GRR: Iowa Central CC
In an opener of what promises to be a hugely disrupted collegiate rugby season, Iowa Central Community College defeated Iowa State 23-14 Saturday.
The game was touted as a scrimmage as both programs were just trying to get players on the field. Still it was a real rugby game with tackles and scrums and everything.
There will always be freshmen to watch at Iowa Central Community College, because the school is a two-year institution, but we're giving you the first heads up on a powerful forward from Penn HS who is really one to watch.
"Alex Kennach is the real deal," said his high school coach, Bart Bottorff.
Brent Nelson started the Iowa Central Community College men's rugby program and took it to a NSCRO national title, then 3rd in D2, and then a DIAA national fall title in 2019.
Our second installment of our top players from DIAA in the fall of 2019 features the loose forwards.
Our list will total exactly 100 players, so stay tuned for the other positions.
GRR DIAA Hot 100 Fall 2019: Tight Five
Well we'd like to apologize for being so late with this, but various factors slowed our progress in curating the list—long story short, we're ready now.