CanadaAlberta born prop Djustice Sears-Duru played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2025. He represented the Seattle Seawolves (2019-2021), the LA Giltinis (2022), and the San Diego Legion (2023-2025). Sears-Duru is capped internationally for Canada, earning 64 caps since his debut in 2013, appearing at both RWC 2015 in England, and RWC 2019 in Japan.
The signing of Sears-Duru was announced by the Seattle Seawolves in January 2019, a few months ahead of the start of the 2019 MLR season. In his debut season, he earned 10 caps (7 starts) and started in both of the Seawolves‘ Championship Series games en route to their 2nd Championship victory (and Sears-Duru’s first), a 23-26 victory over the San Diego Legion. Sears-Duru played with the Seawolves for 3 seasons, earning 25 caps (18 starts) before moving to the LA Giltinis in December 2021 ahead of the 2022 season. He earned 13 further caps with the Giltinis, starting 7 times and adding a second try to his MLR resume.
Following the disqualification and subsequent downfall of the LA Giltinis franchise, Djustice Sears-Duru was selected by the New England Free Jacks in the dispersal draft for Austin & LA players, held behind closed doors on 10th November 2023. On 7th December 2023, the New England Free Jacks traded Sears-Duru to the San Diego Legion in exchange for 2023 Salary Cap Considerations (unknown). In his first season with the Legion, he earned 13 caps in the Legion‘s record-breaking 15-1 regular season on the way to the 2023 Championship Final, where they fell 24-25 in the final minutes to the New England Free Jacks. Sears-Duru returned for the 2024 season with the Legion, scoring 1 try in 7 games (2 starts), and passing 300 tackles made in MLR. On 1st November 2024, the San Diego Legion announced the return of Djustice Sears-Duru for his 3rd season in California.
Achievements:
- 2023 MLR Runner-Up: San Diego Legion
- MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Round 4
- 2019 MLR Champion: Seattle Seawolves
- MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Championship Final
- MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Round 17
- MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Round 16