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College Men
11.11.2014 - Alex Goff
Lindenwood Handles Challenges

The word challenge gets thrown around quite a bit in rugby circles, especially when a coach is looking for a difficult opponent to test his players.

One of the biggest problems for good teams at any level is to find games that aren’t blowouts. Lindenwood Head Coach JD Stephenson certainly has been looking for those games, and searched far afield to find them.

College Men
11.11.2014 - Alex Goff
Battaglia Garners Cal Honor
Cal senior Andrew Battaglia was named the school's Athlete of the Week, an award that covers all varsity sports at the University of California. Battaglia earned the Muscle Milk Student Athlete of the Week honor after leading the Bears to a PAC 7s Rugby Championship this past weekend.  In addition to his defense, which helped to limit opponents to 1
National Teams
11.11.2014 - Alex Goff
USA v Romania Breakdown
Goff Rugby Report tracked the USA's 27-17 victory over Romania to see how each possession started and finished.
College Women
11.11.2014 - Jackie Finlan
New Mexico Retains Mountain West Title

New Mexico is proof that, any given day, any team can win. The Lobos nearly saw its 30-29 win over Mountain West power Women’s Cougar Rugby slip away in the final moments of the game, when BYU lined up a 22-meter penalty. But the rugby gods blew the wind in the host’s favor, and New Mexico won its second consecutive league title.

Int'l News
11.11.2014 - Alex Goff
Americans Overseas - Who Played and Samu Rumors

The USA Men's National Team traded the availability of some overseas pros for the New Zealand test match for giving those players up for part or all of the rest of November.

That doesn't mean they played. Blaine Scully and Eric Fry weren't used as Leicester won and Newcastle lost in LV= cup action. Samu Manoa likewise wasn't used as Northampton won.

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