GRR: All Americans
The Men’s Collegiate All American winter camp concluded this past weekend with a series of games between collegiate players and the Junior All American camp players.
As one would expect, the collegiates won the games, but there was plenty of value in the entire exercise for everyone, even if they hadn't been playing rugby for a while.
As Gavin Hickie assembles his group of Men's Collegiate All American hopefuls, his message continues to be that he's still looking for players.
USA Rugby's Men's Collegiate All American Head Coach Gavin Hickie has named his list of players to attend the identification camp January 14-16 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
This is the earliest any All American assembly has been held. Historically, the All Americans have assembled in the summer or late spring. But this is a new approach.
The Men's Collegiate All Americans finished their Australian tour 1-2 after yet another close loss, dropping a 43-40 decision to the Queensland Country Barbarians Saturday.
Once again the All Americans fell behind early. Once again they fought their way back.
The Collegiate All Americans were beaten 36-34 by Brothers RFC Wednesday in Brisbane, QLD in the second game of the AAs' three-game tour.
The game came down to a very harsh penalty against the tourists - an attempted interception was ruled an intentional knock-on by referee Rohan Hoffman, and the ensuing kick won it for Brothers.