Jordan Brown

Australian lock Jordan Brown represented Rugby ATL in Major League Rugby during their final season in Atlanta in 2023. He also represented the Toronto Arrows during the 2024 season.

Rugby ATL announced the signing of the 6’7 Brown in November 2022 ahead of the 2023 season. The then-21yo served mainly a reserve role in the Rugby ATL squad, earning 6 caps and 3 starts in his debut MLR season, scoring 1 try. On 31st July 2023, just days before Rugby ATL announced that a new onwership group had taken over and the team would be leaving Atlanta for Los Angeles, Jordan Brown was traded to the Toronto Arrows along with ATL standout Rewita Biddle in exchange for a 2024 International Player slot and 2024 Salary Cap Considerations (undisclosed). Toronto had a good relationship with Rugby ATL having spent the entire 2021 MLR season camped in Georgia, and picked up a number of players from ATL when their relocation was announced.

Contract Status: Signed through 2024

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Ben Strang

New Zealand hooker Ben Strang played in Major League Rugby between 2023-2025. He represented Rugby ATL (2023) and Rugby FC LA (2024-2025).

He was signed by ATL in November 2022 on a long term deal that would have seen him in Atlanta through the 2025 MLR season. He has previously represented Manawatu in New Zealand’s NPC but on 30th June 2023 the Southland Stags announced Strang’s signing for their 2023 NPC season. Strang was born in Maryland and so qualifies as a domestic player in Major League Rugby.

He scored 1 try in 4 appearances (1 start) during 2023, gaining over 100m and completing 24 tackles in limited game time. Following the 2023 season, MLR and Rugby ATL announced that the ownership of the team had changed, and that the new ownership group would be relocating to Los Angeles (who had been without a team since the demise of the LA Giltinis) for the 2024 season, and the identity of Rugby FC LA was revealed in December 2023. Strang followed the team to Los Angeles and enjoyed a solid 2024 season, appearing in all 16 of RFCLA’s games, earning 11 starts and scoring 5 tries. He ran for just under 500m gained and finished 10th in MLR tackling, with 170 tackles completed. RFCLA missed the playoffs, but enjoyed solid performances for their inaugural season.

Strang had a contract through the 2025 MLR season with Rugby ATL, and it’s unclear if that contract has transferred to RFCLA, or if they had signed a new contract for the 2024 season. Regardless, on December 12th, 2024, Rugby FC LA confirmed the return of Ben Strang for their sophomore season in 2025.

achievements

10th in MLR Tackling: 2024 (170)
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 18
MLR Team of the Week: 2024 – Rd 12

Rewita Biddle

New Zealand born Fly-half/Fullback Rewita Biddle represented Rugby ATL during their final season in Atlanta, in 2023. He currently represents the Toronto Arrows, with whom he is signed through 2025.

Biddle’s signing was announced by ATL in October 2022 on a 3yr contract, relatively long for the fledgling MLR. He joined from Palmyra RFC in Australia having spent 2021-2022 playing with Slava Moscow in Russia. Biddle proved to be a breakout star for Atlanta during his debut MLR season, earning 13 caps and impressing almost immediately with an excellent try during the season-opening Fire and Ice Cup against the Toronto Arrows. In total, he scored 4 tries and 32pts in his debut year, gaining close to 1000m.

On 31st July 2023, just days before Rugby ATL announced that a new onwership group had taken over and the team would be leaving Atlanta for Los Angeles, Rewita Biddle was traded along with promising Australian lock Jordan Brown to the Toronto Arrows in exchange for an International Player slot and Salary Cap Considerations in 2024. Toronto had a good relationship with Rugby ATL having spent the entire 2021 MLR season camped in Georgia, and picked up a number of players from ATL when their relocation was announced.

Contract Status: Signed through 2025

Achievements:

MLR Team of the Week: 2023 – Week 10
MLR Team of the Week: 2023 – Week 1

Jack Shaw

English born, Canadian raised winger Jack Shaw played in Major League Rugby between 2023-2025. He represented Rugby ATL (2023) and Rugby FC LA (2024-2025).

Born in England but raised in Canada, Shaw played rugby throughout high school at Shawnigan Lake School, before attending Bishop’s University where he was named Rookie of the Year in his freshman year, and helping the Rugby team advance to the Canadian University Championships. Shaw was selected for the Canada U20 side in 2020, and he played with the Canada Sevens team at the RAN Sevens tournament in Trinidad in November 2024. Upon his graduation, Shaw declared for the 2022 MLR Collegiate Draft where he was selected in the 2nd Round, 22nd Overall by Rugby ATL.

Rugby ATL signed Jack Shaw for their 2023 MLR campaign, where he scored 4 tries in 10 games (9 starts) and gained over 600m in an impressive rookie season. Following that season, Shaw followed the franchise as they relocated to Los Angeles after a change in ownership, and represented the newly named Rugby FC LA in 2024, scoring another 4 tries in 14 games (13 starts) during RFCLA’s inaugural season. On December 6th, 2024, RFCLA confirmed the return of Jack Shaw for the 2025 MLR season where he scored his 9th MLR try and gained 129m in possession in limited game time, starting 2 of his 3 appearances to help RFCLA qualify for the postseason for the first time in team history.

Following the 2025 Campaign, RFCLA and the San Diego Legion announced that the two MLR sides were merging to create the California Legion. This, coupled with MLR re-defining ‘domestic player’ to no longer include Canadian talent, forced Jack Shaw to step away from MLR. During this uncertainty Shaw was included in the Canadian Pacific Nations Cup squad, and he earned his test debut when he started against Tonga in the 3rd Place Playoff on September 20th, 2025. Following his test debut at XVs level, Shaw re-joined the Canadian Men’s Sevens team, featuring for the Maple Leafs at their HSBC SVNS Series D3 weekend in Dubai in January 2026.