GRR: Awards
After each game of the ACRC Bowl Series in Charlotte, NC (and the one game in New Rochelle, NY), awards were given for co-players of the game (three for each winning team, and two for each losing team).
It’s not common that you get a young athlete choosing a college in part because of rugby even though he hasn’t played rugby, but that’s kind of how Thomas McCrimmon ended up at UNC-Wilmington.
It was a huge weekend in Men’s DII college rugby, and we found some players who went above and beyond; here is this week’s Gamebreakers:
You might have seen the video of Eric Sweeney playing scrumhalf for Towson University, taking the ball from the back of the scrum, running weakside and popping a kick over the top for a try against Georgetown.
Here’s a look at some of the players in DIA, DIAA, and ACRC rugby who had good games this past weekend.
Jonah Lamothe
The freshman Clemson back was something of a revelation in the Tigers’ defeat of NC State with two tries.