AG Rugby Signs #1 Overall Pick Conner Mooneyham

AUSTIN, TX (February 10, 2020) The AGs are delighted to announce the signing of 24-year-old American center, Conner Mooneyham. Mooneyham was selected with the first overall pick in the 2020 MLR Collegiate Draft in June and joins the AGs by way of the MLR supplemental draft.

“I’m excited to be able to stay in Texas and I’m excited about the AGs - this is a team that’s really starting to put it together,” says Mooneyham. “I’m just excited man.”

#1 Pick

AGs Head Coach Sam Harris had Conner Mooneyham right at the top of his recruiting board ahead of the Collegiate Draft this summer, but the Dallas Jackals snatched him up with the first overall pick. “I scouted through a list of 278 Collegiate players and Conner was in my top five - and some of those five weren’t draft-eligible, so yea you could say he was right at the top,” laughs Harris. “He’s a penetrating ball carrier which is a big plus because there’s not many of those going around and he’s got a rea