Darcy Breen

Australian prop Darcy Breen played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2025. He represented the San Diego Legion for his entire MLR career.

A former Wallabies U20 player, Breen has played with Sydney University in Australia’s Shute Shield competition between 2019-2023, also earning 9 caps with the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby. Breen joined the San Diego Legion from Sydney University, and his signing was announced on 19th October 2023 ahead of the 2024 MLR season.

Breen appeared in all but 1 of the Legion’s games in 2024, earning 16 appearances (7 starts) for the Legion and racking up just shy of 300m gained as the Legion qualified for the post-season with a solid 11-5 record. Breen came off the bench during the Legion’s only playoff game of 2024, a 30-28 defeat to their rivals, the Seattle Seawolves. On 3rd November 2024, the San Diego Legion announced the return of Darcy Breen for the 2025 MLR season. In his sophomore MLR year, Breen doubled his starts from 7 to starting all 14 of his games, as well as doubling his tackle total from 2024 to 145 in 2025. For his efforts, Darcy Breen was given the 2025 Legionnaire Award in the San Diego Legion’s end of year awards and was an All-MLR Honorable Mention.

achievements

2025 All-MLR Honorable Mention
2025 San Diego Legion Legionnaire Award
MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 17
MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 2
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 12
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 6
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 5

Tommaso Boni

US-eligible Italian centre Tommaso Boni played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2025. He represented Old Glory DC for his entire MLR career.

A native of Mestre in Italy, Boni earned 11 caps for the Italian national team between 2016-18 before reaching out to the USA Eagles, with whom he is eligible for his US-born grandfather. He was selected in the USA squad for their November tour of Spain, where he earned his debut for the USA as Eagle #557. He has 9 caps with the US National Team to date. Boni’s move to Major League Rugby was announced by Old Glory DC on 19th October 2023, who he joined from Italian club Zebre in the URC. In his debut season in North America, Boni completed 99 tackles and ran for 780m gained in 13 games (all starts), he also started Old Glory’s nailbiting Eastern Conference Semifinal clash against the New England Free Jacks.

On December 24th, 2024, Old Glory DC announced the return of Tommaso Boni for his second MLR season in 2025, where he started 3 of his 7 appearances to help the Flags return to the postseason for the 3rd year in a row, where they fell to the Chicago Hounds in the Eastern Conference Semifinal. Following the MLR season on September 12th, 2025, Old Glory DC announced the departure of Boni from the team. On January 28th 2026, Tommaso Boni’s agency ISC announced that the dual-capped international was returning to Italy on a short term deal with Mogliano Rugby in the Italian Serie A Élite.

Brandon Harvey

North Carolina native Brandon Harvey played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2026. He represented the San Diego Legion (2024-2025) and the Chicago Hounds (2026).

Harvey’s signing was announced by the San Diego Legion on 17th October 2023, whom he joined from Cardiff Met University in Wales, where he had been studying since 2021. He was selected as part of the USA U20 team in 2022 and played in the Netherlands. Harvey earned his MLR debut in 2024, starting 3 times and earning 5 appearances in his debut season, and running for over 100m gained in possession.

On 5th November 2024, the San Diego Legion announced the return of Harvey for the 2025 MLR season where he earned a career high 4 starts in 4 games, contributing 22m gained and 39 tackles completed, another career high. Following the 2025 MLR season, Brandon Harvey was included in the USA squad for their Fall internationals, and earned his test debut as Eagle #598 against Georgia in Batumi. After the merging of the San Diego Legion with Rugby FC LA to form the California Legion, Harvey signed a 2-year deal with the Chicago Hounds which was announced by the team on December 19th, 2025.

Manuel Covella

Argentinian centre Manuel ‘Manu’ Covella played in Major League Rugby during the 2024 season. He represented the Dallas Jackals during his debut season in North America.

Covella represented Los Pumitas at u19 level, as well as Los Pumas Sevens. Covella joined from the Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario (GER) in Argentina’s URBA Top 12 competition, with the Dallas Jackals announcing the signing on 17th October 2023 ahead of the 2024 MLR season.

Zurabi Zhvania

Georgian prop/hooker Zurabi Zhvania played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2025. He represented the Chicago Hounds for his entire MLR career.

Prior to his joining MLR, Zhvania played with Wasps in the English Premiership, earning 21 starts and 35 appearanced before the club fell into administration. He then moved to Grenoble in the French Pro D2 between 2021-2023. His signing for the 2024 MLR season was announced by the Chicago Hounds on 16th October 2023. In his debut season in North America, Zhvania scored 2 tries in 5 games (4 starts) for the Hounds before suffering an injury that ruled him out for a huge chunk of the 2024 MLR season.

On January 9th, 2025, the Chicago Hounds confirmed the return of Zurabi Zhvania for a second season with the team in 2025.

Perry Humphreys

English wing/fullback Perry Humphreys played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2027. He represented Old Glory DC for his entire MLR career.

Prior to joining the Flags in the US Capital, Humphreys was a regular in the Worcester Warriors lineup in the English Premiership. He earned over 100 caps with the Warriors between 2014-2022, when the team went into liquidation. Humphreys’ signing was announced by Old Glory DC on 12th October 2023, ahead of the 2024 MLR season.

In his debut MLR season, Humphreys scored 2 tries in 11 games (all starts), gaining over 500m in possession, earning a Team of the Week selection in Round 18 and helping Old Glory DC return to the MLR Post-season for the 2nd year in a row. Humphreys started their Eastern Conference Semifinals clash with the New England Free Jacks, gaining 45m as the Flags ran the Free Jacks close, but fell 29-33 to the eventual Champions. On December 15th, 2024, Old Glory DC confirmed the return of Perry Humphreys for the 2025 season.

