Canadian Flanker Lucas Rumball played in Major League Rugby between 2019-2026. He represented the Toronto Arrows as Arrow #1 between 2019-2023, and the Chicago Hounds (2024-2026)

Lucas Rumball is a test-capped Canadian, with his international debut coming against Uruguay in 2016. He earned his 50th cap for Canada in November 2023 against Spain.

The Scarborough, Ontario native played club rugby with Balmy Beach RFC in Toronto, and has represented the Toronto Arrows in every MLR season in which they competed, earning 54 MLR caps (50 starts) and scoring 5 tries. Rumball was named Co-Captain of the Arrows for their 2021 campaign alongside fellow Canadian, Ben LeSage. He was named outright captain of the Arrows for their 2023 MLR campaign. He has developed a reputation as a fearsome tackler, and can be relied on for at least one breakdown steal a game. He finished the 2021 season as MLR’s highest tackler with a total of 228, and has a career MLR total of 1078 through 2025.

A Toronto and Canada stalwart, on 7th November 2023 the Arrows announced the return of Lucas Rumball for the 2024 MLR season. Rumball was one of only three Arrows players to reach 50 caps in MLR, along with Mike Sheppard and Paul Ciulini. In late November 2023, the Toronto Arrows and MLR announced that they would not compete in the 2024 season due to financial difficulties. Following this news, Rumball signed with the Chicago Hounds as a free agent for the 2024 season, which the Hounds announced on 20th December 2023.

In his first season away from the Arrows, Rumball earned 10 caps (5 starts) for the Hounds, completing another 91 tackles take his MLR total to 880, 2nd all-time as of the conclusion of 2024. The Chicago Hounds qualified for the playoffs in the 2024 season, and Rumball came off the bench in both their playoff games as the Hounds fell to the eventual champions, the New England Free Jacks in the Eastern Conference Final. On October 21st 2024, the Chicago Hounds announced the return of Lucas Rumball for his 7th MLR season in 2025, Captaining the side. On May 19th, 2025, Rumball completed 15 tackles for the Chicago Hounds to take his career total to 1,009 tackles completed, becoming the first play in MLR history to pass 1,000 tackles completed in the competition. Rumball ended up scoring 2 tries in 16 games (15 starts) as the Hounds took the Free Jacks beyond the 80 before losing a heartbreaking 21-20 Eastern Conference Final. For his efforts, Lucas Rumball was named the Chicago Hounds’ Forward of the Year for 2025 and was also named to the All-MLR Second XV team for 2025, his 2nd All-MLR selection.

On November 6th, 2025, the Chicago Hounds announced the return of their 2025 Captain Lucas Rumball for the 2026 MLR season, where he continued his stand-out performance. Rumball started 9 of his 10 appearances for the Hounds during their dominant 2026 season, Captaining the team to the Championship Game against the California Legion where they claimed their first MLR Shield in front of a home crowd to cap off the first perfect season in league history. As expected, Rumball was an integral part of the 2026 Hounds. He earned 4 First XV Selections and scored a career high 4 tries, beating a massive 37 defenders on over 250m gained in possession while averaging over 14 tackles per game for 141 on the season to finish T-6th league wide with California Legion’s Lance Williams. For his remarkable effort, 2026 Shield-Winning Captain Lucas Rumball was named as the Chicago Hounds Forward of the Year for the 2nd year in a row.

Achievements

• 2026 Chicago Hounds Forward of the Year
• 2026 MLR Champion: Chicago Hounds
• MLR Team of the Week: 2026 – Rd 10
• MLR Team of the Week: 2026 – Rd 4
• MLR Team of the Week: 2026 – Rd 3
• MLR Team of the Week: 2026 – Rd 2
• 2025 All-MLR Second XV Selection
• 2025 Chicago Hounds Forward of the Year
• First MLR Player to pass 1,000 tackles completed – 19th May 2025
• MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 8
• MLR Team of the Week: 2025 – Rd 3
• MLR Team of the Week: 2023 – Rd 1
• MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Rd 16
• MLR Team of the Week: 2022 – Rd 3
• 2021 All-MLR First XV Selection
• 1st in MLR Tackling: 2021 (228)
• MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Rd 6
• MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Rd 5
• MLR Team of the Week: 2021 – Rd 1
• 2nd in MLR Tackling: 2020 (73)
• MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Rd 11
• MLR Team of the Week: 2019 – Rd 10

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