GRR: College Men
The word challenge gets thrown around quite a bit in rugby circles, especially when a coach is looking for a difficult opponent to test his players.
One of the biggest problems for good teams at any level is to find games that aren’t blowouts. Lindenwood Head Coach JD Stephenson certainly has been looking for those games, and searched far afield to find them.
North Carolina State defeated in-state rivals North Carolina Saturday in the final weekend of ACRL play.
NC State improved to 4-2 and finished 3rd in the league and also claimed the North Carolina stats title from the Tar Heels at the Rugby Athletic Center in Charlotte NC and came away with a 43-11 victory.
The 9th installment of the Goff Rugby Report Men's DI rankings sees the top eight stay as they are. Lindenwood moves back up the Top 10, though, as they jump from #12 to #9 after beating Penn State soundly.
The ACRC Bowl Series is almost set.
Life will play Army in what is a de-factor championship match, but there are other games to be held in Charlotte Nov 21-22, including:
Nov 21
Iona (5th in Rugby East) v Boston College (2nd in ECRC)
Texas State (2nd in SWC) v NC State (3rd in ACRL)