International Rugby News
The City of Glendale is moving ahead with its plan to run an academy for crossover athletes who want to learn rugby and become professional and international rugby players, and they're filming it.
Like some of the early 20th Century players on our All-American list, Nate Ebner hasn't played a lot for the USA, but there's a reason, and that reason doesn't reduce his ability or influence as a player.
Precautions, protocols, plan ... words are being bandied about with regard to how teams are handling COVID, but what do those words mean?
We at GRR have been as guilty as anyone for using a term and expecting everyone to know what it means. Protocols ... we don't define it, we just use the word.
One of the most dangerous attacking wings in women's rugby, Laura Cabrera was more than just that.
An ornery, unflinching rugby player she played with the attitude of a blindside flanker, just with startling pace and a finishing flair. Cabrera was a standout for the USA, but also made her mark domestically. She was a massive part of the Berkeley All-Blues' dominance in the 1990s-
Dave Hodges was unstoppable.
An All American in football and rugby at Occidental, Hodges, like many of the top players from the late 1990s, came to the game late, but embraced it quickly. A cinder block of a man who could play lock, flanker, or No. 8, he was a leader by example, taking on the toughest jobs and the nastiest roles with no complaint, and perhaps even relish.
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