Caleb Meyer

Malcolm May

Chicago native Malcolm May played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2026. He represented the NOLA Gold (2019-2025) and the Chicago Hounds (2026).

Malcolm May signed with the NOLA Gold for the 2019 MLR season, although he only played a single game during his debut season in 2019 before injury forced him to the sidelines for the year. He appeared in all 5 games before the 2020 season was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, and his appearances per season only increased season-on season since then, and he appeared in all 16 of the Gold’s games in 2023. Through his first 5 seasons with NOLA, May earned 42 MLR caps (25 starts) and scored 3 tries, with 2 of these coming in 2023 when he racked up career highs of 453m gained and 138 successful tackles.

On 16th October 2023, the NOLA Gold announced that they had signed Malcolm May through the 2024 MLR season, where he earned a career-high 15 starts in 16 games, scoring 3 tries (doubling his MLR total) as the Gold qualified for the playoffs for the first time in team history, falling to the Chicago Hounds 21-45 at home. On January 8th, 2025, the NOLA Gold confirmed the return of Malcolm May for a 7th season in New Orleans in 2025 following a stand out year the season before. May scored a 7th career MLR try and started 2 of his 3 appearances for the Gold in 2025 before suffering a season-ending injury early in the campaign.

Following the news in August 2025 that the NOLA Gold would be withdrawing from Major League Rugby, Malcolm May returned to his native Chicago and on 20th November 2025, the Chicago Hounds announced the signing of the veteran MLR lock for their 2026 season, May’s 8th in the competition.

Achievements:

2023 NOLA Gold Forward of the Year
MLR Team of the Week: 2023 – Round 5

Shawn Riley

Ohioan winger Shawn Riley played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2020. He represented the NOLA Gold for his entire MLR career.

A native of Wooster, OH, Shawn Riley attended Notre Dame College, represented their rugby team as well as Southern Pines RFC at club level. He represented the Ohio Aviators during the short-lived PRO Rugby competition in 2016. Riley joined the NOLA Gold in 2019, earning his MLR debut and 2 appearances (1 start) during the season and returned for the Gold the following year, impressing in the pre-season and earning another 1 start in 2 appearances before the MLR season was cancelled after just 5 rounds.

Riley played both Sevens and 15s at a high level, representing the USA Hawks Sevens side, and the USA South Panthers at 15s. He also returned to represent the Ohio Aviators at the World Tens Series in Bermuda in November 2020.

On 27th January 2021, the NOLA Gold confirmed that Shawn Riley had passed away at the age of 30 due to severe complications following heart surgery. In his honour, the NOLA Gold established the Shawn Riley Heart of Gold award as part of their end of season awards.

Kevin O’Connor

Kyle Baillie

Canadian lock/back row Kyle Baillie played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2025. He represented the NOLA Gold (2019-2021), the Toronto Arrows (2022), Old Glory DC (2023) and the New England Free Jacks (2024-2025).

Born in Alberta and raised on Prince Edward Island, Baillie started his professional career in 2015 for the Eastern Suburbs in Australia’s Shute Shield competition before playing with the Ohio Aviators in the short-lived PRO Rugby competition in 2016. Baillie headed to the UK following his year with Ohio, earning a trial with Saracens in the English Premiership before a dislocated shoulder prevented a long term contract, and played with London Scottish in the English Championship for the 2017/18 season. He earned his international debut for Canada in February 2016, earning over 30 caps since then, including most recently during Canada’s 2-game tour of Spain in November 2023, against Spain and Brazil.

He returned to North American professional rugby in 2019, signing with the NOLA Gold for that year’s MLR season. He played with the Gold for 3 MLR seasons, earning 20 caps (all starts) and captaining the team 12 times between 2020-2021. On October 18th 2021, the NOLA Gold traded Baillie to the Toronto Arrows in exchange for for Salary Cap Considerations in 2022 (unknown). Baillie earned a further 10 caps with Toronto in 2022 (7 starts), scoring 1 try.

On March 22nd 2023, before appearing in any games in 2023, Baillie was traded by the Toronto Arrows to Old Glory DC in exchange for Salary Cap Considerations in 2024 (unknown). The then 32-yo Baillie appeared in 9 games for the Flags in the 2023 season (all starts), scoring 2 tries as DC earned their first ever post-season appearance, making it all the way to the Eastern Conference Final before falling 25-7 to eventual champions, the New England Free Jacks. On 3rd November 2023, the Free Jacks announced that they had signed Baillie ahead of the 2024 MLR season. He appeared in a career-high 16 games in 2024, including 11 starts (also a career high), completing over 130 tackles as the Free Jacks entered the post season as the top of the Eastern Conference. The Free Jacks defeated Old Glory DC and the Chicago Hounds to earn a spot in their 2nd final in two years, and defeated the Seattle Seawolves 11-20 in the final to lift the 2024 Shield in a game that Baillie started. For his 2024 performance, Baillie was selected as a part of the All-MLR Second XV.

