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Major League Rugby Announces 2022 First and Second All-MLR Teams, and Honorable Mention
DALLAS (July 7, 2022) – Today Major League Rugby (MLR) officially announced its All-MLR team selections for the 2022 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.
| 1ST XV | 2ND XV | |
| 1 | CHANCE WENGLEWSKI (ATL) | COLE KEITH (TOR) |
| 2 | DYLAN FAWSITT (NY) | DEAN MUIR (HOU) |
| 3 | JUAN PABLO ZEISS (HOU) | KALOLO TUILOMA (NY) |
| 4 | JOHAN MOMSEN (ATL) | DAVE DENNIS (LA) |
| 5 | BEN MITCHELL (SD) | ISAAC ROSS (AUS) |
| 6 | LANCE WILLIAMS (UTAH) | HANCO GERMISHUYS (LA) |
| 7 | BRENDON O'CONNOR (NY) | SLADE MCDOWALL (NE) |
| 8 | LACHLAN MCCAFFREY (AUS) | RIEKERT HATTINGH (SEA) |
| 9 | JP SMITH (SEA) | HARRISON GODDARD (LA) |
| 10 | BEAUDEIN WAAKA (NE) | AJ ALATIMU (SEA) |
| 11 | ED FIDOW (NY) | JULIAN DOMINGUEZ (AUS) |
| 12 | BILLY MEAKES (LA) | JASON EMERY (NY) |
| 13 | MARK O'KEEFFE (AUS) | TAVITE LOPETI (SEA) |
| 14 | MITCH WILSON (NE) | ANDREW COW (NY) |
| 15 | DUNCAN MATTHEWS (SEA) | JOE PIETERSEN (SD) |
| HONORABLE MENTION | |
| 1 | JACK ISCARO (DC) |
| 2 | MARKO JANSE VAN RENSBERG (ATL) |
| 3 | JON ROY JENKINSON (ATL) |
| 4 | SAMU MANOA (SEA) |
| 5 | TEVITA NAQALI (DC) |
| 6 | BEN BONASSO (NY) |
| 7 | CORY DANIEL (DC) |
| 8 | WIAN CONRADIE (NE) |
| 9 | RYAN LOUWRENS (AUS) |
| 10 | SAM MALCOLM (TOR) |
| 11 | MARTIN IOSEFO (SEA) |
| 12 | LE ROUX MALAN (NE) |
| 13 | FA'ASIU FUATAI (NY) |
| 14 | HARLEY WHEELER (NOLA) |
| 15 | RENATA ROBERTS TENANA (DC) |
Number of selections by team:
- Rugby United New York: 9
- Seattle Seawolves: 7
- Austin Gilgronis: 5
- New England Free Jacks: 5
- Los Angeles Giltinis: 4
- Old Glory DC: 4
- Rugby ATL: 3
- Houston SaberCats: 2
- San Diego Legion: 2
- Toronto Arrows: 2
- NOLA Gold: 1
- Utah Warriors: 1
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