MLR Rising Players Assemble; Teams Picked
MLR Rising Players Assemble; Teams Picked
MLR Rising players before the players' meeting on Monday evening. Alex Goff photo.
The 50 players at MLR Rising are in camp.
There are three changes. Lindenwood prop Asher Webb, UBC scrumhalf Jacob Bourne, and Central Washington center Calvin Liulamaga all picked up injuries. Replacing them are two players from Saint Mary's, Lleyton Delzell and Hunter Chulhanstaff, and University of Ottawa's Jamie Armstrong.
The players picked up their kit and checked into dorm rooms at University of Mary Washington, and wrapped up the day with a meeting run by MLR Competitions Manager Aaron Castro and some words from coaches.
After that, the players were split into the teams they will train for, with their coaches going over some technical and team-building things.
Here are the teams by position.
Red Team | Position | Black Team |
Jesse Emerson | Prop | Hunter Chuhlantseff |
James Aitken | Prop | Patrick Beattie |
Miles Bell | Prop | Daniel Bray |
Connor Williams | Prop | Damon James |
Jordan Auger | Hooker | Neil Trainor |
Maximus Clark | Hooker | Nicholas Sydorowitz |
Christopher Jensvold | Lock | Le'Donn Mathis |
Ray Santiago | Lock | Daniel Blanc |
James Reed | Lock | Matthew Reed |
Lleyton Christian Delzell | Lock/Flanker | Aaron Juma |
Matt Carrion | Flanker | Calvin Ihrig |
Jake Kinneeveauk | Flanker | Kaipono Kayoshi |
Sam Tsoi | Flanker | Nicholas Andiarena |
Matthew Conroy | Flanker | Parker Anderson |
Jack Brown | No. 8 | Joseph A O'Brien |
George O'Brien | Scrumhalf | Christopher Gamage |
Aidan Rideway | Scrumhalf | Emmanuel Lai |
Cale White | Flyhalf | Alex Park |
Kyle Stokely | Center | Peyton Wall |
Shane Riley-Krindle | Center | Stephin Alberts |
Brendan Bennett | Center | Stuart Duncan |
Ashawnty Staples | Wing | Isaia Saldana |
Michael Sanderson | Wing | Jack Morris |
Hunter Simons | Fullback | Sebastian Schefermann |
Elijah Thomas | Fullback | Jamie Armstrong |
Coaches | Coaches | |
Josh Macy | Tui Osborne | |
Ben Cima | Andrew Cook |