GRR: Northern California
The Union Titans, defending Oregon single-school champions, took a short trip to California to kick off their season.
The Titans played a series of shortened matches with some DI teams from Northern California, defeating the Cougars 19-5 and Sierra 35-12 on Saturday. On Sunday, the Titans defeated the Sac Eagles 31-19 and the Cougars 36-5.
Granite Bay moved to 2-0 in the Northern California Varsity Premier with a 30-19 defeat of Mother Lode.
The new-look Solano-Yolo Falcons claimed a big scalp Thursday night with a 28-22 defeat of the Danville Oaks in the Northern California Premier Varsity division.
The Danville Oaks kicked off their Northern California Varsity Premier season with a 60-12 defeat of Mother Lode.
As the USA Men’s 15s team gets ready to embark on a new era in the Americas Rugby Championship, it’s worth taking a look at the new faces.
Several of the new caps and players with one or two caps are those who many expected to be there soon enough, but it’s likely that few would have predicted that the starting No. 8 would have been David Tameilau.