Many former Blues players have gone on to play rugby at the highest of levels
These are but a handful of those players
Phil Theil - USA Eagle 36 Caps
Traverse Bay Rugby - 2004-2006
Played football, wrestled and ran track in high school before finding rugby senior year and playing for the Traverse Bay Alliance RFC. Played one year of football at Saginaw Valley State University before switching to rugby. Spent one year playing club rugby for the Traverse Bay Blues RFC before they were gracious enough to send him to England to play for Cinderford RFC. Played one season in Cinderford before returning to the U.S. to play for the Life University Division I men’s team. Was fortunate to win the 2008 Men’s Division I National Championship before Life became a member of the Super League.
Won first cap in 2009 versus Uruguay and was fortunate enough to play three years with the Eagles, culminating with the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. Took nearly a year-and-a-half off from rugby before returning to the Eagles in 2013.
-Courtesy USA Rugby
Angus MacLellan II - USA Eagle 5 Caps
MLR - Utah Warriors 2018-Present
Traverse Bay Rugby - 2008-2011
MacLellan played rugby for Davenport University where he Captained his team to a D1AA National Championship. In 2014, he joined the USA Rugby Selects for World Rugby's developmental Americas Rugby Championship tournament, and joined the AIG Men's Collegiate All-Americans for their New England Tour.
Making his international debut with the Men's Eagles in the Summer of 2016 against Italy at Avaya Stadium, Maclellan went on to join the Selects for the 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge before returning to the senior level the next year.
In 2018, the experienced prop suited up for the Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) at the senior level, where he helped his squad become the first team to win five ARC matches in a row and clinch the championship title for a second consecutive year.
-Courtesy USA Rugby
Therese Panian - WPL - Glendale Merlins 2018-Present
Traverse Bay Rugby - 2015-2018
Lauren Panian - Division 1 Women's Rugby - Glendale Merlins 2018-Present
Traverse Bay Rugby - 2015-2018
