Anthem Rugby Carolina

Absolutely.

If you remember way back to the last offseason, October 2025-ish, it suddenly appeared on the disciplinary page on MLR that the Free Jacks had been penalized their first round pick for tampering with Anthem RC about the return of Mitch Wilson from the Rising Stars back to New England.

They forfeited their first round pick to Anthem.

That first round pick, as it turned out, was going to be second overall.

But there is one in particular.

that i think happened in the span of uh of us doing this show that i want to talk about and that is a former anthem rugby carolina player which obviously a uh a team that is no more uh and a highly touted one in fact a first overall pick uh as recent as last year uh so very very poetic in terms of a draft show having the former first overall pick uh making some big moves and that is signing with the Red Hurricanes Osaka in Japan's League One.

Will Sherman heads overseas, which in all intents and purposes basically locks him out of what will be an MLR appearance here next season as he takes his talents to the Japanese League.

Yeah, so this is Japanese rugby, League One, Division Two, because League One is broken into three different divisions.

But hey, good for him.

And again, for me, I think the biggest takeaway, and I think there's two ways to look at it, right? It's twofold.

One side, you can say, hey, you know, it's a guy that obviously was drafted by Anthem Rugby Carolina, who is no more, who is now taking an opportunity to And we're losing a top talent in terms of, you know, a first overall pick.

But then on the flip side with what I just said, hey, this is – a guy that took advantage of the opportunities and the exposure that he got through MLR to earn that recognition, to earn a pro contract in Japan.