GRR: MLR Draft
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.
Conner Mooneyham couldn't really believe it.
Told he would be the #1 choice in the Major League Rugby collegiate draft—the first #1 pick in the history of the draft—kind of sat him down for a minute.
Where did the drafted players come from?
Let's have a look:
US Citizens drafted: 22 out of 24
Oldest: Mooneyham (24 years, 77 days)
Youngest: McLeish (20 years, 191 days)
Players from D1A Schools: 20
Players from Schools joining NCR: 7 (depends on what some other teams decide to do, but it could be as many as 11)
Players in D2: 1
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