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Mungo Mason

Scottish rugby union player (born 1995)

Rugby player

Mungo Mason

Mungo Mason awaiting kickoff

Date of birth

(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 28)

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

Amateur team(s)
Position(s)	Flanker / Number 8
Current team	Zimbabwe Goshawks
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2017–2018 2019	Chicago Lions Bay of Plenty Ngawha		()
Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2018 2018–2019 2020–2021 2020 2022–	San Diego Legion Edinburgh Old Glory DC Warringah Rats Zimbabwe Goshawks	0 1 17 9	(0) (0) (20) (20)
National sevens team
Years	Team		Comps
2018–2019	Scotland		2

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 the MLR and Edinburgh in the Pro14.^[5]

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 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]

References

^ "Mungo Mason: Old Glory Rugby". Oldglorydc.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Mungo Mason". Oldglorydc.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Mungo Mason returns to MLR with Old Glory". Americanrugbynews.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ ""Mason over the moon at joining Old Glory"". Scrummagazine.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Old Glory DC is proud to welcome former San Diego Legion and Scottish Rugby Union player Mungo Mason to the 2020 squad". Oldglorydc.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "The pandemic chased these rugby players home. Nearly a year later, it colored their return". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Mungo Mason". Scottishrugby.org. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Old Glory DC Signs Mungo Mason". Djcoilrugby.com. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Rugby, law and travel - an unbeatable mix". Waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Mungo Mason". Espnscrum.com. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Mungo Mason departs Old Glory for Oxford". Americanrugbynews.com. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.