GRR: Gonzaga
Two of the top single-school boys HS teams meet up Saturday when Gonzaga takes on Xavier.
Xavier is fresh off a tour to California where they played some stiff SoCal opposition plus New Plymouth out of New Zealand.
Gonzaga is fresh off winning the Jesuit Classic.
Gonzaga HS won the Jesuit Classic hosted at the fields of the Loudoun rugby program at their home fields of Morven Park in Leesburg, Va., holding off a very tough Greenwich HS in the final.
It’s a cavalcade of powerhouses as the 6th Annual Jesuit Classic kicks off in Leesburg, Va. Saturday morning.
Eight top Boys HS programs will field nine teams in the Varsity competition, while JV and Freshman brackets will also feature teams.
Gonzaga HS out of DC comes back to the USA after a successful tour of Chile.
The main Gonzaga varsity team played four games, losing to Catolica U18s 25-19, but betting Grange School 14-10 and also beating Alianza Francesca 32-0 and Sporting Rugby Club 24-0 in shortened games.
The Gonzaga White team defeated Stade Francais U18s 31-19 and Grange School Bs 42-7.
The early-season meeting of the two defending NIT champions lived up to expectations as 2014 single-school champs Gonzaga edged 2014 multi-school club champs Royal Irish 27-25 on the final play of the game.