GRR: HS All-Stars
The All-Star and select-side season is coming back in high school rugby and we have a quick look at two tournaments this weekend.
The Panther Academy Elite 15s is being held in Hendersonville, Tenn. while the Buckeye Invitational is in Columbus.
Panther Academy 15sThe Midwest Thunderbirds, Missouri, and Panther Rugby Academy all have teams playing.
The Met NY All-Stars beat the Campion RFC U18 team on tour.
The Friday-night game resulted in a 36-5 win for the New Yorkers.
Flanker Liam Bruckner of Pelham HS was named player of the game.
The MET NY U19 All Stars will face the youth program from Campion RFC Friday evening as the British side is touring the USA.
Assembled fairly quickly to host Campion, the Met NY side will rely on certain players being sufficiently familiar with each other to provide some cohesion.
The summer of 2022 has become a summer of select-level rugby for high-school and youth rugby players in the USA.
Boys select teams from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa assembled in De Pere, WI this past weekend.
The games are reported in more detail here>> but there's more to the story than that.