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Major League Rugby Announces First and Second All-MLR Teams, and Honorable Mention
DALLAS (August 9, 2021) – Today Major League Rugby (MLR) officially announced its All-MLR team selections for the 2021 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 throughout the week.
The top 30 players throughout the season were selected to make up the first and second 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) | JP SMITH (LA) |
| 2 | SAMA MALOLO (UTAH) | DYLAN FAWSITT (NY) |
| 3 | DINO WALDREN (NOLA) | ANGUS MACLELLAN (UTAH) |
| 4 | NATE BRAKELEY (NY) | ASTON FORTUIN (UTAH) |
| 5 | JOHAN MOMSEN (ATL) | DAVE DENNIS (LA) |
| 6 | ANGUS COTTRELL (LA) | TOMY DE LA VEGA (TOR) |
| 7 | LUCAS RUMBALL (TOR) | JOE JOHNSTON (NE) |
| 8 | WIAN CONRADIE (NE) | JASON DAMM (ALT) |
| 9 | HARRISON GODDARD (LA) | ANDY ELLIS (NY) |
| 10 | MATT GITEAU (LA) | JASON ROBERTSON (DC) |
| 11 | DTH VAN DER MERWE (LA) | BJORN BASSON (SD) |
| 12 | BILLY MEAKES (LA) | MARK O'KEEFFE (ATL) |
| 13 | BEN LeSAGE (TOR) | ADAM ASHLEY-COOPER (LA) |
| 14 | JULIAN DOMINGUEZ (NOLA) | PAULA BALEKANA (HOU) |
| 15 | MIKEY TE'O (UTAH) | BEN FODEN (NY) |
For the first time, an additional 15 players were also named to Honorable Mention because of the surplus of excellent nominees:
| HONORABLE MENTION | |
| 1 | JAMIE MACKINTOSH (AUS) |
| 2 | MICHELANGELO SOSENE-FEAGAI (DC) |
| 3 | CHARLIE ABEL (LA) |
| 4 | RHYNO HERBST (SEA) |
| 5 | NATHAN DEN HOEDT (LA) |
| 6 | BEN BONASSO (NY) |
| 7 | BAILEY WILSON (UTAH) |
| 8 | CAM DOLAN (NOLA) |
| 9 | MICHAEL BASKA (UTAH) |
| 10 | DAN HOLLINSHEAD (NY) |
| 11 | MIKA KRUSE (UTAH) |
| 12 | JP DU PLESSIS (NOLA) |
| 13 | BRYCE CAMPBELL (AUS) |
| 14 | JEREMY MISAILEGALU (ATL) |
| 15 | BEAUDEIN WAAKA (NE) |
Number of selections by team:
- Los Angeles Giltinis: 9
- Utah Warriors: 7
- Rugby ATL: 6
- Rugby United New York: 6
- NOLA Gold: 4
- Toronto Arrows: 3
- New England Free Jacks: 3
- Old Glory DC: 2
- Austin Gilgronis: 2
- San Diego Legion: 1
- Seattle Seawolves: 1
- Houston SaberCats: 1
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