Peaks Defeat Canyons in Collegiate Shield
Peaks Defeat Canyons in Collegiate Shield
The Peaks defeated the Canyons 36-17 in the MLR Collegiate Shield Saturday in Herriman, Utah.
The two all-star teams of college players, many of which are applying for the 2022 Major League Rugby Draft (but not all) battled in a game at Zions Bank Stadium.
The Canyons opened up the scoring with a superb 50-22 by flyhalf Chandler Owens (Kansas) which was then capitalized on with a maul and a well-taken try. But the Peaks came right back with an excellent open-field score, followed soon thereafter by a nifty dummy and snipe from St. Bonaventure scrumhalf Sebastiano Villani. A long run, almost the length of the field, but Arizona State wing Devin Rivet tied the game up for the Canyons, but the Peaks started to pull away as the game wore on.
They took a 24-17 lead into halftime and scored two in the second half. The continuity and the players seemed to wilt a bit in the dry, windy heat of Utah as the game wore on.
Several players from a variety of divisions showed well. We will have more analysis on that later this weekend.
Team Canyons
Head Coach Tui Osborne
1. Liam Smith, Lindenwood
2. Joseph Kryger, Fresno State
3. Brandon Karnes, Iowa State
4. Angelo Eklou, Louisville
5. James Rivers, Arizona
6. John Dupree, Central Washington
7. Sean Martin, Arizona State
8. Josh Kipp, Michigan State
9. Evan Conlon, Lindenwood
10. Chandler Owens, Kansas
11. Devin Rivet, Arizona State
12. Owen McGuffin, Iowa State
13. Joseph Johnson, Bowling Green
15. Sam Williams, Adrian College
17. Nolan Buckley, UMass Lowell
19. Sione Mahe Nau, Snow College
20. John Stewart, Lindenwood
21. Brad Jackson, Utah
22. Sebastian Scheffermann, Mary Washington
25. Garryth Hoal, Missouri
32. Luke Misleh, Ohio State
34. Conner Grande, Central Washington
42. Ty Carlson, Life University
55. Hudson Montgomery, Thomas More
98. Samuel Buckley, Lindenwood
Team Peaks
Head Coach: Ray Barkwill
0. Dominic Caccese, West Chester
1. Angus Kelly, Florida State
2. Kaleb Boleyn, Northern Iowa
3. Aiden Sully, Utah
4. William Whiteside, Lindenwood
5. Clement Quaicoe, Lindenwood
6. Ali Taha Brown, Georgetown
7. Damoreon Travis, Life University
8. Tomas Casares, Thomas More
9. Sebastiano Villani, St. Bonaventure
10. Matias Caramuti, Thomas More
11. Enrique Carmona, Davenport
12. Charles Wroten, III, Pitt County CC
13. Tayson Hammer, BYU
15. Connor Olvera, BYU
16. Mark Murphy, Iowa State
20. Lucas Black, Lindenwood
21. Hunter Simons, Ohio State
25. Carter Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University
27. Kekoa Kauwe, Kutztown
29. Josh Dowdeswell, UCLA
34. Nate Curtis, Central Michigan
48. Gabe Ketterting, Lindenwood
66. Blake Knight, Lindenwood
79. Kyle Sikora, Bowling Green
