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News Jul-18-2023

Major League Rugby Announces 2023 First and Second All-MLR Teams, and Honorable Mention

DALLAS (July 18, 2023) – Today Major League Rugby (MLR) officially announced its All-MLR team selections for the 2023 season. Additional end of season awards including Player of the Year, Forward and Back of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year are to be announced by MLR next week.

The top 45 players throughout the season were selected to make up the first, second, and honorable mention All-MLR teams. The selections were voted on by a group made up of MLR media, referees, and stats specialists.

First Team	Second Team	Honorable Mention
Jack Iscaro (DC)	Alex Maughan (ATL)	Faka’osi Pifeleti (SD)
Dylan Fawsitt (NY)	Sama Malolo (SD)	Andrew Quattrin (NE)
Juan Pablo Zeiss (DAL)	Morgan Mitchell (HOU)	Lolani Faleiva (TOR)
Sam Golla (DAL)	Ben Grant (SD)	Nate Brakeley (NY)
Johan Momsen (ATL)	Kyle Baillie (DC)	Nathan den Hoedt (HOU)
Christian Poidevin (SD)	Mitch Jacobson (NE)	Jeronimo Gomez Vara (DAL)
Lance Williams (UT)	Charles Elton (SEA)	Jamason Fa’anana Schultz (DC)
Wian Conradie (NE)	Gideon van Wyk (HOU)	Riekert Hattingh (SEA)
Richard Judd (SD)	John Poland (NE)	JP Smith (SEA)
Jayson Potroz (NE)	David Coetzer (HOU)	Joel Hodgson (UT)
Nate Augspurger (SD)	Joe Mano (UT)	Paula Balekana (NE)
Le Roux Malan (NE)	Billy Meakes (CHI)	Dan Kriel (SEA)
Ben LeSage (NE)	JP Du Plessis (NOLA)	Marcel Brache (SD)
Tomas Aoake (SD)	Lauina Futi (SEA)	Andrew Coe (NY)
Mikey Te’O (SD)	Caleb Makene (UT)	Reece Macdonald (NE)