New Orleans Gold

The team plays at the Gold Mine on Airline, formerly known as the Shrine on Airline and Zephyr Field, in Metairie, Louisiana, on the East Bank of the New Orleans metropolitan area.^[3]

For the first two seasons of Major League Rugby in 2018 and 2019, the team played at Joe Zimmerman Stadium at Archbishop Shaw High School under the branding of Gold Stadium. The natural turf field with grandstand seating for up to 3,000 people is located on the West Bank at Marrero, Louisiana.^[4]

Home games are shown on Cox Sports Television. Ian McNulty and Geoffrey Ormsby are the on air talent.

For the 2022 season, NOLA Gold partnered with local Louisiana, Port Orleans Brewing Company to make "GOLDen Ale". These 16-ounce cans will be available for purchase in the brewery's tap room and on tap at the start of the season. It will also be sold throughout the season in the team's home stadium, the Shrine on Airline.^[3]

The New Orleans Gold squad for the 2024 Major League Rugby season is:^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Augusto Böhme Hooker Chile Diego Fortuny Hooker Argentina Ale Lopeti Hooker United States Pat O'Toole Hooker United States George Sharpe Hooker United States Jarred Adams Prop Samoa Matt Harmon Prop United States James Irey Prop United States Sam Klimkowski Prop United States Sean Paranihi Prop New Zealand Trent Rogers Prop United States Isaac Salmon Prop New Zealand Bart Vermeulen Prop Belgium Callum Botchar Lock Canada Cam Dolan Lock United States Chase Jones Lock United States Olajuwon Noa Lock Samoa William Waguespack Lock United States Fintan Coleman* Back row Ireland Cian Darling* Back row Ireland Tom Florence Back row New Zealand Maciu Koroi* Back row Fiji Jonah Mau'u Back row New Zealand Malcolm May Back row United States Moni Tongaʻuiha (c) Back row United States Osaiasi Tongaʻuiha Back row United States Abe Turpen Back row United States

Player Position Union Luke Campbell Scrum-half New Zealand Damian Stevens Scrum-half Namibia Sebastiano Villani* Scrum-half Italy Reece Botha* Fly-half South Africa Rodney Iona Fly-half Samoa Dorian Jones Fly-half Wales Ross Depperschmidt Centre United States JP du Plessis Centre South Africa Taniela Filimone Centre Tonga Jordan Jackson-Hope Centre Australia Domingo Saavedra Centre Chile Nick Feakes* Wing Australia Ed Fidow Wing Samoa Julian Roberts Wing United States Jack Webster Wing United States Harley Wheeler Wing United States Dougie Fife Fullback Scotland Christian Olney Fullback United States

• Senior 15s and senior 7s 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.

• Nate Osborne (2018–2021) ^[6]
• Kane Thompson (2022–2023)^[7]
• Cory Brown (2024-)^[8]

• Kane Thompson, forwards and defense (2019–2021, 2024-)
• Taylor Howden, backs (2022-)
• Nicolas Godignon, scrum, breakdown & director of player pathway (2024-)
• Carlos Spencer (2022)^[9]

• Taylor Howden (2018)
• Eric Howard (2019–2020)
• Kyle Baillie (2021)
• Cam Dolan (2022–)

On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11] One week later (March 19), MLR announced that it had canceled the rest of the 2020 season.^[12]

NOLA Gold will play 16 games in the 2024 regular season. All eight home games will be played at the Gold Mine.

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