NORTH AMERICAN INVITATIONAL 7SAug 1, 2017 by Alex Goff
South Panthers Bring Four Teams To NAI 7s
South Panthers Bring Four Teams To NAI 7s
The USA Rugby South Panthers program is sending four teams to the North American Invitational 7s in Salt Lake City this week.
The USA Rugby South Panthers program is sending four teams to the North American Invitational 7s in Salt Lake City this week.
Under the eye of program director Mark Williams, the Panthers will field teams in the boys U14, U16, U18 Open, and U18 Elite competitions. Filling the rosters took some doing, since several players who were at the Rugby Americas North U19 Championships in 15s last month are unable to play on Friday and Saturday due to injury or other commitments.
However, shifty scrumhalf Diego Haro, hard-running center Zach Rademacker, powerful prop Muhammad Abdullah, and High School All-American flanker Cameron Tompkins all will be on the Elite squad and all played on the South first team that won the RAN U19 title over Mexico.
In addition, Alec Burcham and Juan Pourrain were also part of the USA South second team that finished fifth at the RAN.
"It's hard to know how we'll do, but this is a really good tournament to give more players exposure to a high level," Williams said.
Williams and Daan Pretorius run the U18 Elite team, while John Watson takes care of the U18 Open squad. Ron Vargo coaches the U16s, and Mark Patterson leads the U14s.
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Under the eye of program director Mark Williams, the Panthers will field teams in the boys U14, U16, U18 Open, and U18 Elite competitions. Filling the rosters took some doing, since several players who were at the Rugby Americas North U19 Championships in 15s last month are unable to play on Friday and Saturday due to injury or other commitments.
However, shifty scrumhalf Diego Haro, hard-running center Zach Rademacker, powerful prop Muhammad Abdullah, and High School All-American flanker Cameron Tompkins all will be on the Elite squad and all played on the South first team that won the RAN U19 title over Mexico.
In addition, Alec Burcham and Juan Pourrain were also part of the USA South second team that finished fifth at the RAN.
"It's hard to know how we'll do, but this is a really good tournament to give more players exposure to a high level," Williams said.
Williams and Daan Pretorius run the U18 Elite team, while John Watson takes care of the U18 Open squad. Ron Vargo coaches the U16s, and Mark Patterson leads the U14s.
The NAI 7s kicks off Friday morning in Salt Lake City and is streaming LIVE on FloRugby.com.
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SOUTH NAI 7s ROSTERS | |
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Boys U18 Elite | Boys U16 Open |
Alec Burcham | Ryan Bullock |
Diego Haro | Avery Porto |
Jacob Kinman | Josh Ebert |
Juan Pourrain | Robert Isaac Esparza-Rivera |
Zach Rademacher | Anthony (AJ) Livoti |
Will Shaw | Wesley Piggins |
Muhammad Abdullah | Jake Pretorius |
Dioumy Cadet | Isaiah Rademacher |
Connor Hayes | Justice Reeder |
Cameron Tompkins | Joshua Schwartz |
Dawson Araujo | Zeon Unnithan |
Max Pleban | |
Boys U18 Open | Boys U14 Open |
Gabriel Kettering | Kam'Ron Young |
Josiah Pierre-Louis | Aiden Ferrer |
Declan Wilson | Braulio Garcia |
Jacob Rosenblum | Pierce Griffin |
Isaiah Helt | Thomas Livoti |
Colton Maurer | Cody Paholich |
Titus Baggs | Liam Piggins |
Peyton Sevigny | Aiden Porto |
Alex Bishop | Presley Sayavong |
Anas Abdullah | Sam Campo |
David Ebert V | Jaxon Patterson |
Ian Bullock | |
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