GRR: St. Mary's
Payton Telea Ilalio has been selected as the winner of the 2019-2020 Rudy Scholz Award as the top men's collegiate rugby player in the United States.
Telea Ilalio is the first prop, and in fact the first tight five forward of any kind, to win the award.
Former Saint Mary's All American Brendan O'Meara has been back at his alma mater coaching the Gaels players and mentoring young athletes.
O'Meara talks in detail with Bruce McLane on how Saint Mary's approaches attacking rugby.
Pay special attention to what he says about skip passes.
The finalists for the Rudy Scholz Award as the top men's college rugby player in the United States have been selected.
A combination of coach/team votes, and fan votes, have whittled the list of nominees down to five finalists. The top fan vote-getter is an automatic finalist, and so is the top team vote-getter (those votes usually logged by coaches or team presidents).
In a hugely physical clash between top-10 D1A teams, Saint Mary's pulled away from Navy to beat the Midshipmen 43-25 Saturday at Cal's Witter field.
On a day when two military academies were in action in Berkeley, with Army playing Cal, players and teams had a unique opportunity to test themselves.
Much happened in D1A Rugby over the weekend, and we've got a bit of a rundown for you.
SevensKutztown dominated in winning the D1A Open Qualifier in Las Vegas.
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