Goff Rugby Report Busy This Summer
Edited and founded by Alex Goff, longtime American rugby journalist, who has been covering rugby in the USA for 20 years, Goff Rugby Report has been hard at work giving readers insight into goings on in college rugby, HS rugby, and the teams those players aspire to join as they get better.
Here are some of our latest headlines.
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The Huskies lose a former Eagle as Head Coach and get another to take his place. Matt Carrithers photo.
A team made up of seven related players, a related coach and team manager, and two family friends - the Lakeside Lost Boys: (Top row, left to right) Conor Mathews, John Doyle, Brian Driscoll (coach), Trevor Zang, Sean O'Malley, Drew Parker, Kevin McNamara; (Bottom row, left to right) Michael Mathews, Christopher Mathews (future player), Ryan O'Malley, Neil Seguin
Seattle may have been the winners, but Army didn't do too badly. Left, Seattle's John Cullen meets up with Ben Leatigaga in the final. Smaller image, Seattle celebrates their victory.
The answer, for the most part, is "yes." The new list of players trying to break into the USA men's 7s team includes a wide variety of club guys, crossovers, and guys who have taken advantage of the new development acdemies. But college programs of all types, and HS programs too, still produce talent (such as Trevor Tanifum, left.)
St. Mary's won USA Rugby's DIA final, and that's a national championship. USA Rugby says competitions like the CRC and Varsity Cup are not, and shouldn't say they are.
Bob Latham (seen here at left accepting a youth development award from the IRB on behalf of USA Rugby) is the Chairman of the Board, and he speaks with Goff Rugby Report.