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Written by Alex Goff
Friday, 24 May 2013 16:36 |
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2013 RUGBYMag.com Boys HS Club Top 25, May 24, 2013 presented by Selective Service |
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Rankings -
Boys U19
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Massive changes in the HS Club rankings because of the results at the NIT.
United, which lost to Herriman twice in Utah, thus moving them down, beat #1. #2 and #3 to win the NIT. Amazing performance. We still think Cathedral is #2, but then things go haywire. Given that Danville almost beat Cathedral (game went to OT), and Danville lost to the Islanders, who lost to Granite Bay in Northern California action, we have to bring all of those teams up.
To a lesser extent, Peninsula Green moves up for the same reason. So even though they played superbly, San Diego has to drop a spot, and the same with Liberty. We believe that the top ten or so teams could all win a national title. Clark County's awesome performance in crushing a good North Clackamas team in Oregon puts them in the top 10. KC Jr. Blues drop down due to their results in Elkhart. Brother Rice, which won the Tier II at the NIT, moves up 12 points. They could move up more, you could argue, but we think the Northern California teams are just so strong, we don't think Brother Rice goes much higher.
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| RUGBYMag Boys HS Club Rankings May 24 2013 |
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United (Utah) |
56-7 over KC (3), 33-12 over Colo. Springs (2), 24-10 over Cathedral (1) |
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Cathedral (Ind.) |
33-19 over Marin (21) 17-12 over Danville (22), 10-24 to United (6) |
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8 |
Granite Bay (Calif.) |
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15 |
Islanders (Calif.) |
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22 |
Danville Oaks (Calif.) |
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San Diego Mustangs (Calif.) |
15-17 to Danville (22), 26-0 over Marin (21), 15-3 over KC (3) |
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4 |
Liberty (Wash.) |
Won Washington over Chuckanut (7) 20-10 |
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Colorado Springs (Colo.) |
54-22 over Westerville (11), 12-33 to United (6), 5-40 to Danville (22) |
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Chuckanut (Wash.) |
Lost Washington to Liberty (4) 20-10 |
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20 |
Clark County (Ore.) |
50-0 over North Clackamas (26) in state final |
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Peninsula Green (Calif.) |
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3 |
Kansas City Jr. Blues (Mo.) |
7-56 to United (6), 21-20 over Westerville (11), 3-15 to San Diego (5) |
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9 |
Union County (NC) |
22-17 over Charlotte Tigers (10) in state final |
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10 |
Charlotte Tigers (NC) |
Lost 22-17 to Union County (9) |
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12 |
Doylestown (Pa.) |
22-5 over Downingtown (13) for state |
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28 |
Brother Rice (Ill.) |
54-21 over Park Hill (SS17), 34-14 over Maryland (29), 25-17 over Greenwich (SS8) |
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Downingtown (Pa.) |
lost 22-5 to Doylestown (12) |
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14 |
West Shore United (Pa.) |
Lost 21-17 to Downingtown (13) in semis |
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21 |
Marin Highlanders (Calif.) |
19-33 TO Cathedral (1), 0-26 to San Diego (5), 21-12 over Westerville (11) |
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16 |
NOVA (Va.) |
31-0 over Heritage in state semis |
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Red Mountain (Ariz.) |
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Tempe (Ariz.) |
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Aurora (Colo.) |
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Westerville (Ohio) |
22-54 to Colo. Springs (2), 20-21 to KC (3), 12-21 to Marin (21) |
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West End (Va.) |
32-0 over Hampton in state semis |
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Naples (Fla.) |
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Written by Alex Goff
Friday, 24 May 2013 13:35 |
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USA v Canada Head to Head |
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National Teams -
USA Men
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Canada v. USA Head-to-Head. Can this predict the game? RUGBYMag.com looks at each position, plus a few other aspects of the game, and tries to get a handle on who will win this always hotly-contested match.
Take away the dark years of 2006-2008, when Canada were clearly better, this game is usually very close.
