GRR: South Carolina
The same weekend the Clemson University Tigers football team traveled to Charlotte to play in the ACC Championship - the Charlotte Tigers high school ruby football club headed to Clemson to play.
A year ago Alabama shocked everyone in the SCRC playoffs by defeating Tennessee in the semis and making the final.
There, the Tide lost to South Carolina, but the victory was a huge shot in the arm for the program, getting them some more support from the school adminstration and boosting the confidence of the players.
South Greenville and Wando were two outstanding defensive teams in South Carolina, and two teams that seemed destined to meet in the state final.
South Carolina’s Wando viewed themselves as perhaps one of the top 20 teams in the country last year, perhaps better.
It’s a big weekend in South Carolina HS rugby as South Greenville takes on Chapin in a game that will decide who wins the Midlands Division, and in the Coast Division, School of the Arts and Bishop England clash to see who finishes 2nd.
South Greenville is feeling pretty good, coming off a 20-0 defeat of Greenville HS on a rainy Friday.