• Deep South Rugby 2008-09 Season Report
• The (Ever-Changing) Laws of Rugby - 2009
• NORFC Captures 2009 Okaloosa Summer 7s Title
• Rugby Summer Camps - 2009
• A Brief History of Deep South Rugby
• All Time Deep South Team

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July 11th, 2009     Redfish 7s

Baton Rouge, LA

Info: Craig Gothreaux at cgothreaux@gmail.com

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July 18th, 2009     Deep South Level 1 Referee Clinic

Springfield, Louisiana

Info: Stephen Parrill at STEPHEN.PARRILL@lpsb.org

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July 18th, 2009   Naples Rugby Beerfoot 7s Tournament

Ft Myers Beach, Florida

Info: www.hammerheadrugby.com

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July 27-Aug. 14, 2009   International Rugby Academy of New Zealand  "High Performance Course" for players & coaches

Glendale, Colorado

Info: Mark Bullock at InternationalRugbyAcademy@glendalerugby.com or 303-639-4710

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August 15 -16, 2009     USA Rugby Men's 7s Championships

Treasure Island, San Francisco

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Aug. 22-23, 2009     USA Rugby Coaching Course

Georgia Tech Univ., Atlanta

Info: www.usarugby.org then click on Coaches then click on Coaches Education

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August 29th, 2009     Panama City Beach 7s

Panama City Beach, FL

Info: Mark Young at mark.young@tyndall.af.mil

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August 29-30, 2009    Men's & Women's All Star 7s

site - TBD

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Sept. 5, 2009   Labor Day Weekend Twilight 7s Tournament

Women's 7s Tournament - New Orleans, LA

Info: www.halfmoonsrugby.org

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Sept. 12, 2009     Krebs Cup

Birmingham, AL

Info: www.birminghamrugby.com

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Oct. 17th, 2009      Deep South College Tourney

Location TBA

Info: www.deepsouthrugbyunion.com

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Oct. 24-25th     SEC Rugby Tournament

Birmingham, AL

Info: www.birminghamrugby.com

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Oct. 24-25th & Nov. 6-8th, 2009  Women's Div I Playoffs

site - TBD

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Nov. 7th - Nov. 8th      Battleship Rugby Tournament

Mobile, Alabama

Info: Lars Granade at lars_granade@mobile-da.org

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Nov. 7th, 2009            Ole Miss Rugby 35th Anniversary & Reunion

info: www.olemissrugby.org

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June 10-13, 2010      10th European Golden Oldies Rugby Festival

Caernarfon, Wales

Info: http://www.ygogs.com/2008/01/22/10th-european-golden-oldies-rugby-festival-caernarfon-2010/

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Sept. 18-25, 2010    Over 35's Tournie

Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia

Info: Gail Russell at tournament@cairnsoldcrocs.com.au

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Sept. 26-Oct 3, 2010      Golden Oldies Sydney, Australia

Info: rugbydan@bellsouth.net

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Sept. 9th - Oct. 23rd, 2011    Rugby World Cup

New Zealand

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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