GRR: Eagle Impact Rugby Academy
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academies are underway around the country with a few more ready to get started.
The EIRA chapters are designed to give high school players who have aspirations in the game a stronger grounding in rugby skills and a better understanding of the game.
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U16 team hammered the British Columbia U16s 53-6 Saturday in Vancouver, capping off a hugely successful tour for the young EIRA players.
The two teams also faced off three days ago, with EIRA winning 34-0. In the two games EIRA did not give up a try.
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U16 team will play the BC U16s Saturday at 2pm PT at Capilano Rugby Club in Vancouver, BC.
This is a rematch of Wednesday's game, which ended in a 34-0 win for the EIRA team.
The game will be live streamed here: http://www.bcrugby.com/live/
Here is the EIRA lineup.
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U16 team defeated British Columbia’s U16 team in emphatic fashion Wednesday night, coming away with a 34-0 shutout at the Capilano Rugby Club in Vancouver, BC.
Under the coaching of Brendan Keane, Scott Bracken, and John Banarhall, the EIRA squad was brilliant defensively, and after a tight first half, blew the game open in the second period.
The Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U16 team has been named to play the British Columbia provincial U16s the evening of July 15.
Under Head Coach Brendan Keane, with assistants Scott Bracken and John Banarhall, the EIRA team has been training at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver for the last few days.