New Zealand prop Morgan Mitchell played in Major League Rugby during the 2019 season, and again in 2023. He represented the Toronto Arrows in their inaugural season in 2019, and the Houston SaberCats (2023).

Mitchell was born with a hearing impairment that evolved to full deafness in 2016. He has a cochlear implant allowing him to hear and continue to play professionally. He is the first deaf player to play in the Mitre 10 (now the Bunnings NPC), and MLR. He has represented the Southland Stags in NZ’s Mitre 10/NPC since 2014 and on 22nd June 2023, the Stags announced that ‘Morgy’ will return for their 2023 NPC season following his year with the SaberCats.

Mitchell scored all 3 of his tries with the Toronto Arrows, starting 13 of his 16 appearanes and completing 139 tackles while gaining over 500m as a prop. Following Toronto’s inaugural season in which they qualified for the postseason, Mitchell headed to Japan after signing with the Kamayashi Seawaves. He played in Japan from 2020-21 before heading back to New Zealand and playing with Southland in the NPC. Morgan Mitchell returned to MLR for the 2023 season, signing with the Houston SaberCats, starting all 14 of his appearances for the ‘Cats and completing another 99 tackles and taking his MLR appearance count to 30, with 27 starts.

After his 2nd stint in MLR with the SaberCats, Mitchell returned to New Zealand once again, and continues to represent the Southland Stags in the NPC as of 2025.