3 fall 2023 games against San Diego and Toronto (in which may have been the final game played under the Toronto Arrows name), and was named the 2023 Chicago Hounds Academy Player of the Year.
On 16th January 2024, the Chicago Hounds announced the signing of Ethan Parkins to a MLR contract, making him the first player to graduate from the Hounds academy to the MLR side.