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The Atlanta Renegades Rugby Football Club (also known as The 'Gades), founded in 1971, is a premier D1 men's rugby union team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.The club competes in and is governed by the Georgia Rugby Union [1] (GRU), USA Rugby South (USARS), and USA Rugby.
Atlanta were founded in early 2014 and joined the USARL Southern Conference. By March, it was announced that Atlanta would share a partnership with British Super League club Leeds Rhinos . The Rhinos stated they will help bring a professional approach to the Atlanta club by sharing information and playing talent. [ 1 ]
Rugby union in the United States (Almost always referred to as simply “Rugby”) is played at youth, high school, college, amateur, professional, and international levels and governed by USA Rugby. There were over 125,000 players registered with USA Rugby as of 2016. [ 1 ]
A major goal of the Trojans Rugby Football Club is to teach and play the sport of rugby in the United States. [4] This is a great struggle throughout Georgia because of opposition from the high school's football coaches and athletic directors. [5] The club plays the most common version of rugby, called rugby union but often just referred to as ...
The formation of the USA Rugby League was announced on January 12, 2011. Seven teams that had previously competed in the American National Rugby League, the United States' established rugby league organization and recognized governing body for the sport, announced they were breaking with the AMNRL to form a new league.
Lolohea attended Villa Maria College in Christchurch and began playing rugby in Year 11 when she was 16. [1] [2] She made her Farah Palmer Cup debut for Canterbury against Wellington in 2022 and was awarded most promising FPC player of the year alongside Hannah King. [1] She is the younger sister of Matatū teammate, Martha Mataele.
USA Rugby is governed by its board of directors and its congress. The board is composed of 11 members: 4 independent directors, 4 international athletes, and 3 representatives from USA Rugby's National Councils across Youth, college, and Adult Club. Board members as of 2020 were: [8]
Louis Rees-Zammit was born in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales; [1] his paternal grandfather had emigrated from Malta. Rees-Zammit's parents were athletes and his brother played rugby union for Llandaff RFC, while his uncle Paul Rees played as a full-back for Cardiff RFC, Pontypool RFC and the Wales B team.