GRR: College Men
Week 6 of This Week in College Rugby has Gift Egbelu breaking down the big Arkansas State upset over Life, while Alex Goff looks ahead to a key PAC Rugby Conference clash between Arizona and UCLA.
Goff also looks ahead to Texas A&M and Texas, which is this week's Game of the Week. Matt McCarthy looks closely at the Saint Mary's win over BYU.
The NCRC playoffs are set for February 29 after this past weekend's results, and the key mover is the University of Oregon.
After losing to Western Washington in the fall, the Ducks were chasing the Vikings for 1st in the NCRC Pool A. But Western's early-season loss to Oregon State left the door open for Oregon to get 1st, and therefore a home game in the semis.
It was a somewhat quiet weekend in DIAA, but these players made some noise.
Maaveave Petaia, University of WashingtonFormer center and now flanker Petaia scored two tries in a huge win over Oregon State.
This was a week of surprises in D1A, especially with Arkansas Sate beating Life University.
Several players, especially in the forwards, stood out to us.
Is no one going to take the mantel? Is no one going to challenge the top group?
We need someone to ... we don't know, win a game?
OK, that's a bit unfair. The Pac West took the week off, and if Fresno State had logged another impressive result, then the Bulldogs might have been that team.
But ... Long Beach State lost. Western Washington lost. Forida was half-idle.