Scores from 2003-2005 and 2009-2012 are as follows:
USA 16 Canada 11
USA 35 Canada 20
USA 20 Canada 23
USA 29 Canada 32
USA 26 Canada 30
USA 20 Canada 19
USA 12 Canada 6
USA 18 Canada 41
USA 22 Canada 28
USA 7 Canada 27
USA 25 Canada 28
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Shawn Pittman |
Buydens and Marshall are big, strong former football players, and Barkwill is a terrific defender and good in the set piece. Pittman and Fry are improving in tight and very good in the open field, and Fenoglio will be under pressure to perform in set piece. Edge: USA _________
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Hubert Buydens |
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Zach Fenoglio |
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Ray Barkwill |
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Eric Fry |
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Jason Marshall |
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Brian Doyle |
Beukeboom and Hotson are both powerful, physical second rows. They are not unlike Stanfill in the way they play. The game-changer might well be Doyle, who is the tallest of the locks and could mess up the lineouts. Edge: USA
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Brett Beukeboom |
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Louis Stanfill |
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Tyler Hotson |
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John Quill |
Quill got kudos from Clever for his ornery play. Dahl knows how to battle, and proved it against Romania last November. Clever is a true international superstar. However, if Tyler Ardron isn't a superstar now, he will be soon. He is huge, and can run and pass like a back. Moonlight is a classic mobile flanker, and Carpenter, despite his short stature, seems to always punish the USA. Even
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Tyler Ardron |
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Peter Dahl |
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John Moonlight |
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Todd Clever |
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Aaron Carpenter |
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Robbie Shaw |
Sean White and Harry Jones are fit, smart, and skilled. Shaw and L'Estrange are a combination Canada has not seen, and that could help them. Edge: USA
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Sean White |
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Toby L'Estrange |
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Harry Jones |
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James Paterson |
These are two very different units. Paris and Hearn run over people, and do it really well. They are strong passers, as well. Paterson likes to get around players, and Hume is a sidestepping freak. It's a study in contrasts. We'll go with the battlers. Edge: Canada
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Taylor Paris |
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Luke Hume |
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Ciaran Hearn |
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Andrew Suniula |
This will be a massive battle between two midfields that need to get their teams go-forward. Questions remains whether Suniula and Hall can shore up the defense sufficiently. In 2012 Canada foiled the USA by attacking the channel between 10 and 12. Will L'Estrange and Suniula be able to defend that channel this time? Edge: Canada
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Patrick Parfrey |
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Troy Hall |
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Nick Blevins |
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Adam Sidall |
Both guys are more often flyhalves. Siddall is going to be the USA goalkicker, which is partly why he's there. Braid is there because he has good hands and is an aggressive attacker. Siddall, in his first cap, may or may not be as aggressive. Edge: Canada
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Connor Braid |
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Tom Coolican |
Strangely, while we seem to rate the Canadian backs over the USA backs, the USA backs bench is stronger than the Canada backs bench. Nanyak Dala is the quintessential impact sub for Canada. Both teams have some young guys on the bench, but the USA has a bit more experience. Edge: USA
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Ryan Hamilton |
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Phil Thiel |
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Andrew Tiedemann |
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Nick Wallace |
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Doug Wooldridge |
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Graham Harriman |
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Jon Phelan |
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Liam Murphy |
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Cam Pierce |
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Chris Saint |
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Nanyak Dala |
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Seamus Kelly |
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Phil Mack |
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Blaine Scully |
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Liam Underwood |
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The USA scrum is getting better, but to say they win this aspect of the game yet is premature. Edge: Canada
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The only question on the Eagles lineout is whether Fenoglio can throw as well as Chris Biller has been throwing. Edge: USA
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Goalkicking |
Neither team has their #1 guy on the squad. Even
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You have to go with history here. Canada has won too many games against the USA on defensive breakdowns. Edge: Canada
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The USA is probably the more exciting offensive team. Of course, they have to execute:. Edge: USA
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Canada playing at home. Edge: Canada
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If you use this scouting report to predict the score, you will come up with a tie.
And it may well be that close. It certainly will come down to one error, or one deficiency. Last year, the difference was closing the defensive gap in the interior backline, and the failure to cover the wing on one clearance kick. That was enough to give Canada a 28-25 victory. What will it be this year?
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Written by Alex Goff
Friday, 24 May 2013 14:07 |
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RUGBYMag Unveils Collegiate All American Men |
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Colleges -
College News
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RUGBYMag.com has announced its Men's Collegiate All Americans for the 2012-2013 season.
 The RUGBYMag.com staff decided to name only one group of All Americans for all the divisions "because," said Editor-in-Chief Alex Goff, "it's simple. This is a group of the best of the best. That's the purpose of the list."
Several excellent players did not make the list of 30 players - two for each position - notably flyhalves Jack McAuliffe of Navy and Will Magie of Leeds University, Kutztown hooker Jamie Gregory, the entire Cal front row, and others.
"These were very difficult choices," said Goff. "And when we had a really tough choice, we decided to go with the player who tracks to be a USA national team player."