Following Round 1 of the 2025 season, the New England Free Jacks announced the return of Kyle Baillie for the 2025 season.

Achievements:

MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 7
2024 MLR Champion: New England Free Jacks
2024 All-MLR Second XV
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 15
MLR Team of the Week: 2023 – Rd 16
MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Rd 1

Cam Dolan

Florida native Cam Dolan played in Major League Rugby between 2018-2025. He represented the San Diego Legion (2018) and the NOLA Gold (2019-2025).

Dolan has represented the USA at U17, U18, and U20 levels, as well as Sevens in 2011. He earned his debut with the Senior USA Eagles on 19th June 2013 against Fiji and represented his country at the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cups. He has earned 66 international caps to date and that will increase with his selection to the USA squad for their November Internationals in Spain.

Cam Dolan earned 6 caps with the San Diego Legion (all starts) during the league’s inaugural 2018 season, earning an All-MLR First XV Selection before signing with the NOLA Gold in November, ahead of the 2019 season. Dolan has earned 60 of his 66 MLR Caps for the Gold since 2019 (64 starts total, 58 for NOLA), starting all 16 games of their 2022 campaign. He has scored 14 tries total (all for the Gold) including a high of 5 in 2021 and 4 in 5 games to start the 2020 season prior to it’s cancellation. He gained over 400m with ball in hand in 2023, also racking up 114 successful tackles in 15 games (14 starts).

On 23rd October 2023, the NOLA Gold announced that they had extended Cam Dolan through the 2025 MLR season. Dolan added a 15th try in 2024, starting 7 of his 9 appearances to take both his appearances and starts total over 70. He also recorded another 45 tackles to bring his career total over 600. On December 26th, 2024, the Gold confirmed the return of Cam Dolan for 2025, as expected. Dolan earned 10 starts in 11 appearances for the Gold in 2025, adding another 73m and 83 tackles to his career totals in a disappointing year for NOLA, who missed out on the playoffs with a 4-12 records, finishing 5th in the Eastern Conference. On 19th June 2025, Cam Dolan announced his retirement on Instagram.

Achievements:

MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Round 12
MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Round 2
T-2nd in League Try Scoring: 2020 (4)
MLR Team of the Week: 2020 – Round 1
All-MLR Second XV Selection: 2019
MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Round 12
MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Round 1
All-MLR First XV Selection: 2018
MLR Team of the Week: 2018 – Round 6
MLR Team of the Week: 2018 – Round 3

Kevin Sullivan

Matt Harmon

Illinois native Matt Harmon played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2025. He represented the NOLA Gold for his entire MLR career.

Harmon attended Lake Forest High School, playing rugby with the Lake Forest Harriers and helping them to back-to-back State Championships in 2012 & 2013. He attending the University of Kansas until 2015, Captaining the rugby tema that year before transferring to Life University, playing with the Running Eagles between 2016-2018. Harmon won the D1A National Championship while at Life, and was named a Collegiate All-American.

Harmon has represented the NOLA Gold for 7 MLR seasons to date, earning 73 appearanced and 45 starts in that span, completing over 400 tackles and gaining 860m as a front row. He came off the bench in NOLA’s first ever playoff game against the Chicago Hounds in the 2024 Eastern Conference Semifinals, and on December 17th, 2024, the NOLA Gold confirmed the return of Matt Harmon for his 8th MLR season in 2025.

Ignacio Dotti

Uruguayan internationally capped lock Ignacio Dotti played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2022, and again between 2024-2025. He represented the NOLA Gold between 2019-2022 before spending a season with Peñarol, Uruguay’s representative club in the Super Rugby Americas (formerly SLAR) competition. He returned to MLR in 2024 with Old Glory DC, playing with the Flags through 2025.

Ignacio Dotti’s signing was announced by NOLA in October 2018 ahead of the 2019 MLR season, and he scored 3 of his 4 MLR tries in his debut season, earning 13 caps (12 starts). In his 4 seasons with NOLA, Dotti earned 36 caps (29 starts) before heading back to Uruguay and winning a championship with Peñarol.

Dotti’s return to MLR was announced by Old Glory DC in September 2023 alongside the re-signing of fellow Uruguayan international Facundo Gattas, while the two of them were representing Los Teros at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. Dotti earned 10 appearances (6 starts) for Old Glory DC in the 2024 season, completing 59 tackles to take his career total over 300 (331). On December 20th, 2024, Old Glory DC announced the return of Ignacio Dotti for his 6th MLR season, and second with DC. Dotti scored 1 try and started 4 of his 7 appearances for Old Glory DC in 2025, passing 50 in his MLR career and helping the Flags to a 3rd consecutive postseason appearance following their best ever regular season.

On 28th August, 2025, Old Glory DC posted a farewell message for Dotti. It is unclear if Dotti is retiring, or if he has signed another contract elsewhere.