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The first weekend of the MLR resulted in some nail bitting fixtures that went right down to the wire with each game of the weekend decided by a single score. There were also some stand out performances in the opening games most notably with NOLA Gold and Seattle Seawolves leading the charge with three players each in the team of the week. See the below for the full team of the week. Photo: 8th Man Photography.

1. Loosehead Prop, Blake Rogers (Glendale Raptors)
2. Hooker, Chris Schade (Austin Elite Rugby)
3. Tighthead Prop, Paddy Ryan (San Diego Legion)
4. Lock, Taylor Krumrei (Seattle Seawolves)
5. Lock, Josh Larsen (Austin Elite Rugby)
6. Blindside Flanker, Kyle Baillie (New Orleans Gold)
7. Openside Flanker, John Moonlight (Toronto Arrows)
8. No 8., Cam Dolan (New Orleans Gold)
9. Scrum-half, Santiago Arata (Houston SaberCats)
10. Fly-half, Sam Windsor (Houston SaberCats)
11. Left Wing, Connor Wallace-Sims (Rugby United New York)
12. Inside Center, Shalom Suniula (Seattle Seawolves)
13. Outside Center, Tristan Blewett (New Orleans Gold)
14. Right Wing, Brock Staller (Seattle Seawolves)
15. Fullback, Luke Hume (Rugby United New York)