Aidan King
Position: Flanker / Back Row
Hometown: Brisbane, Australia
Aidan King made his professional breakthrough during the 2025 MLR season after being selected 6th overall in the 2024 MLR Collegiate Draft. Playing as a back-row flanker, King appeared in 14 matches, earning 9 starts and logging approximately 737 minutes. He recorded 1 try (5 points), made 166 tackles, carried the ball 45 times for 122 meters, and contributed at set piece with 15 lineout takes and 2 lineout steals, finishing the season with just one yellow card.
Bart Vermeulen
Position: Prop
Bart Vermeulen is a loosehead prop originally born in the Netherlands and raised in Belgium, who picked up rugby at age 12 and represented Belgian U18s before moving through university rugby at Trinity College in Ireland. After joining NOLA Gold’s academy, he moved up to the senior squad and over his MLR career played in 5 matches (141 minutes) in 2024 and 12 matches (411 minutes) in 2025, including 4 starts as a backup prop. Vermeulen has since signed with Old Glory DC for the 2026 season, bringing professional front-row experience and depth to the roster.
Ben Bonnasso
Position: Flanker
Hometown: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Ben Bonnasso is a dynamic back-row flanker from Bridgeport, Connecticut, raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, who brings extensive MLR and international experience. Across his professional career, Bonnasso has made 55 MLR appearances, scoring 40 points, with 40 matches for Rugby New York (2021–2023) and 15 appearances for the Miami Sharks (2023–2025). Known for his high work rate and physicality, he has also earned 9 caps for the USA Eagles, scoring 1 international try (5 points), and joins Old Glory DC for the 2026 season as a proven, experienced presence in the loose forwards.
Harley Wheeler
Position: Wing
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee
Harley Wheeler is an American wing born April 23, 1997 in Long Beach, California and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. He played college rugby at Life University, earning multiple All-American honors and helped his team reach four straight DIA championship finals, winning three. Professionally, Wheeler has 43 MLR appearances with 33 starts for NOLA Gold (2020–2025), scoring 10 tries, including 6 in 2022 and 2 in 2025, and posted a 2025 stat line of 5 games, 2 tries, 24 tackles, 22 carries for 133 meters, 6 clean breaks, and 3 offloads. He joins Old Glory DC for the 2026 season as a proven try-scoring back.
Max Schumacher
Position: Fullback
Hometown: California
Max Schumacher is a 24-year-old American outside back from California and was selected 2nd overall in the 2023 MLR Collegiate Draft after a standout career at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned All-American honors and was a Rudy Scholz Award finalist. He began his professional career with the Houston SaberCats, appearing 14 times off the bench in 2024 (213 minutes) and in 2025 played all 19 games with 13 starts, logging 1,171 minutes and scoring 5 tries including a brace in the MLR Finals.
Patrick Beattie
Position: Prop
Hometown: Santa Monica, California
Patrick Beattie is a tighthead prop from Santa Monica, California, who played collegiately at Cal State Long Beachand was named a 2024 CRAA All-American before being selected 26th overall in the 2024 MLR Collegiate Draft by Rugby FC Los Angeles. In his early professional time with RFC Los Angeles (where he’s listed on the 2025 roster), he stands 6′3″ (190 cm) and weighs 285 lbs (130 kg) and has begun gaining experience in Major League Rugby’s front row, bringing size and scrummaging strength to his club’s tight-head position.
Paul Mullen
Position: Prop
Hometown: Inis Mór on the Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland
Paul Mullen is an Irish-American tighthead prop originally from Inis Mór on the Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland and now based in the U.S. after attending Texas A&M University at Galveston. Over his professional career he has played in Major League Rugby for Houston SaberCats, San Diego Legion, Utah Warriors, and NOLA Gold, logging 50+ MLR appearances and contributing across the front row. Internationally, Mullen has earned 39+ caps for the USA Eagles, debuted in 2018, and represented the USA at the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Rick Rose
Position: Lock
Hometown: Dublin, Ohio
Rick Rose is a 24-year-old American lock forward from Ohio, who began playing rugby in high school and starred at St. Bonaventure University, earning All-American honors before being selected 1st overall in the 2023 MLR Collegiate Draft by the Miami Sharks. Over two seasons with the Sharks (2024–25), he made 16 appearances with 12 starts in 2024 and added 9 appearances with 2 starts in 2025, totaling approximately 997 minutes in 2024 and 272 minutes in 2025. In the 2025 MLR season specifically, he logged 9 matches, 291 total minutes (32 per match), 36 successful tackles, 21 carries for 61 meters, 12 lineout takes, and 1 offload without scoring points or receiving cards. Rose has also been involved with USA Eagles training camps and touring squads, and he joins Old Glory DC for the 2026 season.
Semi Kunatani
Position: Back Row
Hometown: Nadi/Naqalimare, Fiji
Semi Kunatani (born 27 October 1990 in Nadi/Naqalimare, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby union forward known for his power and versatility as a lock and flanker. He has played top-level club rugby with Stade Toulousain (Top 14), Harlequins (Premiership Rugby), and Castres Olympique in France’s Top 14, and has also appeared with Tel Aviv Heat in international club competition. Internationally, Kunatani has been a standout Fiji Sevens player since 2013, winning Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and competing in multiple World Rugby Sevens Series seasons, and he has also earned caps with the Fiji 15s side. In MLR competition (with RFC Los Angeles), he logged 11 matches with 1 try and 5 points, contributing 116 carries for 328 m, 70 tackles, 18 offloads, 4 lineout takes, and 3 lineout steals in the reported season.