Niall Saunders (born 21 December 1997) is an English

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player, currently playing for the

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(MLR). His preferred position is scrum-half.

Professional career

Saunders signed for

side

Utah Warriors The Utah Warriors are a professional rugby union team that competes in Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018. The team is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and ...

for the

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. He has also previously played for and the

Tel Aviv Heat The Tel Aviv Heat () is the first professional Israeli rugby union team. Based in Tel Aviv, the team competes annually in the Eastern Conference of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, alongside RC Batumi and The Black Lion of Georgia as well as the Roma ...

. Saunders had previously retired from rugby, before returning with Utah in 2022.

References

External links

itsrugby.co.uk Profile
1997 births Living people Rugby union scrum-halves Irish rugby union players Harlequin F.C. players Utah Warriors players Tel Aviv Heat players English rugby union players English people of Irish descent Rugby union players from Chertsey English expatriate rugby union players Irish expatriate rugby union players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English expatriate sportspeople in Israel Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Irish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate rugby union players in Israel Expatriate rugby union players in the United States Rugby Football Club Los Angeles players {{Ireland-rugbyunion-bio-stub