GRR: Georgia Youth Rugby
Phoenix Alpharetta traveled to Knoxville on Saturday to open their MSIRL season against Tennessee Academy. Tennessee are an area side with players drawn from the East Tennessee region and this is their first year competing in the MSIRL.
Roswell Park was the scene for two unexpected, lopsided victories in Rugby Georgia week 3 action. The evening started with the Roswell Rebels, fresh off an emotional loss to the rival Phoenix RFC, hosting the upstart Etowah River Valley RFC.
Rugby Georgia concluded it’s 2nd week with a pair of competitive matches at the U19 level.
Rugby Georgia kicked off the Spring 2019 season with a pair of high school boys matches and one U16 match.
Kickoff weekend also saw multiple U14 matches and Rookie Rugby events at the U10 and below age groups.
This season also saw Rugby Georgia held its first U19’s HS girls championship tournament.
The championship match saw that Harlequins from Marietta, GA travel south to Brunswick, GA where the home team hosted the tournament.