Old Glory DC

Old Glory DC RFC
Founded	2018
Location	Washington, D.C.
Ground(s)	Cardinal Stadium (2020); Segra Field (2021–present) (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Paul Sheehy; Chris Dunlavey; Scottish Rugby Union
Coach(es)	Andrew Douglas
Captain(s)	Danny Tusitala
League(s)	Major League Rugby
2021	5th (Eastern Conference)
Official website
	oldglorydc.com

Old Glory DC RFC is a professional rugby union team that is a member of Major League Rugby (MLR), founded in 2018. The organization is led by two local business leaders, former USA Eagles' Paul Sheehy and local club rugby player Chris Dunlavey.^[1] The Scottish Rugby Union has a part ownership of the team. Andrew Douglas is the head coach. Old Glory played an abbreviated schedule of exhibition games in 2019 and began regular-season MLR play in 2020.

History[]

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.

Sponsorship[]

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Other Shirt sponsor(s)
2019	Adidas	Cuisine Solutions	None
2020–present		Cuisine Solutions	Leidos Iron Vine Security

Roster[]

The Old Glory DC squad for the 2022 Major League Rugby season is:^[6]

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
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
	Prop	New Zealand
Hannibal Vaivao	Prop	United States
Will Vakalahi	Prop	United States
David Beach	Lock	United States
	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
	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
	Centre	Samoa
	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
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.

Head coaches[]

Andrew Douglas (2020–present)

Captains[]

Mungo Mason (2020–present) (co-captain)
Thretton Palamo (2020–present) (co-captain)

Records[]

Season standings
Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/−	BP	Pts	Playoffs
2020	3rd	5	4	0	1	122	129	-7	1	17	Season cut short due to Coronavirus Pandemic
2021	8th	16	6	1	9	409	490	-81	13	39	Missed playoffs

2019 season[]

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

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Location	Result
May 19	Shannon RFC	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Lost, 22-26
May 27	Scotland U-20	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Lost, 7-70
June 1	USA Rugby South Panthers	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Won, 28-7
June 9	Ontario Blues	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Won, 29-15

2020 season[]

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.^[7] It was cancelled the following week.^[8]

Regular season
Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Location	Result
February 8	New Orleans Gold	Away	Gold Mine	Lost, 13-46
February 16	Seattle Seawolves	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Won, 28-22
February 22	Houston SaberCats	Away	Aveva Stadium	Won, 22-13
February 29	Austin Gilgronis	Away	Toyota Stadium	Won, 28-19
March 8	Rugby ATL	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Won, 31-29
March 15	Colorado Raptors	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Cancelled
March 22	San Diego Legion	Away	Torero Stadium	Cancelled
March 29	Rugby United New York	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Cancelled
April 11	New Orleans Gold	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Cancelled
April 18	New England Free Jacks	Away	Union Point Sports Complex	Cancelled
April 26	Toronto Arrows	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Cancelled
May 3	Utah Warriors	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Cancelled
May 9	Rugby United New York	Away	MCU Park	Cancelled
May 17	Rugby ATL	Away	Life University Running Eagles Stadium	Cancelled
May 24	New England Free Jacks	Home	Cardinal Stadium	Cancelled
May 31	Toronto Arrows	Away	Lamport Stadium	Cancelled

2021 season[]

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Location	Result
March 21	NOLA Gold	Away	Gold Mine	Draw, 26-26
March 27	Rugby ATL	Home	Segra Field	Won, 30-23
April 3	Toronto Arrows	Home	Segra Field	Lost, 19-40
April 18	RUNY	Away	MCU Park	Lost, 34-38
April 25	New England Free Jacks	Home	Segra Field	Won, 35-22
May 1	LA Giltinis	Away	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Lost, 17-47
May 8	Utah Warriors	Away	Zions Bank Stadium	Lost, 33-34
May 16	Seattle Seawolves	Home	Segra Field	Won, 22-18
May 22	Houston SaberCats	Away	Aveva Stadium	Won, 21-13
May 30	RUNY	Home	Segra Field	Lost, 10-46
June 6	New England Free Jacks	Away	Union Point Sports Complex	Lost, 34-38
June 12	NOLA Gold	Home	Segra Field	Lost, 21-25
June 26	Rugby ATL	Away	Lupo Family Field	Lost, 12-32
July 4	Toronto Arrows	Away	Lupo Family Field^[a]	Lost, 28-34
July 10	San Diego Legion	Home	Segra Field	Won, 38-29
July 17	Austin Gilgronis	Home	Segra Field	Won, 29-25

2022 season[]

Exhibition[]

Old Glory played two preseason matches in January 2022. Both matches were held at the St. James Sports Complex, a series of indoor fields in Springfield, Virginia.^[9]

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Location	Result
January 21	Toronto Arrows	Home		Lost, 47-17
January 28	New England Free Jacks	Home	St. James Sports Complex	Won, 27-22

Regular season[]

Old Glory will play eighteen matches in the regular season with two bye weeks. Their home matches will be played at Segra Field in Leesburg, Virginia.^[10] Because the MLR's Eastern Conference has one team fewer than the Western Conference, Old Glory will play the Toronto Arrows three times in the regular season, once at home and twice in Toronto.

Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Location	Result
February 5	Rugby ATL	Away	Atlanta Silverbacks Park	Lost, 55-22
February 12	Austin Gilgronis	Away	Bold Stadium	Lost, 57-12
February 18	New England Free Jacks	Home	Segra Field
February 26	Toronto Arrows	Home	Segra Field
March 6	San Diego Legion	Away	SDSU Sports Deck
March 20	Rugby ATL	Home	Segra Field
March 26	New Orleans Gold	Home	Segra Field
April 3	Rugby New York	Away	TBD
April 9	Toronto Arrows	Away	York Lions Stadium
April 15	Utah Warriors	Home	Segra Field
April 23	Dallas Jackals	Home	Segra Field
May 7	New England Free Jacks	Away	Veterans Memorial Stadium
May 14	New Orleans Gold	Away	Gold Mine on Airline
May 21	Houston Sabercats	Home	Segra Field
May 29	Rugby New York	Home	Segra Field
June 5	Toronto Arrows	Away	York Lions Stadium

Notes[]

^ Team temporarily relocated for the 2021 season due to COVID-19 border crossing concerns.

References[]

^ Neibauer, Michael (May 17, 2018). "Two local business leaders may field professional D.C. rugby team". Washington Business Journal.
^ Pengelly, Martin (May 15, 2018). "Washington DC team to enter Major League Rugby 'no later' than 2020". The Guardian.
^ Rowe, James (November 3, 2018). "Toronto Officially Joins Major League Rugby For 2019; Washington, DC In 2020". The Runner Sports.
^ "Scottish Rugby take minority stake in new U.S. team". ESPN. Reuters. March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
^ Augenstein, Neal (October 22, 2020). "Pro rugby team Old Glory DC moving to Loudoun County". WTOP-FM. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
^ "Old Glory DC". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ "MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY SUSPENDS 2020 SEASON FOR 30 DAYS". Major League Rugby. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
^ "Major League Rugby cancels remainder of 2020 campaign". Yahoo! Sports. Agence France-Presse. March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
^ "2022 Old Glory Preseason Schedule". Retrieved 4 January 2022.
^ "2022 Match Schedule". Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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[9] Team temporarily relocated for the 2021 season due to COVID-19 border crossing concerns.

[1] Neibauer, Michael (May 17, 2018). "Two local business leaders may field professional D.C. rugby team". Washington Business Journal.

[2] Pengelly, Martin (May 15, 2018). "Washington DC team to enter Major League Rugby 'no later' than 2020". The Guardian.

[3] Rowe, James (November 3, 2018). "Toronto Officially Joins Major League Rugby For 2019; Washington, DC In 2020". The Runner Sports.

[4] "Scottish Rugby take minority stake in new U.S. team". ESPN. Reuters. March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2019.

[5] Augenstein, Neal (October 22, 2020). "Pro rugby team Old Glory DC moving to Loudoun County". WTOP-FM. Retrieved October 22, 2020.

[Old_Glory_DC-6] "Old Glory DC". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

[7] "MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY SUSPENDS 2020 SEASON FOR 30 DAYS". Major League Rugby. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.

[8] "Major League Rugby cancels remainder of 2020 campaign". Yahoo! Sports. Agence France-Presse. March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.

[10] "2022 Old Glory Preseason Schedule". Retrieved 4 January 2022.

[11] "2022 Match Schedule". Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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v t Old Glory DC
Founded 2018 Based in Washington, D.C.
Coach(es)	Andrew Douglas
Players	Current squad
Personnel	Paul Sheehy Chris Dunlavey Scottish Rugby Union
Stadiums	Cardinal Stadium (2019–2020) Segra Field (2021–future)
Seasons	2020 2021 2022
Final appearances	(0)

v t Sports teams based in the Washington, D.C., area
Baseball	MLB Washington Nationals Double-A Northeast Bowie Baysox Low-A Southeast Fredericksburg Nationals ALPB Southern Maryland Blue Crabs MDL Frederick Keys
Basketball	NBA Washington Wizards G League Capital City Go-Go WNBA Washington Mystics
Football	NFL Washington Commanders WFA D.C. Divas
Esports	OWL Washington Justice
Hockey	NHL Washington Capitals
Soccer	MLS D.C. United USLC Loudoun United FC NISA Maryland Bobcats FC USL2 Evergreen FC NPSL Northern Virginia United FC NWSL Washington Spirit
Roller derby	WFTDA DC Rollergirls
Rugby union	MLR Old Glory DC Capital Geographical Union Washington Irish R.F.C. Washington Renegades RFC West Potomac Rugby Football Club
Rugby league	NARL Washington DC Cavalry
Tennis	WTT Washington Kastles
Ultimate	AUDL DC Breeze
College athletics	NCAA Div. I American Georgetown George Mason George Washington Howard Maryland Mount St. Mary's NCAA Div. II Bowie State Shepherd UDC NCAA Div. III Catholic Gallaudet Hood Mary Washington Marymount
See also: Sports in Washington, D.C.

v t Old Glory DC – current squad
Forwards	Dom Bailey David Beach Josh Brown Luke Campbell Thomas Capriotti Jack Carroll Finton Coleman Cory Daniel Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz Matthew Gordon Nick Hryekewicz Jake Ilnicki Rob Irimescu Jack Iscaro Mo Katz Dante Lopresti Apisai Naikatini Tevita Naqali Stan South Hannibal Vaivao Will Vakalahi Dacoda Worth
Backs	Mike Dabulas Doug Fraser LJ Koi-Larbi John LeFevre Simi Moala Thretton Palamo John Rizzo Palema Roberts Renata Roberts-Tenana Jack Russell Junior Sa'u Owen Sheehy Danny Thomas Danny Tusitala
Coach	Andrew Douglas