On April 29th, 2025, just over half way through the 2025 MLR season, Old Glory DC announced that they had extended Perry Humphreys, keeping him with the Flags through the 2027 MLR season. In 2025 he recorded a career high 594m gained and scored 6 tries in only 12 games to help the Flags qualify for the post-season for the 3rd season in a row. Despite MLR’s shift towards a more domestic focus, Old Glory DC announced the return of Perry Humphreys for the 2026 campaign on 26th November, 2025.

achievements

MLR Player of the Week: 2025 – Rd 12
MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 12
MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 5
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 18

Kirby Myhill

Welsh hooker Kirby Myhill played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2026. He represented the Miami Sharks (2024-2025) and Old Glory DC (2026).

Born in Burry Port in Wales, Myhill attended the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in Lampeter. In his youth he played with his local club, Burry Port RFC, before entering the Scarlets system and playing with their U18 side. At senior level he represented Llanelli RFC in the Welsh premier division, as well as the Scarlets in the Pro14 (now the URC) over 60 times between 2010-2016. He then moved to Cardiff RFC between 2017-2023, earning just shy of 100 Pro14/URC caps between 2017-2023.

Myhill played with the Wales U16 & U20 sides, and is a fully capped Welsh international, earning his debut in October 2021 against the All Blacks as #1,172.

The Miami Sharks released a ‘soft’ announcement of Myhill’s signing on 13th October 2023, along with the signing of fellow welshman Rob Evans. He joined from Cardiff RFC in the United Rugby Championship (URC). Myhill ran for over 200m gained and completed 34 tackles in his 7 games (6 starts) during the Sharks’ respectable MLR season. On November 18th, 2024, the Miami Sharks announced the return of Kirby Myhill for his 2nd season with the team in 2025. In his 2nd season with the Sharks, Myhill recorded over 100 tackles made in 15 games (10 starts), scoring 4 tries on over 100m gained, including a try in the Sharks’ first (and only) postseason appearance in the Eastern Conference Semifinal against the New England Free Jacks.

Following the withdrawal of the Miami Sharks from MLR during the 2025/26 offseason, Kirby Myhill became a free agent and on 20th January, 2026, Old Glory DC announced that they had added the Welsh international to their roster for the 2026 MLR season.

Rob Evans

Welsh prop Rob Evans played in Major League Rugby during the 2024 MLR season, representing the Miami Sharks in their inaugural season in the competition.

Evans is a fully capped Welsh international, having made his debut against Ireland in the 2015 Six Nations. He has represented his country 39 times in total with his latest cap coming against England in March 2020.

The Miami Sharks released a ‘soft’ announcement of Rob Evans’ signing on 13th October 2023, along with fellow Welshman Kirby Myhill. Evans joined from Dragons RFC in the United Rugby Championship (URC).

Dave Kearney

Irish wing/fullback Dave Kearney played in Major League Rugby during the 2024 season. He represented the Chicago Hounds, a team in which he and his brother (fellow Ireland international Rob Kearney) have a minority stake.

Internationally capped 19 times for Ireland, Kearney’s signing was announced by the Hounds on 10th October 2023 following many rumours of the 34yo’s move stateside. He joined the Chicago Hounds from Leinster in the URC, where he made 185 appearances and scored 55 tries across 14 seasons with the Irish province that saw 3 Heineken Cup victories (2011, 2012, 2018), 6 league championships (2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), and a Challenge Cup victory (2013).

Kearney earned 9 MLR appearances for the Hounds in 2024, starting 8 times and amassing over 350m gained as the Hounds recorded their best MLR season to date, qualifying for the post-season where Kearney started the Hounds’ Eastern Conference Final clash against eventual Champions, the New England Free Jacks. Following the 2024 season, Kearney announced in an interview with the Irish Independent that he was retiring.

Divan Rossouw

Namibian winger/fullback Divan Rossouw played in Major League Rugby between 2024-2026. He represented the Seattle Seawolves for his entire MLR career.

Rossouw played with the Blue Bulls academy in South Africa in 2015, before joining the Currie Cup squad in 2016 and the full Bulls Super Rugby team in 2018, earning 40 caps and scoring 4 tries between 2018-2020. In 2020 he moved to the Lions organisation, representing both the Super Rugby side and the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup between 2020-2022. He returned to Namibia towards the end of 2022 to rejoin the national side, with whom he is a fully capped international.

The Seattle Seawolves announced the signing of Divan Rossouw on 7th October 2023, with Rossouw fresh off of Namibia’s 2023 Rugby World Cup campaign in France. In his debut MLR season in 2024, Rossouw appeared in 18 of Seattle’s 19 games (all starts), scoring 6 tries as the Seawolves qualified for the post-season and defeated the San Diego Legion and Dallas Jackals to advance to the team’s 4th MLR final, in which they fell 11-20 to the New England Free Jacks. Rossouw gained a match-high 142m in the Final, taking his season total to 1,492m putting him 2nd in MLR in this category, just 1m ahead of Utah’s Michael Manson. Rossouw was named to the All-MLR Second XV for his efforts during the 2024 season.

Divan Rossouw returned for the Seattle Seawolves in 2025, and had another great year. He started all 17 of the Seawolves’ games in his sophomore season, scoring a career high 8 tries and finishing 4th League-wide with 995m gained in a down year for metres across the league. He also recorded an even 100 tackles completed on defence. For his efforts, Rossouw was named as the Seattle Seawolves’ 2025 Coaches’ Player of the Year and was named to the All-MLR First XV. On 16th December 2025, the Seattle Seawolves announced the return of Divan Rossouw for a 3rd season in MLR in 2026.