Inside the 22: Praise Canada
Inside the 22 is a short opinion column by Alex Goff, editor of the Goff Rugby Report. The column attempts to make its point in 22 words or less.
Sometimes, all you need is a few words.
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All praise Canada, who could have settled for a tie, but went for the win, the way real rugby players do.
Cambridge Selects XV to Face AAs
Cambridge University has selected its starting lineup to face the Collegiate All Americans Saturday afternoon at Dartmouth College's rugby fields in Hanover, NH.
Ten of the starting lineup have earned Light Blues, by playing in the annual Varsity Match against Oxford (where All American Head Coach Matt Sherman played for a time), and four of the subs, including former Dartmouth All American Nate Brakeley, have earned Blues.
The Lineup is:
1 Will Briggs
2 Patrick Calvert
3 Frank Sanders
4 Jack Baker
5 Rob Hall
6 Leo Buizza
7 Hugo Kelly
8 Rob Malaney
9 George Bilclough
10 Sam Allen
11 Andrew Murdoch
12 Danny Holmes
14 James Boyd-Moss
15 Angus Strachan
Ontario Blues Name Squad
The Ontario Blues have named the squad of players they will use against the Collegiate All Americans Saturday, June 28 at the Irish Cultural Center in Canton, Mass.
With many of the Blues’ internationals tied up with Canada for the month of June, head coach Chris Silverthorn has chosen a mixed side with some younger players as well as some internationals.
ONTARIO BLUES squad to case the Collegiate All Americans
Front row: Jacob Rumball, Seb Pearson, Tom Dolezel, Rob Brouwer, JT Rowbotham, Sawyer Herron
Second row: Haddon Murray, Hank McQueen, Scott Dunham
Back row: Lucas Rumball, Alistair Clark, Tim Richardson, Pat Richardson
Backs: Andrew Ferguson, Josh Campbell, Derek Daypuck, Rich Lebel, Dan Moor, Dan Mathie, Jake Webster, Matt Alexander, Shawn Windsor, Dave Worsley
Teams Confirmed for Youth Olympic 7sThe International Rugby Board has confirmed the six men’s and six women’s teams that will participate in the Rugby Sevens competitions at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games from August 17-20. Nanjing will be the first time that Rugby Sevens has appeared on the Olympic programme and 144 players will participate across the six men’s and six women’s teams with Japan, France, Argentina, Kenya, Fiji and USA going for gold in the men’s competition and Canada, China, Spain, Australia, Tunisia and USA competing for honours in the women’s event. The teams were confirmed and ratified by the IRB following a qualification process based on the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 rankings and the selection of participating team sports by the respective National Olympic Committees. IRB Chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "This
Cambridge Names US Touring Squad
Cambridge University has confirmed their traveling squad for their trip to the USA.
The Light Blues will play the Men's Collegiate All Americans twice, including June 21 at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth is the alma mater of former All American Nate Brakely, who went on to earn his LIght Blue for Cambridge as a lock. Brakely, who is now with the New York Athletic Club, will join the Cambridge touring side to bolster their second row.
The team is a combination of youth and experience, with several players new to the squad, or having completed their first year at Cambridge, while a large chunk are graduate students, aged 23 or 24.
Cambridge University lineup
Cambridge University has confirmed their traveling squad for their trip to the USA.
The Light Blues will play the Men's Collegiate All Americans twice, including June 21 at Dartmouth College. Dartmouth is the alma mater of former All American Nate Brakely, who went on to earn his LIght Blue for Cambridge as a lock. Brakely, who is now with the New York Athletic Club, will join the Cambridge touring side to bolster their second row.
The team is a combination of youth and experience, with several players new to the squad, or having completed their first year at Cambridge, while a large chunk are graduate students, aged 23 or 24.
Cambridge University lineup
JWC Finalists Decided
Defending champions England will play South Africa in the IRB Junior World Championship 2014 final at Eden Park on 20 June after overcoming Ireland and hosts New Zealand respectively in enthralling last four encounters.
The two semi-finals were contrasting affairs with an English whirlwind proving too much for Ireland in their first appearance in the last four to seal a 42-15 win, before South Africa battled back with a try two minutes from time to break New Zealand hearts with a 32-25 victory.
