Mungo Mason

Mungo Mason (born 4 October 1995) is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker (back row) for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby (MLR).^[2][3][4] He previously played for the San Diego Legion in MLR and Edinburgh in the Pro14.^[5]

Mungo Mason

Mungo Mason awaiting kickoff
Date of birth	(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Carluke, Scotland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg)[1]
School	Tauranga High School
University	University of Waikato Chicago-Kent College of Law
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker / Number 8 Current team Zimbabwe Goshawks Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–2018 Chicago Lions () 2019 Bay of Plenty Ngawha () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018 San Diego Legion 0 (0) 2018–2019 Edinburgh 1 (0) 2020–2021 Old Glory DC 17 (20) 2020 Warringah Rats 9 (20) 2022– Zimbabwe Goshawks () National sevens team Years Team Comps 2018–2019 Scotland 2

Early life

Born in Carluke, Scotland. His mother is Helen Mason a Senior Executive Director Commissioning at Department of Health & Human Services, Victoria.^[6] Mason was raised in New Zealand having moved to Tauranga aged 2 and lived in New Zealand until 2017^[7] when Mungo moved to the United States to further his studies at Chicago-Kent College of Law upon the completion to his LLB degree at the University of Waikato through Sir Edmund Hillary scholarship.^[8][9]

Professional career

While at Waikato, he was signed to play in the fledgling Major League Rugby competition in 2018 for the San Diego Legion before moving to Scotland where Mason was selected to play for Scotland in the 2018-19 World Rugby Sevens Series.^[7][10] He joined Old Glory DC in 2020, where he was a co-captain of the team wearing the number 7. After the 2021 season, he left to attend the University of Oxford for a Master of Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment at St Cross College.^[11]