Old Glory Welcomes Back Tevita Naqali!
Old Glory is excited to announce the return of Tevita Naqali to the DC squad for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. During the 2021 MLR season, Tevita appeared in 14 matches, clocking 962 minutes of playing time, punched in two tries, accounted for 124 ball carries over 514, made 107 successful tackles, and arrived […]
Old Glory DC Welcomes Back Renata Roberts-Tenana
Old Glory is excited to welcome back Renata Roberts-Tenana to the DC squad for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. During the 2021 season, Renata played in all 16 matches, clocking over 1,200 minutes of playing time. He accounted for five tries and carried for 1,197 meters over 105 ball carries. In addition, Renata accounted […]
Old Glory DC Signs Seattle Seawolves Player Jake Ilnicki
Old Glory DC is excited to announce the signing of international prop and previous Seattle Seawolves player Jake Ilnicki to the DC squad for the 2022 Major League Rugby season. “I’m really happy about making the move to Washington DC,” said Jake Ilnicki on joining DC for the 2022 season. “It’s another big season for […]
Women and Girls Rugby Programs in the DMV
https://oldglorydc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WiS.mp4 By age 14, many girls are dropping out of sports at twice the rate of boys. Annually, boys get 1.13 million more sports opportunities than girls. 40% of teen girls are not actively participating in sport. The Women’s Sports Foundation has identified key factors which contribute to these alarming statistics. Girls drop out of […]
Old Glory Rugby Fun Sessions
Old Glory DC is proud to welcome former PRO Rugby, NOLA Gold and Rugby United New York standout player Matt Hughston to the 2020 squad
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hughston was introduced to rugby while in high school and quickly became a dominant force in the North Carolina Youth Rugby Union. After graduating high school, Hughston enrolled at East Carolina University, where he joined the collegiate rugby team. The flanker, who actually played center until making his way into […]
Rugby World Cup Winner and International Legend Joins Old Glory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — (Washington, DC – December 18, 2019) – In a move certain to send shock waves through Major League Rugby and ripples around the rugby world, Old Glory DC has signed Tendai “the Beast” Mtawarira to play for the 2020 MLR season. Affectionately known around the rugby world by his nick-name, “the […]
Old Glory DC is proud to welcome former Austin Herd player Dylan Pieterse to the 2020 squad
The South African was born in Kempton Park and attended King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. After graduating KES, Pieterse attended Blue Bulls Rugby Union’s academy. The young lock eventually joined The Pumas, a South African team in the Premier Division of the Currie Cup, South Africa’s premier domestic rugby union competition. In 2016, Pieterse […]
Old Glory DC is proud to welcome 2019 Rugby World Cup Canadian center Ciaran Hearn to the 2020 squad
Hailing from Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Hearn comes to the team with 46 World Series Sevens caps, achieving 73 caps total. The center has made nine World Cup appearances on the Canadian side during the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, 2015 Rugby World Cup in England and 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. […]
Old Glory DC is proud to welcome former San Diego Legion and Scottish Rugby Union player Mungo Mason to the 2020 squad
While born in Scotland, Mason claims New Zealand as home. Mason attended Tauranga Boys’ College and continued to the University of Waikato, where he earned a Law and International Management Degree. An athlete on the pitch and in the water, Mason picked up rugby and water polo. Mason represented New Zealand on the U20 Water Polo […]