Reece MacDonald

Reece MacDonald (born 10 December 1997) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He plays for RFC Los Angeles of the (MLR).

Reece MacDonald

Date of birth	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Durban, [South Africa]]
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Piet Visagie Grandfather Springbok 1967 - 1971
Rugby union career
Position(s) First five-eighth, Fullback Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019 Bay of Plenty 1 (2) 2019-2022 Gordon RFC 40 (234) 2022-2024 Free Jacks 30 (86) 2024 Manawatu 6 (29) 2025- RFC Los Angeles 7 (35) Correct as of 11 July 2025

Career

MacDonald comes from Mount Maunganui New Zealand. He played at the amateur level for the club Te Puna. He was signed by Bay of Plenty in 2018.

MacDonald moved to Sydney, where he became a key player for Gordon in the Shute Shield from 2019 to 2022, winning the Shute Shield in 2020 and being the competition’s top scorer in his last year with the club in 2022.^[1][2]

MacDonald later moved to the United States signing with the New England free jacks of the MLR. In his first year with the club he appeared in 14 matches scoring 29 points. Helping the team win the 2023 MLR championship. He rejoined the club for the 2024 season appearing in 16 matches and scoring 7 tries winning another MLR championship. At the end of the season Macdonald was named the MLR back of the year.^[3] Also being named to the all MLR first team.^[4]

He returned to New Zealand finishing out the year with Manawatu appearing in 6 games scoring 29 points.^[5]

MaDonald signed with RFC Los Angeles playing for them during the 2025 season.^[6]

Honours

New England Free Jacks

• MLR championship: 2x (2023, 2024)
• Major league rugby back of the year: (2024)
• All Major league rugby first team: (2024)

Gordon RFC

• Premiership Title Shute Shield: (2020)
• Club Championship: (2020)