GRR: Major League Rugby
The Danny Giannascoli journey to being drafted by Major League Rugby’s Utah Warriors is in many ways a classic rugby journey in which good coaches and sometimes daring decisions all have a hand.
Of the 24 players who were drafted in the recent Major League Rugby draft, 19 played rugby in American high schools representing 18 different programs; so our math tells us that there was one high school program that had two draftees.
College rugby players are still signing with Major League Rugby teams in this week after the first collegiate draft.
As we said in earlier posts, the draft was created in large part to stop a wild scramble among MLR teams as they chased the top prospects. Everyone had to take a number and get in line.
Well the Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft is done and dusted, and while it was a little hiccuppy in its first runout, it served an important purpose.
Actually, several purposes. Here is how we think the
Here's the final list of who was drafted in the 2020 Major League Rugby Collegiate Draft.