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Day One of the Mount Invitational kicked off Friday with Boys U19 and U16 games.
In the U19s, all of the games were very close with teams showing some game savvy in shortened contests, opting to go for goal when a kickable penalty presented itself.
Age-grade select sides from Connecticut and Rhode Island will play each other Saturday as curtain-raisers to the Major League Rugby between the New England Free Jacks and Houston Sabercats.
We're into the forwards now with the top loose forwards of the Men's DII college season.
No. 8 is often a big position in these player recognition lists because they have to do so much and this is no exception.
But there's a variety of players here, attackers, defenders, ball hawks, lineout specialists. It's an exciting variety.
NCR has announced their "Scholastic All Americans" for the 2024-25 academic year.
Players who receive this recommendation must carry a 3.5 GPA and be rostered on their team for at least 50% of the matches or tournaments in a season.
Zack Test had a unique opportunity to see some of the younger USA 7s players in action before he actually took over the Men's 7s Head Coach job.
Tasked as he was to coach the women's team, Test opted to leave the men's squad alone for the first week. Ben Pinkelman and Colton Cariaga were coaching the team and they knew what players they had.