College Men
Here are our Gamebreakers from Men's D2 college rugby.
Joe Kim, Washington UniversityThe powerful center has embraced rugby even though he is relatively new to it and his elusive running combined with an ability to handle contact helped lead WashU to a surprise win over St. Louis University.
We are enjoying seeing a few upstart Men's D2 College teams this season which is gratifying to us at Goff Rugby Report World Headquarters because it gives us something to talk about on the daily 90-minute bullet train ride from home to HQ.
Shaking up expectations is good for the competition as a whole.
Well the Gamebreakers are back!
Here's a look at some of the D1 men's college players who stood out this week.
AJ Ayres, LouisvilleThree tries and a strong defensive effort saw outside center Ayres lead Louisville to a win over Cincinnati.
A reminder that we are ranking only those D1A, NCR D1, and D1AA teams that are playing significant seasons in the fall.
Some of these teams will be ranked both in the fall and the spring, while others will only be ranked in the fall and then at our overall end-of-season ranking.
The great experiment in NCR is hitting its stride this weekend.
The Big Rivers Conference was created this year to accommodate the new influx of varsity and school-supported teams in men's college rugby. The result was some teams were bumped up from D2 to accomplish this, but that really mainly served to keep D2 more D2.