Peter Milazzo

Canadian flanker Peter Milazzo played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2020. He represented the Toronto Arrows for his entire MLR career.

Milazzo appeared in all 17 games of the Arrows’ inaugural MLR season in 2019, starting 16 of them. He completed 200 tackles and finished T-5th league-wide in tackles. He also appeared in all 5 games in 2020, before the season was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. His only MLR try came in the 2020 season as the Arrows sat with a 4-1 record at the point the season was stopped.

Dan Moor

Canadian winger Dan Moor played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2020. He represented the Toronto Arrows for his entire MLR career.

Moor, a Toronto native, attended Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario between 2009-2013, playing Varsity rugby while there, and spending 2012 as an exchange student at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Moor progressed through the Rugby Ontario system, playing with the Ontario Blues and Balmy Beach RFC before earning his first international cap for Canada in February 2016 against Uruguay in Langford, BC. Moor earned 14 test caps for Canada between 2016-2017, with his final cap coming against the USA in San Diego on 1st July (Canada Day) 2017. Following this cap, Moor continued his education at the University of Oxford from 2017-2018, playing in the famous Varsity Match against Cambridge in 2018 before signing with the Yorkshire Carnegie in the English Championship.

Moor signed with the Toronto Arrows ahead of their inaugural season in MLR in 2019, and captained the side as they earned their first (and only) post-season appearance in their first season. He scored 7 tries and gained over 1,100m with ball in hand, proving himself a formidable winger. He captained the Arrows for their first two years in MLR, appearing in all but 1 Arrows game between 2019-2020 until the 2020 season was cancelled after only 5 rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moor announced his retirement following the shortened 2020 season, just before his 30th birthday. By the time the Arrows withdrew from MLR after the 2023 season, he was still the Arrows’ 2nd highest try scorer, with 11 tries in only 21 games. He finished as T-2nd in league try scoring in 2020, with 4 tries in 4 games before the season shut down.

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  • T-2nd in League Try Scoring: 2020 (4)

Duncan Matthews

South African fullback Duncan Matthews played in Major League Rugby between 2022-2026. He represented the Seattle Seawolves for his entire MLR career.

The Atlantis, Western Cape native played with the U16 Boland Cavaliers in the 2010 Grant Khomo Week, as well as the Springboks U16s. Upon leaving high school Matthews joined the Blue Bulls academy system, playing in the U19s Provincial Championship in 2013 and the U21s the following year, when he also played with the Springboks U20 side. He played in the U21 Provincial Championship again in 2016 before spending 2016-2018 between the Blue Bulls XV and the Blue Bulls Currie Cup side, and also played with the Super Rugby side between 2017-2018. In 2019 Matthews made the move to the Lions, playing with the Golden Lions in the Currie Cup from 2019-2021, and the Lions Super Rugby Side between 2020-2021.

Ahead of their 2022 season, the Seattle Seawolves announced the signing of Matthews, and he impressed in his debut season in North America. He earned 16 appearances (all starts), scoring 7 tries and accumulating 1,489m gained in possession, finishing 3rd in MLR as the Seawolves advanced through a dramatic playoffs to the Championship Final, falling 30-15 to Rugby New York in New York. Through his first 3 seasons with Seattle, Matthews has earned 34 MLR caps (all starts), scoring 11 tries and running for over 3,000m gained, finishing as a 2x MLR Runner-Up in 2022 and again in 2024, starting the 2024 Championship Final against the New England Free Jacks. He returned to Seattle for the 2025 season, and made his first start of the season in Rd 3 against the Houston SaberCats. Matthews’ 2025 was excellent. He scored 6 tries in 13 games (all starts) his 4th MLR season in Seattle and finished as 2025’s top Meter Eater with 1,152m gained, recording his 2nd season with over 1,000m. This pushes him over 4,000m gained in his MLR career. For his great 2025 season, Duncan Matthews was named as the Seattle Seawolves’ 2025 Back of the Year and Players’ Player of the Year, and was also named to the All-MLR Second XV, his 2nd All-MLR nod.

On 29th January 2026, the Seattle Seawolves announced that Duncan Matthews would be returning for his 5th season with the team in 2026.

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Dan Kriel

South African center Dan Kriel played in Major League Rugby between 2022-2026. He represented the Seattle Seawolves for his entire MLR career.

