DIAA College Rugby News
Here are the games for this weekend in men's DI college rugby.
See some previews here:
Storer Classic Attracts, Cal, UCLA, Davis
California Conf. Kicks Off With UCSB at Saint Mary's
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.
College 7s took the attention of many during May, with the continued shifts and changes in schedules meaning that while a group of college teams were in the last throes of the 15s playoffs, most were thinking about 7s glory.
Goff Rugby Report has named Bowling Green University hooker Phil Bryant as the Fall 2016 MVP Forward.
Bryant was an inspirational leader for BGSU as the Falcons rolled to the fall DIAA final. The Archbishop Moeller product is only a sophomore, but has shown significant leadership in a forward pack where everyone else was either a junior or a senior.
Marcus Tupuola is a Mathematics and Modern Psychology major, and as in his academic life, rugby life can sometimes be about the numbers, and sometimes be about the emotion.