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USA Rugby to crown 3 National Champions - Game Day Thread - updated

It is Championship day at Rio Tinto Stadium, as 3 National Championships will be determined today in rugby.  The first of the championships will be the High School Boy's title which will take place at 2:30pm MT and will feature Xavier High School from New York City facing off against Sacramento Jesuit from Sacramento, California.

At 4:30pm MT it will be a all Utah final in the Boy's U-19 National Championship as Highland Rugby will take on Utah United, this is a rematch of last years Championship and will also be the last match for Highland's head coach Larry Gelwix which should add some additional drama to the match, as if it was needed.

This may be the first year for the College Premier Division, but the National Championship final between BYU and Cal won't be the first time these teams have battled for a National Crown, that match will start at 7:05pm MT.

The High School and U-19 matches can be seen on the USA Rugby Ustream feed (Ustream.tv/usarugby), while the College Premier match will be on ESPN3.com.

I will be heading out to the stadium to provide you with some live updates on the matches and some pictures from the venue as well.  You can be a part of the action by adding your comments, predictions, and whatever else to the comments section.

More to come- updates after the jump

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Well the first half of the high school match is in the books with the team from Sacramento Jesuit up 25 to 15 over Xavier High School.

Here is a picture of the Jesuit team before the start of the match:

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Xavier Kicked off the action:

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I don't have a roster of players in this match, so I am just going to post some pictures.

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The second half is underway and Sacramento Jesuit has extended their lead to 36-22

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OK, more updates in a few minutes, you can find more pictures at my Picasa Site

 

Well it is never fun to finish second by Xavier was a fun team to watch:

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Your USA Rugby National Boy's High School Champions Sacramento Jesuit:

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The Championship Trophy presentation:

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The match MVP:

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OK now on to the Highland match- at the half it is Highland 12 - Utah United 7:

The Utah United fans were making themselves known:

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Here are some match pictures:

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The second USA Rugby National Champion of the day is Highland who claim the Boy's U-19 title by a final score of:

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The 3rd place trophy went to Utah United:

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The Championship trophy was given to coach Larry Gelwix:

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OK both BYU and Cal have taken the pitch to start warming up, I will try to post some pictures of them at halftime.

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2nd half update

I am heading back down for more pictures but the score is now 43-22 in favor of Sacramento.

by denz on May 21, 2011 3:48 PM MDT reply actions  

Highland vs Utah United - 25 minutes into first half

Well this match has been a bit more physical but Utah is up 7-0 after 25 minutes and working towards adding to that total.

by denz on May 21, 2011 5:02 PM MDT reply actions  

Highland coming back

Well just as the clock showed 30 minutes Highland was able to draw even at 7-7

by denz on May 21, 2011 5:08 PM MDT reply actions  

Highland strikes again

Just 42 seconds into the second half it is Highland taking their lead to 19-7

by denz on May 21, 2011 5:26 PM MDT reply actions  

Wow Utah United right back into this

A picked off pass by Kisi Unufe gives him a open path to score and like that it is 19-17 as United also got a penalty.

by denz on May 21, 2011 5:29 PM MDT reply actions  

Highland extends their lead

Highland extends their lead to 24-17.

by denz on May 21, 2011 5:41 PM MDT reply actions  

BYU vsCAL update

Well it is late in the second half CAL21 BYU 14 as the clock ticks down

by denz on May 21, 2011 8:40 PM MDT reply actions  

Wow, great pictures – can’t wait to see what you got of the Cal/BYU game.

The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS

by norcalnick on May 21, 2011 9:24 PM MDT reply actions  

thank

I will try to get some up tonight, or tomorrow morning

by denz on May 21, 2011 9:26 PM MDT up reply actions  

3 National Champions

Today saw 3 team lift the USA Rugby National Championship trophy today at Rio Tin to Stadium

Sacramento Jesuit won the Boy’s high school trophy over Xavier

Highland won the Boy’s U-19 trophy over Utah United

Cal won the College Premier title over BYU

A great day of action

by denz on May 21, 2011 9:25 PM MDT reply actions  

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