GRR: Collegiate Shield
Thursday, July 13 brings the Collegiate Rugby Shield back to Herriman, Utah as a pre-Major League Rugby draft event.
In fact, the Shield is touting the fact that it had more players than “any other MLR Redraft Event.” While technically true, there aren’t really a lot of these so being the biggest wouldn’t be hard.
(An Opinion Column by Goff Rugby Report)—The Peaks vs Canyons Collegiate Rugby Shield accomplished its goal.
That’s the first thing. Players who might not have received a lot of notice moving into MLR Draft time got a chance to be seen doing good things. For many of them it’s not necessarily about being drafted, but perhaps about being signed as an undrafted free agent.
The Peaks defeated the Canyons 36-17 in the MLR Collegiate Shield Saturday in Herriman, Utah.
The two all-star teams of college players, many of which are applying for the 2022 Major League Rugby Draft (but not all) battled in a game at Zions Bank Stadium.