Cleveland Rugby League
# Cleveland Rugby League

The Cleveland Rugby League are an American amateur rugby league football club based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are a founding member of the new North American Rugby League that will begin in 2022.

## History

The Cleveland Rugby League team were first established in 2018 by Toronto Wolfpack trialist, Monte Gaddis. Initially they planned to start the Midwest Rugby League Conference where they would play a rugby league 9s game against the Chicago Stockyarders.

Cleveland's first match was against USA Rugby League club, the Northern Virginia Eagles.

On 31 March 2021 it was announced a new professional North American Rugby League competition with 14 teams taking part, including Cleveland Rugby League.

On 19 April 2021 it was announced that experienced Australian coach Glenn Morrison had been appointed as Director of Rugby; Morrison has previously been head coach at Dewsbury Rams, in the RFL Championship and the Jamaican national team.

## Players

### Current squad

2021 NARL season squad;

* Cory Graham
* Dayne Karlovec
* Brent Coles
* Zack Forro
* Ve'shaun Glover
* Daejon Street
* Monte Gaddis
* Jonathan Torres
* Lee Cundiff
* Jalen Peeples
* Devin Karlovec
* Justin Rutledge
