• Baton Rouge Captures 2008 Jackson Jubilee 7s Title
• Deep South 2008 Division Champs
• Rummel & Jesuit and the 2008 High School National Championships
• Louisiana 2008 State High School Rugby Tournament
• First French Quarter Festival Masters Rugby Tournament a Funfilled Success
• Hammond - 40 Year Reunion
• Robert Markel: Grandfather of Deep South Rugby
• Barefoot 7s Tournie - July 26th - Ft Myers Beach, Florida
• ULL 2008 Deep South Division III Champions
• 2008 Episcopal School of Acadiana Ruggerfest
• John Howe & Tulane's All Time (Early Days) 15
• The Rugby Pride of the Deep South, Louisiana's U-19 Select Side
• New Orleans Halfmoons' Mardi Gras Rugby Tournament Going Strong Since 1981
• Niceville hosts 1st ever high school rugby game in Okaloosa County
• Apartheid, Bob “Big Red” Causey, & the Springbok’s 1981 Tour
• All Time Deep South Team

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July 5th-6th Cape Fears 7s: 34 Years of Fear

Wilmington, North Carolina

Info: www.FearRugby.com or call 910-264-5277 or email CapeFearSevens@aol.com

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July 12th  USARS 7s Championship "Come and Get IT"  The South 7s Championship

Open 7s tournie with winner progressing to compete for National Championship

Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida

Info: brianrichardson84@yahoo.com

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July 12-13 OMBAC 55th Annual World Championship Over-The-Line Tournament & 19-20 www.ombac.org

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July 19th  Level 1 IRB Referree Course

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Info: Gerry FitzGerald at rugbyreffl@aol.com or 754-245-0215

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July 19th Semiamhoo Old Boys 40+ 10's S. Surrey, British Columbia www.sobrugby.com

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July 26th Beach Barefoot 7s Tournament, Ft Myers Beach, Florida - For information go to www.hammerheadrugby.com

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July 26, 2008  16th Annual Bele Chere 7s: Asheville, NC

Men, Womens, Boys U-19

Info: no contact yet

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Aug 1st-3rd Saranac http://www.canamrugby.com

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August 30th, 2008   New Orleans Halfmoon's Twilight 7s

Women's Division only

Info: Tania Hahn tehahn@hotmail.com

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Sept. 4th, 2008 Vintage Rugby Tournament: Christchurch, New Zealand

Info: no contact yet

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Sept. 1-8 Golden Oldies in Edinburgh, Scotland. http://www.goldenoldiessports.com/go_festivals/rugby_festivals/ world_rugby_festival_08.htm

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Sept 12-14  Rugby Netball Festival: Hammer Springs, Canterbury (SI) , New Zealand

Info: Graham Frith at LongDropProd@paradise.net

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Sep 14-20 World Vintage Rugby Carnival Christchurch, NZ www.vintagerugby.com

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Sept 18-20 Aspen Ruggerfest: Aspen, Colorado

3 Masters Divisions

Info: www.aspenrugby.com/ruggerfest.htm

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Sept. 19-21 Cairns Old Crocs (N Queensland) 35+ tourney www.cairnsoldcrocs.com.au

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Oct 3-5, 2008  'CONGO' Central New Zealand (NI) Golden Oldies Mini-Festival

Info: Steve Allright at steve@halls.co.nz

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Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2008  14th Bangkok International 7s: Bangkok, Thailand

Info: www.bangkoksevens.com

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Nov. 1-9th Pan Pacific Masters Games in Queensland. http://www.mastersgames.com.au/

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April 17th & 18th, 2009, 2nd Annual French Quarter Festival Masters Rugby Tournament

New Orleans, Louisiana

For information contact Tim Falcon at 1-800-556-3131 or tim@falconlaw.com

If you have tournament dates and info you would like listed send it to deepsouthrugby@hotmail.com

We've had some good ones. Loiusiana boys Big Red Causey and Gary Lambert were capped, and Shelby Smith, Boyd Morrison and Joey Husband were others with LSU ties that were that good. Pensacola's Mark Pitcock played a game with the Eagles. I played with Mark, a character to boot, and am not so sure he was better than English Gary and Dominique, Pensacola's other top number 9's circa 84-87. My point is that this list is subjective and open to debate. I'll take the five mentioned plus Charlie Fontenelle from Baton Rouge, John Friend from Battleship, Peabody from Jackson, Bear Conroy, David Van Winkle and Tom Miller from Okaloosa, Rick Gary and Lewis Bumgardner from Tulane, Andy from Gulfport, Ducky and T.A. Carey from Pensacola, Tim Falcone, Eddie Murray, J.R., Tom Crosby and Pat McDavid from New Orleans and Sammy Morrow from Lafayette. But check back next month after I've seen some current DSR sides play.

Send in your comments and picks to deepsouthrugby@hotmail.com.

I was a B-side fullback/center/wing during the early years of LSU rugby.  I can testify that Boyd Morrison was a beast.  When he broke through in practice I would just about crap my pants.  Great combination of speed and power.  Always played hard and had a great time doing it. 
He was older than dirt when he played for LSU, but Rob Haswell was always one of the best players on the team.  He definitely played smarter than the rest of us.  In big games, he always came up big!
George Turner
LSU rugby-1971 through 1974