NCR NATIONALS: Men’s Rugby Places Third In Shield Bracket

BOYDS, Md. — The Endicott men's rugby team finished third overall in the National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) 7s Division III Championship Shield Bracket this weekend.

The NCR 7s Collegiate Rugby Championship features a cascading bracket, which enables the organization to host a 144-team tournament in a single weekend. More info on the bracket can be found here: NCR Cascading Bracket. 

On Friday, Endicott fell to Duke, 24-12, in the Cup Bracket and later lost to Nichols, 26-19, in the Bowl Bracket.

In their third match of the day, the Gulls came up short against Richmond, 29-12, in the Shield Bracket before bouncing back on Saturday in the Shield Bracket Third Place game against Wisconsin-Stout, 19-10.

MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT

Will Savage (Weymouth, Mass.) — He stood up and showed maturity beyond his years in both attack and defense over the course of the tournament. Very well deserving of this award. 

SCORING

Ian Kearney (Cork, Ireland) — 2 tries
Jack Lewis (Clinton, Mass.) — 2 tries
Will Savage (Weymouth, Mass.) — 2 tries
Kyle Ernest (Severna Park, Md.) — 1 try, 2 conversions
Owen Swanson (Wilbraham, Mass.) — 4 conversions
Tony Gibbons (Devonshire, Bermuda) — 1 try
Drew Hodges (Mason, N.H.) — 1 try
Cooper Loisel (Wilmington, Mass.) — 1 try

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(Photo Credit - Craig Chase)