ENGLAND 42-15 IRELAND
A blistering first-half display saw England blow first-time semi-finalists Ireland out of the water and keep their hopes of defending the title alive, the Irish simply unable to live with the English power, running lines and line speed on defence.
PNC Standings 2014
Latest Pacific Nations Cup Standings
Updated June 26, 2014
(There are no plans, as yet, for the division winners to play each other)
Japan Selects for USA Match Japan National Team Coach Eddie Jones has named his side to face the USA at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., on Saturday at 7:30pm Pacific Time. Wing Yoshikazu Fujita has been ruled out with a shoulder injury incurred while he scored a try in his team'sstartling comeback over Canada last weekend.
Kenki Fukuoka replaces Fujita. Jones made only one other change to the team that beat Canada 34-25, with Shoji Ito replacing Hotishi Ono at second row.
Of the eight reserves named by Jones, six are forwards, as the Brave Blossoms anticipate at tough battle up front.
Japan lineup v USA:
Of the eight reserves named by Jones, six are forwards, as the Brave Blossoms anticipate at tough battle up front.
Japan lineup v USA:
Cam Dolan Re-Signs with Saints
Northampton Saints have confirmed that former Naples HS and Life University star Cam Dolan has re-signed with the club for a year.
Dolan joined the Aviva Premiership champions in December to fill in for injured players. He didn't see any 1st-team game time but continued to get good notices from coaches and players (see here). He was named Player of the Tournament in the Bury St. Edmunds 7s playing for the Saints.
Thursday the Saints announced he would remain with the club for another season.
Meanwhile, Dolan's Northampton and USA teammate, Samu Manoa, has been named a finalist for Northamptonshire Sports Personality of the Year. The massively populatr Manoa was a huge part of the Saints' championship run.
Japan Comeback Sinks Canada - PNC Latest
Rugby World Cup 2019 hosts Japan continued their impressive form with a 34-25 victory over Canada in the North American Conference of the IRB Pacific Nations Cup in Burnaby, BC on Saturday.
Canada looked dominant in the first half and bulled their way over for two tries to make it 18-9 just before halftime. Then right from a restart, Ciaran Hearn started a break that ended up with Taylor Paris curing around under the posts. That made it 25-9 for Canada at halftime, but the Brave Blossoms would score all of the points in the second half.
Wing Yoshikazu Fujita took the ball into the corner for the first Japan try - Canada had muffed the second-half kickoff and from the scrum the Blossoms just sliced through. That was the story thereafter as Canada's midfield defense was exposed twice more.
Video: Canada v Japan
Highlights of the June 7, 2014 Pacific Nations Cup match between Canada and Japan held in Burnaby, BC.
Inside the 22 - Is it True?
Do refs favor Tier Ones? I don't believe so, but would like to write a report without mentioning the ref. This time.
Elite City 7s Set for Houston
BOULDER, Colo. – The schedule for the inaugural Elite City Sevens tournament, to be held June 6-7 alongside the Men’s Eagles’ match against Scotland in Houston, Texas, has been announced. In addition, USA Rugby has partnered with StreamSports.com to stream the event live online.
Houston Sports Park will be host to Elite City Sevens, consisting of 12 teams and 144 of the nation’s top rugby sevens players with an eye towards making the Men’s Eagles Sevens squad as it prepares for the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games.
Japan Joins USA's Pool in RWC 2015
Tokyo - Japan will represent Asia at Rugby World Cup 2015, while Hong Kong face the long journey to Uruguay for the first round of the repechage after the Brave Blossoms clinched their seventh straight Asian 5 Nations title with a 49-8 win at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday evening.
“It was a tough old game but we have achieved our first goal of qualifying for the World Cup,” Japan coach Eddie Jones said after the game, the last to be played at the stadium before it is demolished to make way for a new arena that will make its debut at Rugby World Cup 2019.
“Hong Kong competed very hard at the breakdown and it was difficult to get any flow to our game. But what a beautiful ending to one of the most important grounds in Japan,” Jones told the 16,370-strong crowd after the match.
