Djustice Sears-Duru (born 24 May 1994) is a

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international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

prop who plays for

Ealing Trailfinders Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club is an English professional rugby union club based in West London. The club's first team are the current champions of the RFU Championship but will remain in that league due to ineligibility for promotion to Premi ...

and the

San Diego Legion The San Diego Legion is an American professional rugby union team based in San Diego, California. The team was founded in 2017 and competes in Major League Rugby. Home field The team plays at Snapdragon Stadium, which is located on the campus o ...

in Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for the Seattle Seawolves and the

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in the MLR. He formerly played for

Glasgow Warriors Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...

and

Ontario Blues The Ontario Blues are the senior men's representative rugby team for Ontario. They were founded in 2009 to compete in the Americas Rugby Championship against other representative teams from Canada, Argentina, and the United States. In their inaugu ...

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Sears-Duru has appeared for the Castaway Wanderers rugby club in the British Columbia Premier League. Sears-Duru played as a minor, junior and senior for the Crusaders Rugby Club in Oakville, Ontario. Upon moving to

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

to play for the Warriors, Sears-Duru has made some appearances for

Ayr Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area and the historic Shires of Scotlan ...

in the

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Professional career

Sears-Duru played for

. He joined

on a short-term deal till the end of the 2015–16 season on 23 March 2016. This was then extended till the end of the 2016–17 season. Sears-Duru made his debut for the Warriors in the pre-season match against Harlequins on the 20 August 2016. On 20 February 2017 it was announced that Sears-Duru would leave the Warriors at the end of the season. Sears-Duru rejoined

before joining

for the 2017–18 season.

Club statistics

International career

Sears-Duru made his debut for

in 2013 and was part of the Canada squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sears-Duru, Djustice 1994 births Living people Ayr RFC players Canada international rugby union players Canadian expatriate rugby union players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian people of Kenyan descent Expatriate rugby union players in the United States Glasgow Warriors players Rugby union props Seattle Seawolves players Sportspeople from Edmonton Canadian rugby union players Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club players LA Giltinis players San Diego Legion players