GRR: Columns
Alright, I give up. I capitulate. I tap out. I accede, retreat, and just plain chicken out. I wave the white flag of punditry.
Thought for the day - of the four teams that made the top men's college finals (Varsity Cup and DIA), there are eight starters in the halfback combo - four scrumhalves and four flyhalves; of those, only two were born in the USA.
Life's #9 and #10 were both born in Northern Ireland.
Cal's halfbacks are from Hong Kong.
There's the little matter, Saturday, of the DIAA Men's final between UC Davis and Central Florida.
In case you’ve forgotten (and I have to admit I almost did), the USA Men’s 7s team is competing in a World Series 7s tournament this coming weekend.
Head Coach Mike Friday replaced Nic Edwards with Martin Iosefo in a move of startling logic, and we’re now seeing more and more the profile of the team Friday wants.
Getting a Pan-American rugby competition done is no easy feat.
There hasn’t been anything approaching a full-international, cross-continental competition since 2003. And that was the nice but was done in a week and involved just four teams.
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