The twin brother of Springboks stalwart Jesse Kriel, Dan was born and raised in Cape Town, playing rugby for Maritzburg College in the U18 Craven Week. Kriel joined the Blue Bulls system out of high school and won the U19 provincial championship before being selected for the Springboks U20 side at the IRB Junior World Championship in 2014. He played in the Provincial Championship between 2014-2015, and 2015 Vodacom Cup as well as the 2015/16 Varsity Cup with the U of Pretoria Tuks. He earned both his Currie Cup and Super Rugby debuts for the Bulls in 2016 before moving to Cape Town and joining the Stormers, where he played in both Super Rugby and the Currie Cup until 2019. In 2019 he joined the Lions, playing in Super Rugby, Currie Cup, and Rainbow Cup competitions.

Kriel joined the Seattle Seawolves in 2022 on a 3yr contract, and was a stalwart in their lineup during his time in MLR. he scored 4 tries in 17 games (all starts) in his debut season as the Seawolves finished as Runners-Up following a 30-15 loss to Rugby New York in the Championship Final. Kriel and the Seawolves have qualified for the post-season in each of his 3 seasons in North America’s top flight, and he’s scored 11 tries in 48 games (all starts), carrying for over 3,200m gained (including a high of 1,314 in 2023 when he finished 6th League-wide) and completing over 400 tackles. Kriel was named to the All-MLR Second XV in 2024, when he and the Seawolves finished as Runners-Up once again after falling to the New England Free Jacks by a score of 11-20.

Kriel was included by the Seattle Seawolves when they announced their full roster for 2025 on January 14th, 2025. He once again started all of his 12 appearances for the Seawolves during the 2025 season, passing 500 career tackles completed with 87 on the season, scoring his 12th career MLR try for Seattle as they squeaked into the postseason, falling to the Utah Warriors in the Western Conference Semifinal. On 11th November 2025, Dan Kriel became the first signing that the Seattle Seawolves announced ahead of their 2026 MLR Campaign.

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Tavite Lopeti

California native Tavite Lopeti played in Major League Rugby between 2022-2025. He represented the Seattle Seawolves (2022-2024), the San Diego Legion (2025), and the Chicago Hounds (2026).

Born and raised in the Bay Area and of Tongan heritage, Tavite Lopeti played basketball and football through high school graduating in 2016, the same year that he represented the USA U19s against Canada. Lopeti attented St. Mary’s College in California and played with the Gaels during his time there, being included on the Collegiate All-American 1st team in 2019, as well as being nominated for the Rudy Scholz Award recognising the best college rugby player in the country. In 2021 he attended a USA u23 High-Performance Camp where Lopeti clearly impressed as it led to his international test debut for the USA Eagles in September 2021, where he scored a try as the Eagles fell 34-21 to Canada in Newfoundland. Through the 2024 July tests, he has earned 12 caps for the USA.

Lopeti declared for the 2021 MLR Collegiate Draft, and was selected 3rd overall by the Seattle Seawolves just prior to making his International debut. He made his MLR debut in the 2022 season where he scored 5 tries in 17 games (15 starts) and carried for just under 1,000m with ball in hand as the Seawolves advanced to the Championship Final before falling 30-15 to Rugby New York in New York. For his efforts in his rookie season, Lopeti was named as MLR Rookie of the Year for 2022. Lopeti has represented the Seattle Seawolves for 3 MLR seasons, scoring 8 tries in 44 games (32 starts). He has already featured in 2 MLR finals for the Seawolves, in 2022 & 2024, unfortunately the Seawolves did not come away with the Shield on those occasions.

On November 13th, 2024, the San Diego Legion announced that they had signed Tavite Lopeti for the upcoming 2025 season in a big move from historic rivals Seattle. In his debut season back in his native California, Lopeti added 2 tries and started 11 of his 15 games for the Legion as they missed out on a post-season spot by a single point…to the Seattle Seawolves. Lopeti completed over 100 tackles for the first time since his rookie season in 2022, taking his career total to just under 400 tackles in 59 games (43 starts) with 10 tries scored and 2,483m gained.

On October 17th, 2025, Tavite Lopeti became the first new signing of the 2025/26 MLR off-season when the Chicago Hounds announced that they had signed him for the 2026 season after representing the San Diego Legion for 1 season.

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