The Rhino Academy U16s dominated the field in a long, hot, and grueling Boys Open bracket at the NAI 7s this weekend.
The younger version of the Rhino Academy was athletic, worked very nicely as a team, and took their chances. In a round-robin league where all seven teams played each other, and then a final game was tagged on at the end, Rhino showed impressive fitness and durability, and outscored their opponents by impressive margins.
The final was Rhino Academy U16s 24 Utah Lions 12
Here are the standings and the scores:
| Boys U18 Open Round Robin | |||
| Triumph Academy | 0 | Rhino Academy U16 | 15 |
| Mambas | 20 | Cedar Park Warlords | 10 |
| Utah Lions Open | 17 | Rhino Academy | 7 |
| Rigby Royals | 7 | Rhino Academy U16 | 48 |
| Rhino Academy | 31 | Cedar Park Warlords | 5 |
| Triumph Academy | 24 | Mambas | 5 |
| Rigby Royals | 14 | Utah Lions Open | 17 |
| Triumph Academy | 0 | Rhino Academy | 15 |
| Rhino Academy U16 | 37 | Mambas | 0 |
| Utah Lions Open | 26 | Cedar Park Warlords | 0 |
| Rigby Royals | 15 | Triumph Academy | 0 |
| Rhino Academy U16 | 26 | Cedar Park Warlords | 10 |
| Rhino Academy | 20 | Mambas | 14 |
| Triumph Academy | 10 | Utah Lions Open | 26 |
| Rigby Royals | 24 | Cedar Park Warlords | 17 |
| Rhino Academy U16 | 31 | Rhino Academy | 10 |
| Rigby Royals | 24 | Mambas | 21 |
| Utah Lions Open | 10 | Rhino Academy U16 | 35 |
| Rigby Royals | 29 | Rhino Academy | 7 |
| Triumph Academy | 0 | Cedar Park Warlords | 15 |
| Utah Lions Open | 22 | Mambas | 7 |
| Boys Open | W | L | T | Pf | Pa | Pd |
| Rhino Academy U16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 37 | 155 |
| Utah Lions | 5 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 73 | 45 |
| Rigby Royals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 128 | 110 | 18 |
| Rhino Academy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 90 | 96 | -6 |
| Triumph Academy | 1 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 91 | 15 |
| Mambas | 1 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 137 | -70 |
| Cedar Park | 1 | 5 | 0 | 57 | 127 | -70 |