Meanwhile, some players made a late surge to claim a spot in the team. Notable among these was Gerhardt Veit of Central Florida, who was instrumental in taking UCF to a DI-AA title.
The RUGBYMag.com All American considers American players playing for undergraduate colleges overseas.
Check back with RUGBYMag.com soon for our All-DII team, our 7s All Americans, and our All-Freshman team.
2012-2013 RUGBYMag.com Men's Collegiate All Americans
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Ray Forrester |
BYU |
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Zack Walker |
Life |
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Glen Maricelli |
Life |
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Cameron Falcon |
Trinity |
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Nick Wallace |
St. Mary's |
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Jordan Bouhy |
St. Mary's |
| Lock |
Danny Barrett |
Cal |
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Jack Bristol |
Air Force |
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Brendan Daly |
Cal |
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Kyle Sumsion |
BYU |
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Gerhardt Veit |
Central Florida |
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Ryan Hargraves |
Davenport |
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Ryan Roundy |
BYU |
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Tyler Black |
Lindenwood |
| No. 8 |
John Cullen |
Utah |
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Shaun Potgieter |
Arkansas State |
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Jake McFadden |
Life |
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Don Pati |
Utah |
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JP Eloff |
Davenport |
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Will Holder |
Army |
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Dean Gericke |
Arkansas State |
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Garrett Brewer |
St. Mary's |
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Seamus Kelly |
Cal |
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Colton Cariaga |
Life |
| OC |
Paul Lasike |
BYU |
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Zac Mizell |
Arkansas State |
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Madison Hughes |
Dartmouth |
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Jake Anderson |
Cal |
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Morgan Findlay |
Lindenwood |
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Joe Cowley |
Life |
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Written by Danielle Bessette
Friday, 24 May 2013 13:27 |
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Morris Girls Win NJ |
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School Age -
Girls
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Under Saturday’s threatening skies, the Morris Lady Lions U19 Rugby team defeated nationally-ranked Elizabeth High School Rugby team to win the first ever official New Jersey State Girls Rugby Championship hosted by Rutgers University Rugby. In front of a crowd of over three hundred spectators at the Busch Campus Athletic Complex, the young and fast Morris team was able to focus play on their fast back line and overcome Elizabeth’s powerhouse forward-oriented game.
Elizabeth struck first, four minutes into the game, touching down for 5 points. The next 15 minutes of play were full of nervous energy and small mistakes by both teams; neither team was able to move the ball far from the center of the field. But in the 23rd minute, with help from her centers, Tess Feury scored a try. Feury’s conversion attempt failed, and the game was tied 5-5. Less than 3 minutes later, Morris scored. After missing another difficult conversion, Morris held a 10-5 lead.
The remainder of the game was a classic duel of styles with Morris seeking to get the ball out to the backs, and Elizabeth’s forwards keeping the ball in hand and repeatedly crashing into the smaller Morris pack. By halftime, the score was tied 10-10.
The second half kicked off with both teams feeling the pressure of the tie score. The opening minutes of play were intense and energetic as both teams traded midfield possession several times. In the 12th minute Morris scored a try and successful conversion giving them a 17-10 lead.
Just three minutes later, Elizabeth was in possession of the ball and in control of the midfield. While trying to give their forwards a moment’s rest, they sent the ball out to their backline, where Feury cherry-picked the ball in flight and sprinted 60 meters through open space to score her third try under the posts. Feury made the conversion and Morris went ahead 24-10.
Elizabeth refocused on their forward-oriented game plan. In the 18th minute Elizabeth’s Lenahj Graham punched through the Morris defense for a try, bringing the score to 24-15.
With just minutes to play, the score 29-20, the exhausted Morris forwards did all they could to slow the powerhouse Elizabeth attack. Nadiyah Marrow of Morristown led by example with exemplary goal-line defense while exhorting her team to focus on not allowing any more points. Elizabeth earned two last-minute 5-meter scrums but was unable to get the ball through. The game ended with a final score of 29-20 in favor of Morris. It was a game well played by both sides that produced no injuries and no sanctions for foul play.
It was a tremendous win for a young Morris side that includes five middle school athletes: Sharkey, Nagie, Stumpf, J. Cowan, and Svaasand, and injured player Meghan Martin. Roxbury High School senior and team captain Maura Smith received the player of the game honors for her on-field leadership.
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The tournament will also host a Middle-School Championships on June 2nd, as the event has grown to big to accommodate each age Bracket. 
