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Penn State men’s rugby has hired Zac Mizell as its head coach.
Mizell comes to Penn State after serving as the men’s rugby head coach at Adrian College in 2023-24, where he was the Midwest Rugby Conference Coach of the Year. He also currently serves as head coach of the men’s elite team at the Ohio Aviators Rugby Academy.
Goff Rugby Report sat down for about an hour with Mike Friday this week to talk about his tenure as the USA Men’s 7s Head Coach.
Friday has his detractors, to be sure, and certainly (as we’ll see) he has moments he shakes his head about, but it’s also fair to point out that he has quite a legacy. Before Friday, the USA had never achieved the consistent heights
Goff Rugby Report is previewing the Major League Rugby Draft by looking the positions and also checking in on some of the issues that drive the draft decisions—home-grown players, moving, and non-MLR playing opportunities.
Somehow the USA defeated Japan in the second match of the two-game women's test series, but they tried their best to blow it.
Playing in Shizuoka, Japan, the teams were once again victims of a very hot, humid night and that made for handling errors, fatigue, and, at the end, some head-scratching mistakes.
Shuzoka, Japan (USA Rugby Release)—USA Women's 15s Head Coach Sione Fukofuka has announced his gameday 23 to face Japan in their second round of a two-match series.
You can watch USA v Japan live Saturday, August 17, at 5am ET, on RugbyPass TV.