Old Glory DC

Major League Rugby (MLR) announced on May 15, 2018, that an MLR expansion team would begin play in Washington, D.C., by no later than the 2020 season[2] and confirmed the team in November 2018.[3] On February 6, 2019, the team name was announced as Old Glory DC.

On March 28, 2019, the Scottish Rugby Union announced that it had purchased a minority interest in the team.[4]

Old Glory DC moved to Segra Field in Loudoun County, Virginia for the 2021 season.[5] The team will return to Segra Field for the 2022 season.

After losing seven matches in a row to start the 2022 season, Old Glory DC announced the immediate departure of head coach Andrew Douglas on March 29, 2022. At the time of his departure, he was the longest-tenured head coach in MLR, having joined for the 2019 exhibition season before the first MLR season in 2020. He left with a 10-17-1 overall MLR record and a 37.5% winning percentage.[6][7] Three days later, on April 1, Old Glory DC announced that former NOLA Gold head coach Nate Osborne would serve as an interim head coach for the remainder of the season while the team conducts a search for a permanent replacement.[8]

The Old Glory DC squad for the 2022 Major League Rugby season is:[9]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Thomas Capriotti Hooker United States Facundo Gattas Hooker Uruguay Nick Hryekewicz Hooker United States Rob Irimescu Hooker United States Mo Katz Hooker United States Jack Carroll Prop United States Jake Ilnicki Prop Canada Jack Iscaro Prop United States Dante Lopresti Prop United States Kyle Stewart Prop New Zealand Hannibal Vaivao Prop United States Will Vakalahi Prop United States David Beach Lock United States Felix Kalapu Lock New Zealand Apisai Naikatini Lock Fiji Tevita Naqali Lock Fiji Stan South Lock England Dom Bailey Back row United States Josh Brown Back row United States Luke Campbell Back row Canada Finton Coleman* Back row Ireland Cory Daniel Back row United States Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz Back row United States Matthew Gordon Back row United States Dacoda Worth Back row United States

Player Position Union John LeFevre Scrum-half United States Danny Thomas* Scrum-half England Danny Tusitala (c) Scrum-half Samoa Rohan Saifoloi Fly-half Australia Owen Sheehy Fly-half United States Doug Fraser Centre Canada LJ Koi-Larbi Centre United States Simi Moala* Centre Tonga Thretton Palamo Centre United States Palema Roberts Centre United States William Talataina Centre Samoa Peni Lasaqa Wing New Zealand Renata Roberts-Tenana Wing New Zealand Jack Russell Wing United States Junior Sa'u Wing New Zealand Mike Dabulas Fullback United States Michah Griffin Fullback United States John Rizzo Fullback United States

• Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
• * denotes players qualified to play for the United States on dual nationality or residency grounds.
• MLR teams are allowed to field up to ten overseas players per match.

All games in the 2019 season were exhibition games and did not count in the MLR standings.

On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to fears surrounding the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic.[10] It was cancelled the following week.[11]