USA Rugby South

USA Rugby South is an organization that combines a number of unions in the south-east of the USA for competition and representative honours. Their representative team is known as the Panthers.

Originally formed as Southern Eastern Rugby Union in 1976, this representative team played against the North Eastern Rugby Union between 1976 and 1982.[1]

USA Rugby South organizes inter-union competitions between champion teams from each geographical union, who go on to represent USA Rugby South at national competitions.

Since 2013, the USA Rugby South Panthers have competed in the NACRA Rugby Championship and were crowned champions in their first year, beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final.[2]

There are currently seven member organisations associated with USA Rugby South.

Squad

USA Rugby South squad at the 2015 NACRA Rugby Championship:[3]

PlayersClub
Lucas BaistrocchiBoston
Tyler BishopTallahassee
Zach BlalockBirmingham
John BryantCharleston
Casey DavidsonU of Georgia
Cathal DoyleLife
Austin DozierMTSU
Nathan DriggersUGA
Amro GoudaCharlotte
Matt HughstonCharlotte
Charles LeadinghamU of Kentucky
Chris MilledgeCharlotte
Drew MoyesU of Mississippi
Ben PaulBragg Rugby
Andrew PerkinsBirmingham
Matt RyanFort Drum
Cole SchanilecUNCW
Chris SigmundCharleston
Brendan SmithBirmingham
Calvin StoreyColumbia
Thomas Van PettenLife
Brandon WardCharlotte
Ben WiniarczykTallahassee
David WiniarczykOld White

References

  1. ↑ "Men's History". Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Kevin Sunich (24 June 2013). "Calypso Ruggers go down to USA South". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Gary Carbines (23 March 2015). "NACRA Caribbean Championship 2015". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
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