Best of the Rest

Our most recent selections of rugby articles from around the internet. An obituary for a legend, the future of Major League Rugby, an England international coaching Canada, an All Black talks about American rugby, USA Rugby’s national development summit, inside the Eagles camp, the state of Chilean rugby, and the progress of Los Teros.

 

Don Burgess was Inventor of the Burge Tee – by Cleve Dheensaw / The Times Colonist

“Don was the biggest single influence on my individual skill development. He had a huge amount of background experience and imparted it widely on a volunteer basis.”

 

Dallas franchise eyes entry to Major League Rugby – by Evan Hoopfer / Dallas Business Journal

“Camm and Ford are from the same part of England, and Ford served as a coach in Europe before coming to Texas. Ford said when he was making his decision to come over, there was some apprehension about not being able to coach a team in 2018, but the opportunity was too good to pass up.”

 

Argentina win just the beginning for the Eagles – by Blaine Scully / ESPN

“Going into the game we all felt that there was an opportunity for us to demonstrate our growth and go out there and potentially, for the first time, beat the Argentinians. But we actually weren’t thinking about that. We’ve been focused on the process.”

 

Henry Paul reconnects with Kingsley Jones to help out Canada – by Matt Jones / Sport 360

“It is an honour and privilege to represent Canada and gives me great experience, as well as for Kings Al Barsha where I’m director of rugby and for Dragons leading into the business end of the season, when I’m back before the Bahrain game.”

 

Western Rugby Alumnus turns Pro – by Jessica Vangel / The Western Front

“I was very emotional when the Seawolves told me that they wanted to sign me. I was thrilled because I achieved a dream of mine, but I knew all along that there was a lot of hard work to be done to succeed.”

 

Irish Connections aplenty as New York gets first pro rugby club – by Murray Kinsella / The 42

“Kennedy sees these figures as proof of the thirst for rugby in the Big Apple and also the good it can do in people’s lives. Indeed, he cites the values of rugby as a core reason why he believes America will come to love the sport on a truly national scale.”

 

Jerome Kaino: I like it when I see rugby growing in America – by Martin Pengelly / The Guardian

“Instead he reflects on his links to America. Family members have said that if he had not left American Samoa he might have followed many from the islands and joined the US army. He chuckles, and agrees that could have happened.”

 

My Experience at USA Rugby’s National Development Summit – by Tony Ridnell

“As a former player and current Eagle fan, I cannot help but be intrigued by our next coach.  I made a deliberate effort to get out and meet him, and I can confidently say that we will see everything I would personally want out of a USAR Men’s XV’s head coach at this stage of Eagle play.”

 

The intention is not to separate the 7s from the XVs, we work together – by Eduardo Sepúlveda Zelaya / La Tercera (Spanish)

“In that sense, Uruguay is our great rival and our great example. They have an extraordinary high performance center and they are showing us what the road is. You have to plan and believe in the project.”

 

Meneses looks to the future: Now we must win the Americas – by Ignacio Chans / El Observador (Spanish)

“We must continue on this path, training with humility, always working as a team. You never have to lose that, trust the one next to you. It worked.”