Jake Ilnicki (born 24 February 1992 in

Williams Lake, British Columbia Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo. Williams Lake is one of the largest cites, by population of metropolitan area, in the Cariboo after neighbouring Quesnel ...

) is a Canadian

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prop who plays international rugby for

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and professional club rugby for

Old Glory DC Old Glory DC RFC is an American professional rugby union team based in the Washington metropolitan area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). Old Glory was founded in 2018, played some exhibition games in 2019, and began regular-season MLR pl ...

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(MLR). He has also played for the

New South Wales Country Eagles The New South Wales Country Eagles is an Australian rugby union football team competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team was founded by a group of patrons associated with country rugby in New South Wales. The Eagles team plays ...

in Australia's

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and for the

Seattle Seawolves The Seattle Seawolves are an American professional rugby union team based in the Seattle metropolitan area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2017. The Seawolves won two MLR championships in 2018 and 2019, and los ...

in MLR. Ilnicki made his debut for Canada in 2013 and was part of the Canada squad at the

2015 Rugby World Cup The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was ...

. In early 2016, Ilnicki was signed to the

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team. In December 2016, Ilnicki joined

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side

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

. The tight head prop made his first appearance in a Saints shirt during their Aviva 'A' League fixture against

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a few days after signing for the club. Despite not making any first team appearances while with Saints, the Canadian prop helped Saints' second team the Northampton Wanderers reach the final of the Aviva 'A' League and eventually beat Gloucester United to lift the 2016/17 trophy. In May 2017, it was announced that Ilnicki would leave Saints at the conclusion of the 2016/17 season. On 4 September 2017, Illnicki signed for English rivals

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for the remainder of the 2017-18 season. Near the end of the 2019

season Ilnicki signed up with the

, playing in all their remaining matches that season including the

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. He stayed with Seattle for two subsequent seasons before signing with

for the 2022 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilnicki, Jake Living people Canadian rugby union players 1992 births Canada international rugby union players Rugby union players from British Columbia San Diego Breakers players New South Wales Country Eagles players Expatriate rugby union players in Australia Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand Rugby union props Manawatu rugby union players Northampton Saints players Newcastle Falcons players Leeds Tykes players Seattle Seawolves players Old Glory DC players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players Eastern Suburbs RUFC players Canadian expatriate rugby union players in England