International Rugby News
Chris Osentowski was a throwback, or more accurately, the end of an era.
As rugby became more and more professional, Osentowski was an avowed amateur. He worked extremely hard to be a great prop, and was the best tighthead in the United States for some period, but he did all of that while holding down a demanding career.
Tara Flanagan's poise and good nature off the field, something that has stood her in good stead during an impressive career as a lawyer and a judge, belies her aggression and power on the field.
As a lock forward for the USA she was a huge part of the 1991 World Cup winners, earning a tournament MVP nod and the 1994 World Cup runners up.
From about 1990 through 1998 the USA women’s 15s team was one of the three best teams in the world, rising to the top of that heap and staying near it for close to a decade.
To reach such heights you need plenty of mountain climbers, and perhaps the strongest and most dogged of them all was Diane Schnapp.
Colby "Babe" Slater is a two-time Olympic winner and a mountain of a man at a time when few athletes were as big or physical.
A central player for the USA women’s 7s team that finished 3rd in the 2009 7s World Cup (and could have won it all), Daniels was also one of the very best players in the Northeast in both 15s and 7s for many years.
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