GRR: Southern California
Fallbrook clinched the South Gold conference in Southern California with a 43-20 defeat of the San Diego Young Aztecs Saturday.
Fallbrook was just coming off an instructive loss of 71-7 to Westlake HS of New Zealand, a game that had its positive moments but was a humbling experience to the Southern California team.
Fallbrook continued their run with an impressive 40-22 defeat of the San Diego Mustangs to move to 2-0 in the SoCal Club South Gold conference.
Here’s a quick look at Boys HS rugby along the West Coast.
It’s spring break in Oregon, so there’s only one round-robin, and that’s in the Varsity division. But there is more action elsewhere.
In a game between two of the stronger teams in Southern California, Fallbrook overhauled Back Bay 27-13 to move to 1-0 in their conference, and set themselves up for a potential double championship.
In 2014 two Southern California clubs finished high in the National Invitational Championship, with the San Diego Mustangs taking 4th and Santa Monica taking 2nd.
This year, two Southern California teams from the same two regions are looking like they might be ready to enjoy a good season … but they’re two different teams.